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Show i I Mc Hctf Footed Qjspialsl (Lmi W ' S1' Tho United Btntra biirrnu of Ethnology Eth-nology will soon publish a book on tho Berl Indians of Trlhuron Island In tho Gulf of California, who havo become famous by reason of their extraordinary extraordi-nary ferocity an I also bocauso they nro I tho most primitive savage In North America, having not yet adtancod as far as the stone age ' Ono of tho most remarkable things about tho Serl " .aid Prof W J. Mete, Me-te, of tho Ilureau of Ethnology, recently, re-cently, "la that they seem to keep on Browing all their lives Whether this be In truth the cao or not, I am very luro that they eontlnuo to Increase In stature, until after they nro 10 onr of ' ago-ccrtalnly a ery extraordinary phennmenn from n physiological point of view. They have long been reputed giant, arid for this I let thern Is aomo ground, Inasmuch as tho men ncrage six feet In height nnd the women nearly near-ly If not quite five feet and nlno Inchee Tor tho reason thnt I have mentioned all qf tho younger men and women appear ap-pear to fall below this mead, wlillo all of the older ones nro aboo It I tlniurillnary sllltT. "There arc no ft people among tho Serl, and In respect to physical lgor they nro extraordinary Of erect et easy carriage, great breadth an I depth of chest. ery slender of limb and poa-(CMlng poa-(CMlng unusually largo feet and hands, they exhibit a bJdlly nctUlty such ns can hardly bo equaled by any other poplo on tho faco of tho earth Tho akin of their feet nnd loner legs Is so hard nn I calloused as to reacmblo tho hide of a hotso or camel, so that they are ablo to run through cactua thickets thick-ets so thorny as to atop horses and dogs, or over be Is of atones so sharp that tho very coyoto avoids tho trail. 'Ono of tho strangest things about thesa savages Is that they seem to hava no knlfo sense, as ono might call It tlniOthcr words, they nor think of using K'cuttlng 4ool under any clrcum-' clrcum-' stances If thsy capturo an anlmnl and 4 kill It they do not cut It Into pieces, but prefer to tear It to fragment with their hands nnd teeth, "breaking tho larger, botjes, perhaps, with n stone I C havo known them to adopt this tnethol vrlth n horse, throwing tho brutn so as ' to break Us neck nnd thct setting up on tho carcass literally with tooth and nail 'They consider It aa much a mr er of coursa to kill n stranger as tho whlto A man does to destroy a snnko IsolatoJ to a point unparalleled, they are home-( home-( less wanderers, rolng from placo to placo and steeping wherever exhaustion exhaus-tion overtakes Hum Carrying their 1 m KfTrl lffi-);''.Vrrfa,"kaV'.. "aa.ilSTffjl- .-. ..an i .i' Ji H M fi. i lit -xr7iiW; cntlro stock of personal belongings with them, ns well ns fowl and water, they are perpetual fugitives They regard re-gard tho neighboring territory on tho mainland as n part of their own domain do-main nnd thero they have been In con-flirt con-flirt for many year with ranchmen hen thoy surround an 1 rapture horses or kino they never think of mounting the boss's eten when pursued ur of using rum but imme tlately break tho neck nnd knock out tho brains of tho animal, perchanro to tear tho writhing body Into quarters nnd tleo for their IIvm with tho rcklng flesh still (paltering nn their heads nnd brnwny shoulder Score of vnqucro agreo In tho assertion (wholly Incrcd-Iblo Incrcd-Iblo It It vero supported by fewer witnesses) wit-nesses) that ein when so burdened tho robber Herl skim tho sand wastes of the desert more rapidly than avenging aveng-ing horsemen can follow them. ' Tho Serl boys go out nftcr Jack rnb-bits rnb-bits In threes and fours, and catch them by out-running them When a rabbit Is started they scatter, ono following fol-lowing It slowly, wlillo tho others set off obliquely In such a manner as to head It off and keep tl In a tlg-zag courso until It tires Then they closo In and finally grab tho nutmal by hand, frequently bringing It In alive to prove that It was fairly caught. Tor among theae aborigines It Is deemed discreditable discred-itable to tako gamo animals without giving them a chanco for cscapo or defense. de-fense. Laptum llitr Ity Itimnlnc. "They capture deer also by running, rcatterlng at sight of tho quarry, g-ad-ually surrounding It bewildering It by confrontlrg It at all points, and at length closing In nnd selling It with their hands Don Manuel lCnclnas, son of ono of tho owners of n ranch whom ,1 staid when In that country, waa en-deatorlng en-deatorlng on ono occasion to Induce a Hi III Serl man, who was a famous hiinter, to do some work tor Mm TairaWM peaco for n time being, and n band of the savages was sojourning temporarily tempor-arily near tho rnnch It was a hot afternoon, af-ternoon, and tho fellow begged rcleaso from hla task, saying that the spirit of catching n deer had taken bold of htm Ho was excused on condition that the. deer bo brought entlro to tho ranch, nnd two hours later ho was aecn driving In a full-grown buck On approaching ap-proaching the dwelling quarters the terrified animal turned this way and that In wild efforts to mold human habitation, ct tho hunter kept It undor control, heading It off at every turn and gradually working It nearer until at a sudden turn ho was able to rush upon It and catch It, Throwing It over hla houldsr, n, ln,n l!e ranch nonst with taJ"" ,tl" "truitling and kicking m, 'Tho jl " "putef arr.'Mt. T'ley atrjJi t'r t.md apparently, though I.$re o thn to parboil tho .oof " hw "er the leg had been wrenrtd off at the hoek nnd It waa iiiBc'jtfW lottin-1 to he knocked off with 5"n Then half a doien nutronl ""Mens gathered about to gnswTj) R'Utlnous tissues Investing Invest-ing tho '" bll" They potteM but n single too' W "Ur and apply It to a wU3?nrtlr "' purposes 11 ts merely a?-orn prbl le and with It they eroeli bonis sevir tendons gilnd seefi " fire i tint nnd bruise woody tlfjjj ,0 "' In breihlng sticks for homey'! ur ti i pi He root for hurpoons.tfO'll be rK afterwards finished fin-ished bryfl'1 The i-tible Is discard dis-card d w8" ,DfP i'Ke are produced by use oruracture Their houses are mi ro tetugrary she lo a nnd not dwell Inga In any prop r u ne Sometimes they nro ef stones pi lid up nnd roofed with n hup rtl sh. II |
