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Show AVtTR.AI.IAN ABOkVICINCt. loir! Their Hablla Dracrlb4 bv Eld John P. ivn Aihaiix, Australia, July 24, IlkKI. Ei.iroa Ti : In tny last letter 1 wre you a short account ol tb Australian Aborigine, and perhaps a few wor words toncarn-Ing toncarn-Ing them would not b ont of place at this lime. In recent years there have b'fii siime horrible crime committed by tbrae people, and it Is a custom here uevrr to aalk In front of one, but to krrp In the rear and let b! in lead the way, for liter is an irrrstihl snuirtliing within bliu wbicb llupells biiu to awful dee la of violrnc. lllack have Jjven known to wait almost a lifrtim for an opportunity to commit soni horrible crime on a friend and benrfa'tor. Whrn while people aavedeallngs wilb them la the interior, as theydoprob ably to the sain extent that wedral wilh'our Imlians, tliry ar kept rontln-I rontln-I ually in th lead to guard ugaitist Uracil. I ar on their part. The are uauall' i bleared with good u.emorira and re-memlwr re-memlwr an Injury or fancied grieveam from their infancy, and th apiilt of r- !vuge serin lo be part of their very nature; na-ture; being naturally cowards they will always avoid au open combat, hut 1 will link In the hru.li anil ite.iMly full iiporl thrlr nnaiiipecting victims in j much the same manlier that the pan-i pan-i l her trap Uhiii its prry. -i To protect tli whites from tbeae rov- ing bandi moiintrd police are emplovrd and rlilr from ranch to ranch, both sum- uirr and In'rr, and when any deprrda-lions deprrda-lions are coinuiilted the ollruder ar broiur'it to Juatlce mid .leali with by the ( stern baud of theUw. Iu only the wor t olleluva ambry hmuglit before thr n g. j ular couiia, for lb jollee areacmt unto t iieiiiaelvra au I In cii.o nf thrll or iiiiih ell. o, no, ju.iicc ia ntu. illy meted out to thriu on the aHit, a hlcb c iliai' otlirtlllles of a lectin allowing the ei.oroiltv of thrir enmra, and on prom-iauig prom-iauig not to as ifAl li depart fioui thr path laid down by thrir while li.rda, ihrv are permitted to go in p. i p. If ih,.y huvr wilfully .lia dH-vid or broken lh law, he I'liiiiahiiienl lonietimra takrs thr f Tin i.f a w hipping hu h it uauailv ad-ministeied ad-ministeied by one p..'icn an, and in' maiiv cases he gor learlrslv uut into tbre Isolated spot aud will administer lh laah to a whole tril withn il tueui showing the least resistant whiteve, allbougb owing to ibeir sniwrior numbers, num-bers, tbey could easilv overpower him, lake his life with rvsrv probability nf tbecrlui never iwing found on or its pripetralors bring brought to juslicw. It neius tbey ar very uiucb frightened of s ;h official uniform ol Ibo olllcrii, and his account for the power wbicll tli'T hold over Jhern. Tb tribe arc riot, j rrry large and the leaders or chief' rule in patriarchal order, tb oldest man ru!-1 ing ovrr bis posterity. , In iiiiiny carea when the black" r" brought to the cities to be tried for tb'ir crime it prove mre detrimental lo the cities than the comnilealon of the crime. Whrn In their native haunts the poof hUcka are not too well supplied with the necesaarle of life, and ofiiiarsfor days it is Impossible for them to obtain food, but when imprisoned th !' auniptnusly on prison far and are !"'b to Irave it ; and often when reli eieJ 'bey couiti.il llir aame rrlmn again in order toenj y prlion life a the finxl aupplied is nun Ii nicer than what tbey hare l'rn accurtnmrd to. The blacks am very keen of cent, so to speak, for if any rrim is committed the "black trackers" ar placed on the trail at once, and they seldom Iravr it llll the dilutive -l hi ought in jmt'c. l arge number of there trackers are employed em-ployed by the government in tracing its criminal, and it I very eel loin criminal crim-inal escapes , from then human bloodhound. blood-hound. Th drrsa of their, tracker cotiaists of whit hat, rrd coatati white trousers. Tb government helps these poor people peo-ple to make life endurable by supp'ying thr in with food, clothing and blankets, much in th as me manner thatoir Indians In-dians are supplied. Th day worn Ibis distribution lakes plan ia rjatully on the 24th of May, and it is an amusing tight lose them wilb their wive and children Id their "whlrlie" or wickiups mad of branch of trace and birk. In speaking of wila or husband only one word is used, and a womaa asking for rer hualund would lay, "where is my lubra'r"' while th man would ns the sain trim In asking for bis wife. Ther are many curious scenes w Inch I could describe, but I suppose I "ill hive to trll of thes scenes and eiperisncea to my friends when 1 return to our beautiful beauti-ful Zion. lauiwel! and hop all ar sell In Vtah. Your brother, John P. Ktkhis, No. allocking l'lsc. Adelaide, f. A. |