Show BLOODTHIRSTY GIRLS j How the Apache Indians Educate Female Children A prominent feature in any Apache village are the children who are unkempt un-kempt little savages but are much handsomer in childhood than in mature life The care of the male children devolves de-volves upon the man who carefully educates I edu-cates them to emulation and practice in deeds of blood including the art of scientific scien-tific torturing So well are these lessons taught that the Apache boy at an early age is ambitious and fitted to go on the warpath Some of the most daring deeds in Apache warfare have been performed by boys who were emulous to earn their I title to manhood The girl is taught the rude domestic arts and lessons of labor but her education educa-tion in barbarity is not a whit less thorough thor-ough than that of the boy The fate of the captive among the Apaches has al was been most lamentable but the greatest cruelty both to men and women has been perpetrated by the Apache females A captive woman made compulsorily com-pulsorily the wife of or slave of an Apache warrior usually after the first cruelties cruel-ties attending the capture treated by him as well as other women of the tribe but in his absence the captive will be often grieviously beaten by the other wives The education of the Apache girl begins with the care of the younger children She learns to carry water and to go forth to hunt roots wild fruits and berries worms and reptiles and whatever else goes to make up the Apache cuisine Shu is taught to prepare for fating the game or domestic animals used for food brought in by the warriors from their excursions Much of this animal I food being common property she learns to make a vigorous fight to secure for her own household the entrails which are the greatest luxury to the Apache She subsists largely upon such odds and ends as she can get by stealth or after others are satisfied as the special house hold care is the providing for the wants of the warriors and boys Under such an education she grows up strong tonghthnd fleetfooted assustomed to every effort of endurance privation and hardship ofUn dlan life Sunshine V |