| Show iO THE E BOROBO INDIANS Or OF venturous Trip Made by W A 1 Cook in t of Bureau Of 01 Ethnology IE TRIBE E IS VERY PRIMITIVE lives yes C In hi Filthy l Huts Move 00 r Clean House Peculiar Customs ho o C survivors or of past generations g of ot ofuS IInes uS still barbaric In cus cua fes sto 8 to the popular l I mind located a or In III tho the for to CD east cast Tho Thu now nent Is commonly supposed to bo Ijo of ot human relics of or a I thousand S ago Yet In IlL tho the heart hourt of oC South rica near hoar thi southern border 02 o a II 11 thero exists at present roll lIt tribes of ot otes ge es not UR an advanced In Lu tho red reil men Inell moL met by ho o a prehistoric Virginians found by It t John Smith on n these shores trIp among theao Indians South America made mado by h W A partly In the Interest of the thi Du flu QC ot American Ethnology Is ts do dood bed od cd In IH a II recent recant publication of or th tI tIt t Institution under the dl t tIon llon loll Ion ot oe which th bureau falls ralI Fol II Ing ng jig tho thu caption The rhe Indians Indian Jatto alto atto Grosso Mr Cook tell coplo strange 0 to tin tho descendents descendants ir L Cook made this venturous adventurous nd trip with Senor Antonio Be e 0 Carvalho arvallo a IL Brazilian explorer urge experience and influence and andi i him collected many native ls t ornaments and und other objects Ii h havo since been l een forwarded and ad led ell ed with other Irv In the U S National Museum DOll ORO INDIANS 1 Cook describes his Journey ugh ush the wilderness to a rough ph h 11 belonging to Senor de a village He lie pays 1118 s 8 S soon oon as 33 our OUI arrival became Ill n our ranch scarcely more than shed began to flit 1111 rapidly wiIt ir painted friends of nil nit ages and size rpt sexes exes who camo to observe and to see cc tho the marvelous things wo we 0 ight them front from our enchanted 1 rid They ThO pour In 11 upon ulon us ti regularly tho the break brck of or day and ana stay sta faithfully til the tho shadows of night nigh t begin 1 gln to I pen epen tin I n thoi eh corning coming and going we always have havo our full Cull If It we sc open upon one of ot our OUI sk k Ic mule mulo trunks our visitors are Ire on oni i alert to handle whatever may strike striker Ir r fancy If rr we wo eat cat every mouth oC of fo Co I 1 Is IR closely close scrutinized and und we e may nitty do Is h observed with viLh closest u They The recline on boxes sprawl on our tables tableR lean Ican the posts 1 squat on the tho ground hunch down dowl around our pot as It always ahva s u a patch of or paint prever rever they sit or o lean ball Some smoke smokers ers rs lazily hull pick and ond eat cat tho the kernels n a I roasted ear car ol of a corn corno others nib tho the white heart ot at a II palm that furnishes a con part of or their food the boys hoys our ur III hits bits of fish roasted black pr yr PIt n t nt tit a i stick or a stump with their co C bows 1 and und arrows Just outside door doormen men gossip vacantly gazing never novel once toward the one ne they ress or they ask us a Il queR ques queRin quess queiS s in the limited that w WI wIn i I In common Tha and dren usually form an on outer fringe t t ti tit ui i group Whenever there Is prospect prosper beet beef our congregation Is ut at te e 0 largely Increased They never ll I anything that Is distinctively ours ugh uh the they hey will take anything we have leht gh ht t of oC them if they the have havo an Ull t 1 FASHIONS rho ho he long straight course courso black of oC both males and ond females hangs hangi u tangled mass about their hui f except the forehead where whereS IB S 5 kept chopped oft olt to form torm bangs lily Ll 11 nil nit the tho young oung Indians sIr th so bangs with a sort of oft ty t made from Cram the small yellow ellow fruit of the bu palm and BI 81 and am the tho sumo samo paste Is used the the tho entire body bod Boys and ami andr nov r 1 are esteemed by their par have the foretop tore top arranged In ng yi l una a fow law Of or the utter alter who with special favor have It Ki p with a layer of or beautiful red redI redOne One woman was wall covered v I l l te e feathers from tram head hena to foot toot J 1 t I brilliant plume III In her hair All Alli Allt Allmen i t men mm and nd boys wear suspended IUS a n hole holo in a Up lip bored during luring in ina Inn Ina a n kind ot or chain coiled called tu tuut feut ut six Inches long made of oC list Hat I bits of ot shell terminating In red feather The Tho older men mell have havo plug lug In this hole for tor It If left open It Its ps s s a difficulty In drinking VILLAGE he lic village according to Mr MI MrK MIk jk K is just as ns strange He lIe says sas There were wele 30 10 huts III In 11 tho village encircled In n a 1 very vor Irregular way Wa WaI I r In every Ivery direction a U very er large largo hat bat stood III In the center and was wasi i line Bile by IH lii tho name a ordinary y hut This baa bao baas t is Is s the tho naIl the head licad l rS or of all nU the thu nan IlIan I orl where tuo te wo men nien make ins and and i tho the tho the town huh helm halti i most public 10 functions occur and dub luh where visitors aro received The Tho IH 11 en 1 3 through an un opening at lit each elleh end enda a It hole In a aha hay stack and within damp gloomy and foul The rhe family huts nrc timidly mostly Ilka ot of resting on tho time ground Iud anil uly riy an tnt old oil hay stack a hole eaten In i a each elleh en elm end md the tho hut hint IH It raised mixed a little woven tongues torah form J Deep gloom reigns In tn iC huts They The ar dark lt it t 1 they may many bA fro free from flies Illes and d as of and tutu StucK tue fie tto th roof nt n 4 bows ami bundles of or ofa a 0 H war clubs l sear timid i Ind not In use useI to I present The of at this n lair are sprawled on a II palm f I rug ru with ix a 1 log of or wood four COUI II In tI for far n ii 1 pillow pu or nr williI an nn car 11 of ot corn corli cornI I f lieu nr or or OP or making beads hjad ur V or by the time I I when time tho th II In i conies romes unbearable nr or In is t rat nt they 1111 do not trouble to clash clashI Jr I hut but simply ly anti and an burn burnit it I I and build n it 1 new ono one on II a clean I II the village move i rt tor p iv y distance dl Away awny I It Ir death ceremony Is a a n weird Ir Mr Cook It t tu u day dllY or nr ga aia titter our ouri iii 11 i i L hill chIM of ot 7 or 8 yours years ho bo hoto to ono ommo at ot time tho loading faint H MI II I Thi us ms II nn an opportunity nu A 1 UIKO I loud I UI loop doop tin ged hee Ii nw was by n a tiar It rf t naked painted imd AgOS In A h note ItOh I i h It IIii watt 1 I I by hy tho walling of nC a it ad i itI or 0 d of ot Ju jut juat t lie tHI lIel I Ii Lila ilio raving to r f U the thu Mt tile Tr Iha nt of If f two IWO I lI ho lIt or of Urn tHe can calli I ats limo tho th lament of ot the tha su uv I hit hll bo mui re I with Oil k Ii ig 11 Imy I Ii n cc rIsti II I IVr lt clam i M UK tho imir ll lr trum ruin hor hood bond halt half a dozen nt at n t a time by a female crouched behind 1 liar her the tho la ha lamentations lamentations of or tho the father with his hair clipped as all ho he kneeled on an tho the theother other idd of oC tho body bod and ane recited tho virtues of or tho the deceased loved one ono and the tho low mournful chant of or the tho female relatives or friends as they the slashed slash d their legs leKs and arms or oven even their entire bodies with shells this was sas the tho drama that un unfolded unfolded unfolded folded Itself ono one summer morning as wo so crept cr pt Into the tho of ot the ano taro Iuro village The ho little daughter of a n chief had been summoned from her earthly boo bae to wander with tho the bopo bOIO evil spirits and the funeral ceremonies c were In Iii progress DArE BANE OF E When a Is In II III hI a priest Is called to determine whether ho will recover or die dlo On enterIng the hut and ond looking at his sick lIck tribesman and concluding that ho o will probably die or should die dlo ho will count his lIni lin germ gorf antt anel each cacti time ho lie touches ono one linger will vIlI repeat Mori marl merl merl macrI merl uteri merl macri bl Iii moaning that the till theman tillman theman man will seo see Jive Iho suns silas live lars days auth die or orho ho mummy may ilia say nay aun etc bl bi meaning sleep hoep sleep steel etc five days dy rand and ond die If at III the tho end antI of ot this he sUit still lives hives thit executioner executioner sons sent of It course by b the priest st will suddenly appear In tho thu hut hul sit lilt astride his stomach and anh strangle him to death for the th reputation pf of the tho must tb be sustained su The Tho priests arc are probably responsible for Cor not n a few Cew ow deaths They ar UI are j the tho bane hano of lire Ufa in inthe tho the tribe They Thiv h must nurture the tho de do delusion delusion lusion that they can cun communicate with anti and have Influence In tim the other world anti power nver to uett or vr causo evils 1111 and calamities s They arc are there on the tho alert to take tako of or any propitious occasion to prey ircy upon the tho superstitious fears of their fellow tribesmen They Thc are arc freely supplied with food by b their In order ordel to retain their good will no The considers the sun as the limo fountain head ot of majesty and power antI and an even ovon ot or and amid andus andus us nit the libido abide ot or tho the great priests who have passed 1 od to time the spirit world and amid fear him hummi Bopo Bope po means spirit spirito or dis lis disembodied embodied soul but they thoy the seem to have no Idea Iden of n a good spirit lip I Ill The hope bope who ore are evil spirits must therefore not bo be offended although h they the must be bo driven away To o drive o tho the spirits off oft they the use a a peculiar Instrument made of ot a slab of ot wood about halt half an Inch thick shaped something like n it fish and anti of ot varying size hung by b a IJ long cord from front the end endot ot mit a l stick like a n fishing rod anti and swung round rund and anil round through tho the nil alt As It swings and a rapidly revolves It sends forth loud sounds to a ing InS distance pitched from u a sepulchral moan to nn unearthly shriek the tho wall vaIl rising and descending the tho scale scalo according to the tho rapidity rap hilt of oC the swine swillS or tho the size of at the instrument lo To hear several of ot those the e macera at once certainly produces most unusual sensations particularly when operated as we wo hoard heard them during a n tropical storm terni amid tho the play of oC tho the crash and roar ronI of ot thunder the falling loads floods und anti dismal gloom No Mo female Is 19 I allowed to see soe this Instrument Under pain l aln of ot death teath New N ones are aro made madeus us as occasion demands and amid they the are burned Immediately after their need has hal passed pass d Wo We entered tho the as some somo of oC these were being for Cor or tho funeral prelude There was deep silence sll and tho the word bopo bope was whispered low lew I timid ana mysteriously Certain warning calu cal arc aro given some hours Jn in advance of or tho the time for COI bringing tho the Into use uBe and hearing tho the tho tIm females en enter enter ter tar their huts close tho time openings und and hide their heals Tho ho arc 1110 manipulated outside tho the village up anti and down tho bush Wo We 0 had difficulty In securing examples of nt theo thero Instruments They The were brought to us thu at night securely wrapped anil amid tho greatest secrecy every cr pre pro precaution precaution caution being tOken talon to make sure suro that wo 10 would keep keel them whorl where there thero would bo be no possibility of ot a n seeing them EXPERT Tho mire arc expert swimmers and andare are arc of at tho Limo t order On mode modo of at is to win out Into th tim river three or 01 four Caul miles above tho the village with a I net Julo a 1 agrant grant i bag JaG Its lis mouth to tw t WI i parallel rods nine to twelve feet tecI long bound together at nt their ends When om or more memo floH lire are seen lICon the thu 1 of ot the tho sack Is opened by springing the tho rods rod apart amid with wonderful dex dux do tho the helm are aro bagged und and the time mouth of or tho the net nel closed closel by al nl allowing lowing the tho rods to spring together Tho TIto then lIum plays tile the game especially lilly ally U It It ho large gradually rolls tint lbs net over liver tho tIme rods rOils till the llie flu nih cannot move brings It to tIme tho BUI face nail and kill kills It with a club which ho In trails by h bya iv a 1 cord from tram M his neck TIme Th isit Is now from ropi Hit that not strung on u n cord antI along h time the dial club Some Route Sometimes times two or mare Huh of or 12 l or ur IS 1 rounds pounds will l ls taken at lit onu catch or nr maybn one ono weighing us III much us is th the man motto himself will bo ho bagged In limit way VII A will remain In the thu water on an hour or Of two continuously and amid return ashore n with six juc nr eight large CUSTOMS The Tho arc mire wonderful wills tiers tIra says Hays Mr M lr r Cook Gook and soda ablo abbe thus to whatever they otherwise would by h speech All tho the fine ornamental work worle IH Is done ilono by hy tho tito men III on A great dent deal of or Hum And labor la is spent Silent In III maiming seemingly unimportant articles ankles Artl lel and tho the con comm consumed In 11 anti nn nil arrow I Is 8 astonishing a generally the larger harger part vart of lit if two We days This Thu ho shell orn worn around the neck I Is III annIe by hy tho the reciprocating motion million ot vC time lie point of ot IL a sharp of ot flint or of at Iron or steel If tr tiny thaW nui all obtain It hear the tha center ot oC n a roughly shell I A I ro Is III It bed In I a Limo num It WilY way WA by boring u g wooden toil rod Into another bit of ot wood The Mil era tho tIme tallest of ot nay American lIn Indium I J have Raen 0 1 du do not remember one nun man rivo 1111 teat root Inches barbs anti they life are some name nix tote rot or III four IncItes tall tail They Thoy JhO era full tull raced the ho noni well wel chapel und multi not nIl large arRO nor no particularly lint tut nor liar are 1110 time the bone hono prominent Many MOlly of ur the tho und solime of ot time Ilio young mOn men are hand BOIMO he tribe ID III s to number b Pu lwon 5 sal mil II il W Sn 11 VI V 1110 e |
