New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1927, Page 3

WEAT PRINITIVE INDUANS BELIEVED American Tribes Had Some In- teresting Views Washington, D. C, May 31 — Nearly 100,000 Indians in the Unit- od States are untouched by Chris- tian doctrines, the Board of Indian Commissioners recently estimated, and remain to all intents and pur- Doses pagans, presumably atill hold- ing in large measures the beliefs of their ancestors, What these primitive Indian religious bellefs are is told in a bulletin from the Washington, D. C., headquarters of | the National Geographic Society. Poetic fancy and a natural ten- dency to describe newly encounter- cd beliefs and customs in terms of those already familiar, have given white people many false ideas in regard to the religious beliefs of the American Indians, says the bulletin. Some enthusiasts have pictured the typical Red Man as noble and eth- | ical beyond his white brother, be- lieving in a fatherly “Great Spirit,” | and striving to live the good life | that he may go after death to the “Happy Hunting Ground.” This is a tallacy. No Single Religion There is no single religion of the American Indians. Instead the be- liets differed widely in different sec- tions and among different tribes. There was, hovever, a general similarity of views, and these were about what could have been expec- ted from people of a relatively primitive degree of culture. No- where does what could truly be called the conception of a “Great Spirit,” an overruling deity, emerge. There were greater and lesser spirits, to be sure, but the charac- teristic Indian belief is in a multi- tude of spirits animating animals, objects, and the various forces of Nature. Nor were these spirits in- herently good or bad, morally. They might help or hinder the individual in his activities or health, and whether they did the one or tht other was the test of their “good- ness” or “hadness” for him. The primitive Indian has no eon- ception of a hell; nor is his entry into the epirit land dependent on his conduct. He enters it as a matter of course, he believes, and contin- ues there whatever actlvities have interested him in this life. To some tribes this is a *“skyland,” to others it is merely a r»flon of the a'lr!h “across the sea,” or “beyond a river.” Others believe the villages of dead to be near their vil- lages but invisible, Belief in Magic Coupled in the mind of the primi- | tive Indfan with a belief in many apirits, is a beliet in magic, through which the spirits can be influcnced. ¥ The medicine men possessed the se- srets of such magic, it was belleved, and often interceded. All Indians helieve in the possession of a soul | which leaves the body at death. ‘They also believe that it leaves at other times, and some tribes ascribe iliness to this absence of the soul. The services of the medicine men | are sought to recover the missing soul. Belief in a continuing soul did Mohican LOAF Cake 15c, 18c,| 22¢, 25¢ Ea. Wednesday Specials not lead to ancestor worship as among Eastern peoples. Most Indian mythologies do not concern themselves with creation; they assume the existence of the carth and deal with its peopling and with the origin of arts, cus- toms, and rites. All these are sup- posed to have come by a sort of revelation. Some tribes, however, es- pecially those of the Pacific coast jregion, do have a creation myth. | In some it is “Old Man Above,” in others an animal such as the coyote in the sky, comes to earth, and cre- ates the animals and men. In some of these myths there is only water beneath the sky, but the descending being creates the earth in the form of an island which grows. Good Moral Development Morality and ethics were well de- | | veloped among American Indians They have a strong sense of con- science and many individuals are strikingly benevolent. The tribal morality was strict. He who lied, failed to keep his promises, or stole within the tribe was disgraced. Mur- ethical barriers among Indlans as it has among most people in all |ages. It then became a virtue for the Indian to kill his enemies and to take their property. On the whole the Indian's reli- gious beliefs may be described as| being wholly practical and as spring- ing from fear of the more or less hostile forces of Nature that sur- i rounded him. His various rites arose from his efforts to propitiate or to take advantage of these forces. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, JAP DELEGATION T0 ARMS PARLEY | Favor Reduction of Armament for New Ratio properly salved. 1 The real anxiety of the big men | of Japan is financial and economic. | | The recent suspension of a number | of banks in Tokyo because of short- | age of funds brought home to lh!\ |intelligent Japanese the seriousness of the situation. The balance Ol‘ |trade against Japan last year was | about 329,000,000 yen. Japan is| t-xed to the hilt now and the sup- | (port and maintenance of even the | present navy is a burden which daily | Tokyo, May 27. —The Japanese | grows heavier with decreasing do- or the silver fox, who makes a hole | der too was punished. War removed | May, will be ready and willing— 'even eager—to bring about further naval disarmament if, by some hook or crook, it can effect a fractional | change in the existing 5-5-3 ratio which will enable it to return to !Japan and “save face” with the | great untutored and more or less | anti-foreign masses. This is the opinion of foreign ob- | servers here who are in close touch ‘\\nh the government, the navy and |its millions of readers. | Notwit hstanding the fact that the ‘Washington conference agreement | | has saved Japan several hundred | million yen—which {s thoroughly | appreciated by financiers, economic | experts and high government offi- delegation to the three power arma- | ment conference for Geneva early in | particularly the Japanese press and | mestic business and unfavorable foreign trade balances. But above food and raiment in the Far East is “face,”” The Jap- anese will starve and die in the gut- ter before he will lose “face.” Con- sequently, even though further dis- | Armament and economy are essen- tial, the “face” problem must be | sol\ed by the Geneva delegates ¥ ‘Lavmg of Cornerstone | For New Polish School A cornerstone was placed in the new school building and community center of the Sacred Heart parish, | jon Orange street, Sunday afternoon | {with impressive services conducted | by Rt. Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop | of Hartford diocese. TUESDAY, MAY 31, Preceding the ceremonies, a street procession was held with several thousand participants. The princi- pal streets of the city were traversed by the marchers, three divisions parading, each with a band in the | lead. Nearly 100 automobiles brought up the rear. A large delegation of vlisiting clergymen and public officials had places of honor on the stands about the cornerstone. Rev. Lucyan Boj- | nowski, pastor of the church spoke briefly to his parishioners and | Bishop Nilan also spoke urging con- tinued effort on the part of the parish to keep its institutions to the high point they have maintained in previous years. Wills-Uzcudun Bout Is Approved by Commission New York, May 231 (M—Refusing !to recognize Tex Rickard’s claim to the exclusive services of Paulino Uzcudun, the New York state athlet- ic commission today approved the match between the Spanish heavy- weight and Harry Wills, arranged by Humbert Fugazy for June 29 at the Polo Grounds. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS | holidays. 1927. City Items The local Y. M. T. A. and B. Fife | and Drum corps played yesterday at the memorial exercises at Farming- | ton and Unionville. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Langdon of | Bridgeport were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams of Maple street. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watmough | and Miss Mabel Munich of Bridge- | port were guests of Mr. and Mrs. | Earl Clark of Garden street over the | Miss Munich also \hmrdl her cousin, Rev. Austin F. Munich of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Plainville. | Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Williams of | Black Rock avenue and Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Comstock of Lincoln strect, | spent the week-end at Lake Poco- | topaug. | Mrs. L. M. Barnes of Woodbine, | Ga., formerly of this city, is the| guest of Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Lincoln |of Forest street. James Sposato, foreman of the | public works department storeyard | at East Main and Harvard streets, reported to Captain Kelly this morn- ing that the lock was broken off the gasoline pump and a rumber of tools and a apotlight wero taken out o a car parked in the yard. The de- tective bureau is investigatirg. ~Charles Weber of 356 South Main street reported to the hospital today that his bakery at 60 Rockwell av- jenue was entered an 1 1-2 1bs of | yeast and $4 in change taken. The police were asked last night by the Farmington authorities to Inotify Howard W. Loomis of 138 | Rockwell avenue, this city, to be in Farmington court at 8 o'clock to- night for violation of the motor ve- hicle laws. MISS GUSTAFSON SHOWERED A miscellaneous shower was given Saturday evening in honor of Miss Lillian Gustafson at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Collins of 29 City |avenue. About 25 friends were pres- ent and the home was prettily dec- orated in pink and blue. Miss Gus- tafson will become the bride of Roman Consic of Moodus in June. SPEEDER UNDER ARREST Angelo Interlandl, aged 22, of 97 | Putnam street, was arrested by Mo- |torcycle Policeman W. 8. Strolis this noon on Stanley street on the charge of speeding. He will be ar- raigned in police court tomorrow morning. clals—the public has already resent- \ I $2,000,000 More Needed to Help Flood Zone Victims ‘Washington, May 31 P — An- other $2,000,000 will permit the Red Cross to complete its relief program and start rehabilitation -of the Mississippi flood area, Secretary Hoover informed President Coo- lidge yesterday upon his retura here from that region. Giving the president an intimate picture of the flood situation, Mr. Hoover declared his beliet that & proper expansion of existing credit facilities would permit' the devas- tated states to get on their feet within a reasonable time, Another $2,000,000 subscription to the Red Cross would bring the total of the nation’s contributions for relief work above $16,000,000. LAWFF THIS OFF Iowa City, Ja.—Harvard met the ‘ University of Towa in a debate here, during wkich the Eastern Forensio !artiats remarkasd the apparent west- | ern amusement at their New Eng- land accent. “Laugh” {nterposed the chairman, “and the world laughs with you; lawff and you lawff alone.” |ed the 5-3-3 ratio. The press, echo- ing its readers, is insistent that this | ratio must not prevall in any; auxilary reduction agreement. But | {i fthe Geneva delegation can come | |home with even a 5-5-3% ratlo, it | |is felt that everybody's *‘face” will have been saved and public opinion | the shawl’s the important thing. 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