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Interesting Discoveries About the South Sea Island Natives
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are quit,* rloa* to th r pqiialor The»-* wear a broad leaf, fasten ed w uh a m ent of bits cd strin g, flsh-hoobs.
m ou ntain * in gen eral a i r stern and strin g aroun d th e waist, leavin g III.* pieces of coconut, and in fact, a n y
th in g and e veryth in g th at appeals to
.avagc-ln ok llig The .sides are so sleep lim bs free
F you tak e a w o rld -m ap I h at no will Is found on them O nlv
them as "keep s "
P rim itive C ustom s
It must not be m isunderstood by
am i xtudy it c a re fu lly you "th e hare roek glow ers in the sun "
T
ile
Patm
an
s
still
clin
g
to
th
eir
ers th at tile Pa.Mians are dissi-
w ill fin d thul about one hun 111 the valleys the vegetation is lu x u r custom s, riles an d ritu a ls m an v of read
pated
or derelict people
ious an d varied ; w on derfully colored
dred miles to the north of croton* a n d coleus a g o a n d coco w hich are both stran ge and unique
I f one lives w ith these n atives fo r
e chief o f them relate to birth an v len gth ol tim e one w ill And
Cape Y o rk , N o rth ern Queens nut palm s, a rrea palm s and pepiier T m h arriage,
death and h arvest
W hen them a hap py, virile race, and
if
vines and h ea u lllu l lilies flourish In
a child Is born the m other Is the re treated properly, w ill respond in a
lan d, lies the island of New rich profusion
cipient
ol
nu
m
erou
s
presents,
often
w
ay
that
will
be
ben
eflcial
to
th
e
m
G uinea, p robably the largest
Cleorgeolis bu tterflies flit about, and
from a pig down to n o se-rin g for jUie
and the world in gen eral. It
island in the w o rld . O rig in a l :he b eau tifu l llird of P a ra d ise adds yo u n gster, w hile when the l>abv Is selves
must be rem em bered that all races
Its luster to the scene
I’.qm.i is a
ly owned by fierce head land of gre a t riv e rs, th e M y R iv e r Is lull a few hours old It is taken to have a place In the world T h e h ig h
th
e
m
o
c
o
d
b
ath
ed
m
th
e
w
aves
hunting
cannibals.
M any one of the largest In the world, and T h en com es ttie next process, for a ly civilized race s should help those
n o t so blessed to realize the highest
is n avigab le for at» ut live b u n d led
still rove through the in terior, miles,
an d It has been said th at few days later some black resinous w ithin them w ithout im posing th eir
m
ixture,
m
uch
like
glue.
Is
nibbed
civilisatio n upon people w ith d isas
but it is now ruled over by "en o ugh w a ter r o o m down the river
ii Its head to harden the skull
trous result*, a* is freq uen tly the
the Dutch and the British, I to provide everybody on tills earth
T h e next process Is to pierce holes case
with one hundred an d tw enty gallo ns
,
m
the
cinM
e
a
r
s
an«t
In
m
o
m
w ho d ivide the island equally e a c h dm
P ap u an s Kdueated
I cases the nose, into w hich are th rust
betw een them .
T h e north
q u e e r l.ife
, spigots o f wood or grass T h e se holes
M uch is being done tor the P ap u an
eastern p art was o rig in ally
T h e |ieople live in sm all villages are m ade lugger as the child grow s of late yea rs by the fed eral g o vern
G erm an N ew G uinea, but at About fllteeii to tw enty houses g e n I older, u n til It reaches a stage when m ent of A u stralia T h e nalive.s are
erally form a village and as very lit a large plug of wood can lie thrust lieing educated and looked a fte r from
the beginning o f the Great tle ordet Is preserved the houses are I in to the stretched lobes O ne never a w elfare stan dpoint in quite an a d
W a r, was taken by the A us built w ithout nny idea o f to w n -p la n sees a biri'.ida.v least o r celebration m irable way by the A u stralian a u
So m etim es they are built on m P a p u a lo r ». M rtM a v * a re cou n t th orities T h e children in most cases,
tra lia n forces and is now the h ning
ills (or protection, or near a good ed a s u nlucky events, th ey are fo r an* not only eager, but quick to learn
M an d ated T e rrito ry .
and the white teach ers are h igh in
bench or even out nbow be aea au gotten all about
ih eir praise for Ilie lr
gen eral ad -
T h e southeastern part of ihe houses are built upon high piles
M utilation
as a protection again st w hile an ts
; vancem en t. both from r u ed u catio n
the island, o rig in a lly called rats, an d other verm in, which are
A» Ihe d eath ot k relative the n a- al and civilized standpoint this, of
British N ew Guinea, is what num erous. T h ese village house* are | liv es |Mint th em selves with a m ixtu re course, is in the M andated T e r r l-
o ften covered with decorations an d of ch arco al and coconut oil. and this | torv. w hich, as h as
alread y been
I am about to tell you o f in earveti
figures som e o f which are m ust not be w ashed off for a m onth stated has been under A u stralian a d
this c hap ter. T he name w in grotesque In th e extrem e Although ' or so. but m ust be renew ed h o u ld It m in istratio n sin ce the opening o f the
altered
to
Papua,
which It Is a rude form ot art. still It show s w ear off b*fo re th at tim e T h e n a- G re a t W ar
a striv in g for b eau tifu l things In h e r gain. if the relativ e Is a n e a r one a
means fuzrty-hended, some; ent
New H ebrides Situ atio n
(oitil Is taken ofT a fin ger as a re-
In all people
As for the vario u s groups of is
m einbran re of the death
hike most
years ago in order to avoid i
Hal Rees and An»,
that stud Uie Pacitlc there
confusion
w ith
the n o rth T h e ir m ain food pi the yam 'so m e - j ocher Islan d ers they go in tor t»ton lands
ing expensively, and th is Is done In j is an eve r-in cre asin g atten tion b u n g
eastern part. It is about 90.- What like a potato), b re a d -fru it. taro I youth with a th orn or other sh arp paid by tt\e au th o rities to education.
<whlch Is flic root o f a llly i, h an au as. ' point, which h a s been dipiied into a R u t the New H ebrides Condom inium ,
000 square miles in extent, su
garcan e, pineapple an d nuts, .'tome- ]
blue dye, m ade fro m c e r t a in ! unique in m an y things, Is unique a l
and has a population o f about lim es they hav e pig. or llsh or fowl. I strong
so in this th at alone am ong So u th
wild berries
an d with every p repared loud Uie
R ea Islan d G o vern m en ts it does
2 50 .00 0 natives.
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e
e
p
s
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coconut. T h ey a i r not o v er-p articu - I
nothin g fo r the prom otion of e d u ca
"H a*'»r-H ack"
lar. for th ey o ften eat frogs. Itaards. | Kven from quite an e a rly age the tion
T h e teachin g an d train in g of
snakes,
ltv
•
bees
ants,
stin
g
a
ree
h
air
of
The
P
ap
u
an
gets
quite
a
lot
of
j
the
n atives a re le ft e n tire ly 'o the
; T li* country Is rough and jugged,
'stin g in g rtslil. opossum , and even atten tion for children are taugh t by \ m issions
jnucl) ot it being known as "raaor- rats T lic ir clothing consists o! very !
tlielr paren ts to ccm b th eir h a ir w ith ! T h e question til education in the
latrk' lo n n atk in Som e of th.* in uni- little, as befits a hoi countvy. grass king wooden h om e-m ade com bs T h u s , island s Is com plex and beset w ith ¿ 11 -
lain - re vetv high tb elr peaks ilsln ,; r.klrls a re worn hy tlu* Vronu u fo lk .' Ih * lu xrv m op becom es as good as a , flcu ltifs. C h ild ren whose parent ■ a r e
. ’ 0 ir r t w h 'ch have p eiiiet- who are qu u c as keen on la sh Ions as pocket, and Is more o ften th an n o t] em ergin g front th e s to n e Age CJV.flot
our own ’"-»p i* v hfle iv*n i n i lj—a» th * receptacle o f a stran g e a sso rt be taugh t on quite Hie sam e lines as
.pon ‘ them though they
By W ilto n I’einber
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boys and girls who are the product
of a h igh ly-develop ed civilization
T h e island er bv n atu re is a u lle r of
the soil and does not take kindly to
an v form of work o th er th an a g r i
’ culture
T h e trad es and Industries
of the Islands are
la rg e ly
in the
lutnds o f Europeans an d Ja p a n c -e .
and are lik ely to rem ain th ere T h e
whole fu tu re of the n a tive is bound
up with the use he m akes of his
land.
W itch craft
In bygone days th e prevalen ce of
w itch c ra ft debarred a n y possib ility
of progress, and m ade t. n a tive con
tent w ith h is dugout canoe, his a n
cient im plem ents, and backw ard co n
ditions. His ideas in a g ricu ltu re are
still extrem ely prim itive. F o r
the
most part the natives of today till the
soil in the sam e fash io n
as th en
fo re fath e rs did in C ap tain Cook's day
m erely scratch in g the su rfa c e w ith
their o ld-fash ion ed hoes U n der such
con ditions, edu cation of an isinnd
child can n e ver be com plete u ntil he
la taugh t to farm his ow n land and
become an able and in telligen t c u lti
vator.
O nly w ith in recent y e a rs have the
ben efit* o f edut U n been understood
and ap p reciate d by tlie n atives In
the earlv d a vs of m issio n ary e n te r
prise schools were regard ed as an
unaccou ntab le whim of th e miss ion -
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