Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-04-20 | Page 6 | A Remarkable Race of People

A race ot people in sumatra there Is a very singular race of human beings called the kubas they are the meet timid and bashful people in the world being too shy to mingle with the other races of the island they dwell in the darkest recesses 0 the mountain forests and have seldom been seen by white men one has never been known to x race a stranger this being the case their trade with the malayans Mal ayans Is carried on in a very strange way tho trader announces his arrival by beating a gong and then retires from the place ot rendezvous the shy kubus then approach put their forest treasures on the ground beat the traders gong and retreat the trader then returns and lays bis commodities down in quantities to pay the purchase price of tho goods on eaje he then disappears for a second time this to give the kubus a chance to return and consider the bargain after many withdrawals approaches gong beatings etc ap understanding la arrived a t and each party carries away its bargain this remarkable race knows nothing of a supreme being heaven hell or evil demons they have no system ot marriage and never bury their dead they live on ants bugs grubs etc