The Wild Man at Home: or, pictures of life in savage lands ... With woodcuts ... and coloured illustrations

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Part I. Savage Birth And Boyhood

Chap. I. — The care of "babes and sucklings" a fair morality test, 9 ; babes as a rule tenderly cared for by their savage parents — Madagascar an exception — the god Sikiddy and how he controls the fate of Malagasey infants, 10; Figian contempt for female infants — Figian mothers' mode of getting rid of a useless baby girl — a baby strangled to make room for an orphan — the Figian child taught to fight its mother, 11; the Samoan baby — its first meal of chewed cocoa-nut — a head flattening machine — how applied — its eflects — the Flat-head nation, 11; an ugly specimen of Flat-head manners and customs — "Clark, how are you?" 15; the North- American Indian mother — solicitude for infants among the Sioux — a Sioux cradle song, 16; a Sioux mother's mourning — difficulty of a North- American infant finding its way to Paradise — devices to assist it — the "doll of sorrow" — how the Mosquito Indians lodge their newly horn, 18; the Apingi mode of treating wives — etiquette of tooth cutting among the Wazaramo — the spotted Cree baby — a murderess against her will, 20 ; North-American christenings — quaint names given to children — the ceremony of Midcwi gaœig—the wigwam altar — the procession VI ANALYSIS OF CONTEXTS. to earth— his meeting with a bear, who turns tail at the mere sight of "Shining Cloud's" magic medicine, 54 ; the ambitious huntsman — how he insisted on his child's protracted fast — Death the deliverer — the dead dreamer and his redbreast spirit, 86.

Figian's complete fortune-teller —the augury of the teetotum— the trembling stick and the christened reeds — the Figian ceremony oi Kalose re're — alluring the luve-ni-wai or children of the waters, 85 ; a village school in Catfre-land — examination of scholars — "Stick dance" of pupils and teachers, 27; the ceremony of "Boguera" — "Dr. Birch" on the Amazon, 88; the Bushman and his "Kebarrah"— preparations for the ceremony — knocking out the teeth — singular ejection of bones from the mouth of the officiating priest — dog and kangaroo dances — more dentistry — a sanguinary and nasty termination to the ceremonial, 92 ; the Kebarrah as practised by the Macquarrie tribes— fancy costumes of pipe-clay and swan's down — delicate tooth drawing — holloa if you dare — the war dance in honour of the newly-made warrior, 94 ; warrior initiation in other parts of Australia— among the Northern tribes — a sanguinary baptism — a terrible. tattooing, 95 ; warrior test on the Amazon — among the Mandrucus — the ordeal of the venomous gloves — dancing with tortured hands— horrors of the few last minutes — all over and valour proved.

Chap. III. — The wicked Water king — the man who dreamt of him — he obeys the water king's call — the whirlpool— the water king appears — the magic powder and its awful price— penalty of dealing with things unhal lowed, 58; "medicine" again — how to be come "Grand Medicine" — the story of "Blackbird," a grand Omaha medicine — another "medicine" story concerning Tchatka the Left-handed — his ambition — his formid able uncle Istagon the One-eyed — Tchatka's miraculous "wah-kou" — Tchatka a secret poisoner — Istagon's death foretold hy Tchatka — his dying agonies and suspicions — Tchatka threatened —his cunning lifts him out of dan ger and elevates him to the highest position in the land, 62 ; a few of the many legitimate modes of becoming "Grand Medicine" — the ordeal of the Sun — portrait of "Grand Medi cine" among the North- American Indians — an operation by a savage M.D. — novel cure for stitch in the side, 65 ; bad pay and a worse cure— the doctor called in to see baby — too late, 66 ; the doctor-priestesses of Bor neo—their combat with naked swords to frighten away the demon of sickness — catching a sick man's soul — the fee for that im portant operation — the Dayak ceremony of lierobat Sisab, 68; saving the soul of the Kice — a Dayak harvest home, 69 ; augury with cocoa-nuts — "the medicine" of the native African — a battle royal for the clip pings of a traveller's hair — the carpenter of Sangatango — concerning "Mondas," "Gree grees," and "Fetiches."

Part II. Savage Pastime

Chap. IV. — The savage's disinclination for hard labour, 97 ; his aptitude for story telling — the story of "Wijunjou or "Pigeon's egg-head" — he starts with his companion from the Assinneboin country — arrives at Washington — endeavours to enumerate the population by notching his pipe-stem — Pigeon' s-egg-head is "presented at court" — his fine limbs are tortured in civilized apparel — he returns to his tribe — tells of the wonders he has seen — is named the greatest liar in the world — he distributes his riches among his friends — is shorn of his greatness excepting his broad sword and um brella — is thought "too clever by half," and as a wizard is shot through the head, 101 , similitude of savage and European games New Zealand "cat's cradle" and kite flvin*** — a legend of the Maoris — the story of Hine Moa, Tutanekai, and Tiki the trumpeter Tutanekai's music is heard "over the water" — Hine Moa's savage breast is charmed thereby — Tutanekai plucks up courage and declares his love— 'his jealous brothers — Hine Moa resolves to swim the lake and join her lover — her landing and hiding at the hot spring— she breaks her lover's calabashes Tutanekai sets out to revenge the insult "Ah !

Tutanekai ! it is I, your poor Hine Moa"— happy denouement, 106; the story Chap. IV. — More about "Grand Medi cines," and "Ougangas," and "Kiaobs" — an Ouganga mode of discovering a witch — how the witch-finder was dressi'd — his modus operandi, 75 ; the Kiaob of the Namaquas — ■ a patient with a great snake in his stomach — how to get it out — witchery among the Caffres — ugliness essential to professional success— the art of "smelling" out a culprit —shameful imposture by Caffre diviners — the hidden property and the animated stick — the delinquent discovered and the penalty exacted — some information respecting the art of bullock slaughtering in Caffre-land, 81 ; thief-smelling in Abyssinia — the Lebashi and his human terrier, 82 ; a little more medicine — the performance of a Patagonian physician — plastering a sick child with mud — two lines of tobacco the doctor's fee, 83; the ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.

VII as Patu-Paearche the New Zealand giantess — she goes out hunting and encounters Hatupatu— she carries him home as a mokai or pet — he sulks and won't eat— sends his mistress on a long journey and escapes while she is gone — he is pursued by the giantess — he is preserved from unheard-of dangers by his good genus Matiti matata — horrible end of the New Zealand giantess, 108 ; savage cock-fighting — how the Polynesians tram their birds, 109; the sport of surf-swimming — wrestling in Tahiti — an unex pected "flooier" — tipaopao — lady wrestlers — the noble art of self-defence among the Figians, 112; savage musical instruments — the South-Sea Island drum — the palm-ra — the sacred shell trumpets — the vivo, or nose flute — the Equatorial African Handja — music from the grave, 115. appearance of the dancers -the palyertatta and the koonteroo — the performance of a Koonteroo man, 139— another "corrobery" — the Australian snake dance — a savage pas seul — a dingo dance — dancing in Borneo — the festival of "Maugut" — Dayak head dance — pig's heads and human heads — a Dayak "scullery" — a Dayak sword dance, 143 ; from Borneo to the banks of the White Nile— among the Ilassanyeh— a Has eanyeh belle — a dance without music — the dancer's reward, 144 ; an Ottoe fancy dress ball — embarrassing position for a nervous person, 145; doing in Borne as the Romans do — a German's first essay as a "horse-dan cer," 146; a Bio Negro festival — ball dresses and decorations— instruments, warlike and musical — the dance of serpents — girdles of on-*as' teeth, and ankle rattles — necklaces, bracelets, and feathers monopolized by the male dancers, 149; the Bio Negro snake dance— an artificial snake forty feet long — "Capi" and the dance that results from drinking it, 151 ; the ancient game of ball as played by the Choctaws — the choice of champions — the night before the ball — gambling as to the result of the game, 152; an Australian bal masque — Darnley Island jokers — dancing in a tortoise-shell mask — a Torres Straits "Jack-in-the-green," 154.

Chap. V. — Man a smoking animal, 116; Indian belief in the sacred origin of tobacco —ditto as regards his pipe — the "Great Spirit " the first smoker — " Pipe Stone Quarry" — where situated and how approached — its singular appearance — rever ence in which it is held by Indians of all tribes, 118; "Medicine pipe-stem" — the pipe-stem carrier — social position of this functionary — frightful consequences of neg lecting the sacred trust, 120 ; special use of the grand pipe-stem — crying for war— the sacred pipe in full blast — women not allowed to be present at its smoking, 122 ; "Smoking for horses" — "Take a horse, but take my mark on your back," 123; a Torres Straits pipe— a bottle of smoke, 124 ; tobacco and tobacco-pipes among the giants of Patagonia — armed with smoke — a quiet, pipe in Damara-land — mild cure for "giddiness" arising from smoking — the Bechuanas as snuff m anus acturers — preposterous ' 'snuffers' ' —the Caffre as a snuffer —his snuff-box made of baked blood — his snuff-spoon and brush how and where he carries his snuff-box, 127 ; how to manufacture a snuff-box, 128.

Chap. VII. — Savage story-tellers — the Thackerays and Scotts of the wigwam — savage authors listened to and not read — the North-American Indians silent listeners— the Southern and Central Africans just the contrary, 156 ; the Chippeway legend of Algon and the Magic Circle — how Algon went out hunting — finds the magic cire.e— hides, and observes an angel-freighted basket descend from the clouds — they get out of the car and dance within the circle and play with a diamond ball — Algon falls in love with the prettiest dancer — he attempts to seize her— she vanishes with the rest up into the clouds — he hides next day —the descent of the car — Algon fails once more — he tries a third time, and by virtue of his medicine-bag changes himself into a mouse— success of the "mouse-trap'' — their marriage — the angel wife gro5vs weary of earth — weaves herself a basket and ascends to her original home, taking her son with her — after a lapse of time she comes down for her husband — every body made happy, 160; The Angel Bride — ■ Onoswutaquto's dream — Onoswutaquto accompanies his brother-in-law — the hole in the sky — what Onoswutaquto saw when he looked do*wn — cruelty of his brother-in-law — Onoswutaquto grows tired of paradise and returns to earth — his polygamy and ruin, 163 ; Algonquin the Huntsman, or Lost Chap. VI. — Dancing coasidered as a pas time — jumping for joy — dances of the North American Indians— dog dance of the Dacotas — the "village green" — murder of the "twa dogs" — banners of dog's-meat — dancing round two ugly "greasy poles," 131; the scalp dance — scalping in patomime — the snow dance — the dance for maize — sacrifice of green maize, 133 ; poor dance — novel mode of levying poor' s-rates -beggar's dance — slave's dance— voluntary slaves — the As sinnebcin mode of performing the calumet dance of peace, 135; the sun dance—scald ings in honour of the Great Spirit — the Aus tralian "Kuri" dance — costume and general ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. and Found — Algonquin's betrothed dies — ne goes to paradise to seek her — the old man at the gate — the lake surrounding the island of the blessed — the crystal canoe — he finds his betrothed — how the Master of Life received him — Algonquin is dismissed hope fully, 166; Otter-Heart, or the Good and Bad Squaw— the children in the wood — Otter-heart sets out to see life— he arrives at a village — he joins them at ball play and creates a sensation — is taken to the king's lodge and introduced to his daughters — Matchi the Wicked, and Ochki Koue the Good — to avoid polygamy he takes flight — is pursued by the sisters Good and Bad — is overtaken and climbs a tree — they cut at the tree with hatchets — by help of magic he rides off on a fir cone — is again overtaken in a hollow tree, but declines to come out — fresh strata gem on the part of the princesses — Matchi Koue nearly traps Otter-heart — Ochki Koue does entirely — they marry — he finds his wife is a descendant of the respectable beaver familv,

and he being of the otter tribe is de lighted — the one injunction, "Never allow me, my dear husband, to wet my feet"— happiness begets negligence — the broken promise and the dire penalty, 173 ; Moowis, or the Man made of Snow and Rags — Mamoudaqokwa the beautiful coquette — her numerous admirers — Mamoudaginene pro poses and is declined — he falls ill in con sequence — by power of his medicine he re solves to punish the obdurate young woman — a la Frankenstien he makes a man of snow and mud and rigs him out in a handsome manner — the snow man pays court to Ma moudagoqwa — she reciprocates the sentiment — they are espoused — they go a journey, and Moowis the man of snow melts before his bride's eyes, 175; The Evil of Curiosity — Sayadio loses his sister — he goes in search of her spirit and takes a magic calabash to put it in — he finds it and brings it home — he loses it again in a most aggravating man ner, 176. mysterious pots — Maciloniane discovers a monster under a pot — Maciloniane con demned to carry him — the monster left in the lurch — he pursues his carrier — is at tacked and destroyed by Maciloniane's dogs — the magic leg — the herd of cows and the pearl of the herd — the brothers meet — Ma cilo's coveteousness and treachery — he kills his brothers and appropriates the herd of cows— the awful bird that cannot be killed — Maciloniane betraved and given up to justice — a termination for the tale of the white cow, 184 ; Death and the Compadre — Bio Negro story — inviting Death to act as godfather to make friends with him — the Compadre' s compact with Death — time's up ! no shirking the great debt — " I must take somebody," 186; concerning Abyssinian Bou das; The Donkeyfied "Woman — her death and burial — the body sold to a Bouda who converts it into a donkey — an intelligent son —the sorcery detected and the woman restored to her natural shape — novel imposture in the cattle trade, 188; The Benevolent Toddy-maker— the toddy-maker picks up a boy at sea — the boy explains who he is and how he came there — he maintains him for many years — the Princess Nai Casuma seeks a husband — the male population assembled that she may take her choice — she selects the good toddy-man's adopted son, who is made Bitara of Majapahit — he raises his benefactor to the post of Chief of the Toddy men, 192.

Part III. Savage Adornment, Courtship, And Marriage

Chap. IX. — Black and white — Doctor Winterbottom's theory as to the reason why a negro is black — " Mulattos," "Quad roons," "Mestees," and "Sambos" — the palms of the negro's hands nealy as white as those of Europeans, 196 ; origin of per sonal adornment— an ancient savage of the Madam Eachael sort — tattooing common among British sailors, 197 ; shavin*-* with mussel-shells — the origin of tattooinoac cording to New Zealand notions — how the operation is performed — a poranai or idiot tattooed to death, 198; Hiki Tangaroa working according to price— tattooing con nected with embalming — ancient European traffic in New Zealand tattooed heads, 200* Figian tattooing — Figian tattooing tools lucky escape of Tonga women from the dis figurement of tattoo, 202 *.

Figian ladies tat too themselves —how the process is performed — tattooed to the bones — how the aborigine of Australia adorns his body — the "rid-o-e and Chap. VIII. — Story - telling among the Caffres, 177 ; The Artful Hare— the wo man who longed for the liver of a niamatsane — her husband reasons with her to no pur pose — he goes hunting niamatsanes and brings one home — she eats the liver — un satiable thirst the consequence — she drinks the lake dry — who did it? — the jerboa vroiigly accused by the artful hare — the artful hare's alliance with the lion — failure of a promising "dodge"— the artfiil hare compelled to a decent life, 180 ; The Magic Leg and the Mystery Bird — Maeilo and Maciloniane — tbe brothers set out to seek their fcrtune — they part company — the ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS, IX furrow" pattern— a Port Essington swell, 204 ; face-painting among the North-Ameri can Indians — a "three-faced" savage — a Pawnee dandy — his coiffure— an hour before the looking-glass, 206 ; Sioux manner of face-painting — violent contrasts admired — symbolism in the use of colours, 208 ; savage method of dressing hair — Figian modes — the "counsellors' -wig" style — the "paint brush" — the "pyramid" a head of hair five feet in circumference— the indispensable head scratcher, 210; hair-dressing in Abyssinia — heads dressed with butter — a skewer for scratching purposes — curious law respecting soldierly heads of hair — a pat of butter on the top of the head, 211 ; personal decora tion in Africa — the African and the looking glass — the head-dress of a lady of Londa — knocking out the teeth to improve the ap pearance, 212; objection of African savages to have perfect rows of teeth "like oxen" — how to cure a biting wife, 213; how the Malagasey dress their hair, 214. ox of the nurse" — paying for a wife by in stalments — throwing the necklace over the wall — difficulty of getting the bride home, 237 ; Caffre women favourable to polygamy — the old lady who went to look after her hus band's youngest wife — high price of wives among the Amakorer— ten oxen each — the commodity much cheaper in the interior, 238 ; a Caffre abduction case — the evidence of plaintiff and defendant — verdict for plaintiff — the wicked old schelms — the pin-money of a Caffre wife — wife-snatching in Caffre land, 239 ; the marriage laws that regulate New Zealand husbands — the savage man eating New Zealander shockingly henpecked — how the savage in question obtains a wife — all fair in love and war, 240 — fighting for a bride — damages claimed, 242 ; wife-snatching among the Towkans of Central America — the rag of betrothal — a young lady of twenty "beads" — preparations for a wedding — a boat-full of palm-wine — the village "wedding-ring" — the bridal hut — the bridegroom and his relations visit the bride's hut — the ob durate fair — music hath charms — the bundle of presents opened and exposed — yielding of the besieged — the bride captured and run away with — the pursuit — the

village "wedding-ring" gained and pursuit defied, 245 ; a Towkan wedding carousal — the wine-boat emptied to the last drop — the winding-up dance, 246 ; wife-matching in the Bush — the weakness of wooing eschewed by the matter-of-fact Bushman — how a Bushman beau "makes up" to the damsel of his choice — barbarous treatment of the very young and very old among Bush tribes, 247 ; the woo ings and weddings of the Dayaks of Borneo — "Be good enough to blow up the fire" — marriages among the Sea Dayaks — Blah pinang — simple system of divorce among the Sea Dayaks, 249 ; the Balan wife's token of divorce — stories of devoted Balan husbands — of Ijan the chief — of the boatman of Tanah Putih— of the brave Si Tundo, 252 ; propitiating a father-in-law with honey and butter — strange superstition prevalent in Tigre — the marriage " dass" — the guests and the order of their arrival — what the marriage feast consisted of — unceremonious behaviour towards the bride — the "arkees" or brides men — the equestrian bridegroom — the crook ing of fingers — felonious proceedings of " arkees" — their impudent denials, 258; matrimony at Fernando Po — marriage of the daughter of the King of Issapoo— His Ma jesty's kitchen — preparing a Fernando Po bridegroom — the charm of the yam and par rot's leather — the bride — the negro race re ported to blush blue — the "Nepee" — a chant in celebration of the bride's virtues — " if Nepee only knew the truth," 261; grand- Chap. X. — The courtship and marriage of a savage— domestic life of Ojibbeway wo men — work like horses — real condition of "prairie-flowers," 217; how the Australian Bushman treats his "Gin" — women in Figi — beauties at a discount — "my wife is not pretty, but she is tough as tortoiseshell " — - hogs and women of the same value in the Figian market — evils of Figian polygamy, 219; the Makololo women — their inclination to the cup that does inebriate — five strings to her "beau" — the tyranny of African mothers in-law, 220 ; easy condition of Damara wo men, 221 ; the laws of matrimony in Figi — fate of Figian bachelors — Figian marriage contract — the Veidomoni, the Vakamamaka, and the Vakatakata — keeping a bride from the sun to improve her complexion — the marriage feast — the "clipping" — the King of Lakemba's way of ruling his wives, 224 ; marriage of King Finow's daughter — the feast and a scramble for baked pork, 227 ; concerning love letters— the art of writing a mystery to the savage — the "talking paper" that betrayed the thief of the cocoa-nuts — King Finow's puzzle— a savage monarch's first writing lesson — "put me down" — "Tarky blind of an eye," 231 ; courtship and marriage among the cannibal Fans of Equa torial Africa — bargaining for a bride — three brass pans, a string of beads, and an elephant's tusk, the price of a wife — a cannibal wedding, 232 ; borrowing the trousers — marriage cus toms of the Mandingoes — sharpening the teeth preparatory to the wedding, 234.

Chap. XI. — Caffre weddings — the bride's purchase-money — cattle as a dowry — "the X ANALYSIS 07 CONTENTS.

Mr. Turner defends the Samoan against the charge of cannibalism, 291 ; important evi dence on the other side— iron kettles still in existence in which bodies were cooked, 293 ; the narrow escape of Pickering — the can nibalism of Equatorial Africa, 294 ; approaching a cannibal village — a cave strewn with human bones — heads claimed for the king's table — the grave robbed to gratify the horrible propensity — the cannibals fine stalwart fellows, 296 ; the origin of the bread-fruit tree — forests of "bread" — the bread-fruit crop, 298; mandiocca the "staff of life" among the Indians of Bio Negro tapioca extracted from the mandiocca, 299; description of a great Figian feast — tons of baked taro and yams — pyramids of roast pork — a pudding twenty-one feet in circum ference — the food carvers and the master of the feast — hospitality to strangers, 301 ; the rat eaten by the Figian — the rat hunt and how it is conducted — the weapons and the bait— the road tabooed, 303 ; the Figians as fishermen — how they fish for turtle — dangers of turtle fishing, 305 ; turtle hunting among the Mosquito Indians — shocking cruelty practised in the tortoise-shell trade — description of a Mosquito turtle hunt, 308; jumping for turtle — recipes from a savage's cookery book —for roast pig — for cocoa-nut soup — Too talo soup, 311 ; meal times in New Zealand — the "grumbling months," 313; resolution of New Zealand chiefs to adopt European customs — New Zealand feasts — the hakari, 314; how fire was intro duced into Samoa — Mafuie the god of fire. and Ti-iti-i — back to Patagonia — a Pata gonian dinner party — the festive board and the guests — a suspicious roast — "Why don't you eat, man ?" 318 ; how the native African keeps the pot boiling — the palm-tree the Indian's tree of life — meat, drink, clothes, and shelter — how palm-wine is collected, 320 ; some particulars of the palm-oil trade — a fortune in three years, or death, 321 ; the Ce or butter tree— its many uses, 322. mama priests — the marriage procession and the bridesmaids— the ceremony — the marriage gists— the "widow's mite," 262 ; the Bene dicts of Savage North America — advantages of polygamy to these Indians — daughters for sale — North- American Indian "love charms" "spells," and "philters" — the doll of love — how to punish a fickle sweetheart, 264 ; the cunning Menaboju — the old love and the new, 266 ; courtship among the Patagonians — how the young Patagonian came to woo — ask papa — papa a decided griffin — per severance carries the day, 268.

Part IV. Savage Domestic Economy

Chap. XII. — Distance the enchanter — what the savage "eats, drinks, and avoids'' — what's for dinner to-day all over the world? — the North -American Indian and his good friend the buffalo — a dance for buffalo — "buffalo come" — the buffalo pound devices for keeping them there, 272 ; whole sale butchery — Indian dog feasts — dining off a sleeping companion — propitiating the "clerk of the weather" — dog-flesh said to De "not so bad after all," 275; dog's-flesh held sacred among the Indians — a choice banquet for the "great white chief" — religious feasts of the Ojibbeways— the "painted pole" feast — the feast in honour of the first game killed by a boy — the feast to the dead — the crow feast— the feast for good luck, 279 ; dogs one of the chief dishes in Tahiti — puppies bred for the table — paying the rent in dogs— feeding parties, 279 ; among 6annibals — cannibalism still prevalent in many countries — its observance in ancient Figi — occasions on which bodies were eaten — at the building of a house— at a launch — a man killed for every fresh plank of a chief's canoe — food for the carpenters — black-list men, 282 ; only the choice parts of bodies eaten in the time of plenty — "bakolo" — the "carver" and his carving-knife — bodies baked whole — surmounted with a wig — women seldom eat of bakolo— skull drinking cups— sail-needles made of human shin bones — the man who ate nine hundred human bodies, 284 ; cannibal toasts and sentiments — "a long pig," 285; "Yaqona" — how it is prepared — "chew it" — "wring it" — etiquette of Yaqona drinking, 287 ; the am bitious boatman of Tonga, 288.