Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1937, Page 8

DIRTAND DISASE RFE N JONCLES Venezuelan Savage Groups Found Unorganized and Non-Productive. The experience and discoveries of an erpedition into the Perija mountain region of Venezuela, where savage Indians resist all en- croachments of civilization, are told here in a series of four articles, of which this is the fourth and last. The writer, an experienced explorer, is professor of genetics at Syracuse University. MARACAIBO, 11 (By courier from the Perija Moun- tains). —At dawn, my missionary com- penion, the peon, and I were ready % move on up the mountains. 'I'he& gungle growth snarled the trail and | it was useless to bother with our horse and pack mule any further, so we left behind everything but my three cameras, the films, and a re- volver which I carried in my hip pocket. I had definite plans to have the missionary meet the Indians first, but while I was some distance ahead saking photographs, the chatter of Indians suddenly reached my ears. I shall never forget peering past a tree straight into the eyes of a dozen | Indians. That they were startled and surprised, there was no doubt. | Even their puny, skinny dog stopped | in his tracks. | This was & ridiculous situation. I had come so far to see the Indians and now what? I did not realize it at the time, but these Indians were all women and children, not warriors with bows and arrows. Soon the dog et loose and children chattered and the women got going, too. Then the missionary arrived. This was the moment, the test for my missionary and my chance re- lance on him. He was welcomed like a long-lost child. From that moment I hadn't the slighest fear or concern. The dumb peon had otherwise he never would Welcomed in Camp. We had arived on the edge of the | Indian camp and the women and | children took us in. Most of the | Indians were elsewhere in small | groups scattered over the valley and these remaining few were leaving to gather food plants in the vicinity when I walked into their startled wision. I looked over this, the main camp of the Indians, and then we spent the pext two days finding the other scattered groups. Some of these were the seed and harvesting the part they want. The animal or meat provisions for A typical Rio Negra Indian. food in these valleys is practically nil | and the natives have survived in their $mall groups on their simple agricul- ture. This, I think, is run on a col- lective or loose communal basis and ing any one fleld at a time live in their upright houses or lean-to shel- ters while there. They sleep on straw mats and their homes are where they unroll their mats. These people have no horses or mules and they do not fish or have boats. In fact, they live in parts high above the rivers. Their food crops would never grow in the darkly shaded valley bottoms or low slopes. Their whole existence rotates around corn and cotton. I am no judge of thefr cotton, but the corn is as good as the fleld corn of the United States and looks the same in kind. I exam- ined much of their corn for diseases such as the corn smut, but found not a trace. It is the healthiest corn I have ever seen. People Not Organized. I can’t here unravel my analysis of & nation of people with my reasons and pros and cons, but I do want to dispel the general opinion that these people live in an organized com- munity. This fact is significant in any general study of human societies. T spent two more days seeking the rest of the Indians and found them living in small groups about small stands of corn. At another time of year they will, no doubt, be otherwise “At Better Stores” scatters the people in small groups all over the valley, for the few attend- New Triple-Action Method Insta DR. 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A large stone serves for the stove; the fire is built on it and in time a hole wears into it. Likewise, they grind their corn with stones on a huge stone. They have some device for spinning and weav- ing cotton, but I did not see this. ¥rom a large log they make a device for fermenting liquor. They have gourds of all shapes and many sizes for water and for keeping corn, beans and other things in. never have corns. Put these thin, sooth- ing, medically safe pads on sore toes caused by shoe pressure and friction, and you'll have instant relief and keep 10 and more miles away down the valley. To speak of these people as having @ main camp is rather misleading, for they live in small groups somewhat scattered. They have two Kkinds of houses, or rather shelters, a large | theatched roof with six main support posts and a small, leaning thatched | ghelter, a lean-to. At the so-called main’ camp there are several of the larger shelters and the smaller ones | are scattered up and down the valley. | Even in the main camp the houses are | separated by jungle and valley. The entire valley is their domain end they plant seeds and raise crops for their personal welfare. However, free of corns! Separate Medicated Disksare included in every box of Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads for quickly removing corns or callouses. Soon they lift out, easily, safely. No other method gives this remarkable triple-action. Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads are velvety-soft, waterproof. Don't stick to stocking or come off in the bath. Sizes for Corns, Bunions, Callouses, Soft Corns between the toes. Get a box today. Cost but a trifle. 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The girls and women string pretty seeds into neck- laces. These Indians are the simplest hu- man beings I know of. They peint their faces and bodies, using various colors and paint designs. I have reached the conclusion that they do this for the sake of vanity, even as our women do. | They are dirtier than I had imagined human beings could be. They have skin diseases due to infectious insects and fungl. I conclude from appear- ances that they never wash their bodies, and, therefore, have layers of dirt and fiith from infancy. I am sorry that I cannot paint them in colorful poetry or in song. Only one who never saw or smelt them, or a pecullar fanatic like my missionary friend, could do this. At least, I had no lofty inspirations or beautiful poet- ical thoughts aroused in me by these most slovenly of all people. I had not been among them an hour before | I was covered with fleas. 1937, wanted to see the physical animal this Indian is. In brief, this savage is dark brown with coal black hair. The hair is straight and coarse. The eyes are very dark. The height of the tallest ‘woman is 58 inches, that of the tallest man is 63 inches. They are all well proportioned. They have excellent teeth and there is no type of bald- headedness in the tribe. Their eyes glisten with health and vigor. The women have & happy, lasughing dis- position. The men are solemn, with a belligerent challenge in the eyes. This last may have been the result of finding, to their utter, surprise, a stranger roaming freely in their do- main. ‘We descended the slopes, forded the | swift, deep waters of the Rio Negra. In this my horse slipped sidewise and went over with me under him. We emerged from the jungles and into thoughts? I haven't the slightest idea, but I kept turning my eyes to the retreating mountains with their overhanging mists and wondered. (Copyright, 1937, by the North Amaerican N per Alliance, Inc.) 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