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THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
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VOLUME V.
CANTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1884.
NUMBER 29.
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rjan3'83-ly] Canton, Georgia.
A Fhknohman, having insulted an
editor, wa« preoipitated down the edi
tor’s stairs. The Frenchman appealed
to tho law. The offense was not denied.
Tho justice asked the foreigner what his
impressions were, and if ho was much
hurt. “No, sare,” replied tho French
man, “I have not been hurt-e<l, bnt
I have been surpris ed, aud considerably
coufus-ed.”
Some find work where Homo find rest.
Aud so tho weary world goes on,
I sometimes wonder which Is licet —
The answer cutties when life is gone.
Sonic eyes sleep who some eyes wnko,
And so the dreary night hours go.
Some hearts beat where somo hearts bronk,
I often wonder why ’ti* so.
Some hands fold where other hands
Are lifted bravely In tho strife;
And so thro’ age* and thro’ lsiuls
Move on the two extremes of lifo.
Some feet halt where some feet tread,
In the tireless march, a thorny way;
Some strngglo on where some have fled;
Romo seek, when others shun, the fray.,
Somo sleep on wlillo others keep
The vigils of the true andh ive;
They will not rest till roses orcep
Around tlieir nsme above a grave.
—Kocry Other Saturday.
THE POLAR REGIONS.
TIIK NKUllinOMIlOOn OF POINT RAH.
HOW AN l> KMC It I OKI) IIY I.T. ttAY’M
I’AIITY. ___
A Primitive I .at el Indians—Their Ways and
llublts-Ilancst-Hnblea.
The Oogln&miemouns are tho trilio of
natives in the immediate vicinity of
where IA. Ray’s Bigusl Service station
woe at Ooglnamie. The tribe constats of
180 souls. A few miles distant is another
tribe, called the Noowookraeuns, num
bering 140 people, bnt the relations ex
isting between the two are not so har
monious as one wonld lie led to believe
was due to neighbors where acquaint
ances are so few. There have not boon
any open outbreaks between the trilxss,
and they often mingled together near
the station, but ench eyed the other ana-
picionsly, and tbe members of the two
tribes were olieerved to broatbe more
freely wlion they were surrounded only
by their own peoplo. Neither tribe
holds allegiance to any ehief or ruler.
No congresses or legislatures have as
yut broken in npon the rude mode of
living. They are anarohists in the full
sense of the 'word, Bmkmm iehie<
own chief and, strange as It may seem,
Lieutenant Rsv pronounces them the
beet governed and happiest people in
tho world. There appears to bo no clash
ing of interests among them, and no
bully has ever yot come to the front and
bulldozed tho tribe by assorting that
might mode right. Fighting and quar
relling are unknown. Ray says he nevor
saw a child punished in any form, and
yet ho reports the children aa well be
haved, modest and honest. As high as
twenty-five children have visited tho
station at one time, and their deport
ment would be such that lie could not
help but notice the striking contrast be
tween them and the ohildren who had
all tho advantages of civilization. How
ever small the child might be it never
intrndod itself into nnivitod plaoes. No
matter how many tools, artioloe of cloth
ing or provisions wore scattered around,
tho Lieutenant never saw them tonoh a
thing, much less to try to appropriate
or steal them. If anything was given a
child it showed its appreciation thereat,
sometimes in words bnt more often in
smiles, and by informing its playfellows
that he or she had been shown especial
favors by the great white Captain. The
only blow Ray ever saw struok in these
tribes was by a husband, who boxed his
wife's ears for supposed infidelity.
HABITS AND CUSTOMS.
Thieving is seldom known among the
men or women of the tribes, and when
it docs occur there is no punishment for
the crime. The thief makes no seoret of
his act, and will deliberately expose the
article taken to the whole tribe in a few
minutes after appropriating it to his own
use. Tho petty thief will take a hatchet
from its owner, and in half an hour loan
it to him to do some work, and the owner is
in honor bound to return it to the scamp
who stole it. A case in point is as follows:
One of the tribe stole a tent from auothor
one. He “pitched” the tent a few min
utes later, and in half an honr bad as his
guest or dinner the original owner. Tho
owner knew the tent, and yot came with
in its folds and partook of the hospitality
of Iho thief. Possession appears to bo
nine points of law with them. A police
courf would soon become bankrupt
there. Neither tribe appears to have
any marriage ceremony. If the man is
willing and the woman also, there is no
legal impediment and the twain are as
one. There is but little funeral cere
mony. When n male dies his body is
sewed up in canvas or a deer skin,
placed on a sledge and moved out on tho
tundra, where it remains. The deceased’s
effects are all broken np over the body.
If a woman dies tho only ohangoiu form
of burial is in simply breaking a bowl
over tho body. ETaving no implements
to penetrate tho hard frozen ground and
there being a scarcity of lumber where
with to build caches, the above manner
of disposing of their dead seems to bo
Iho only practicable way. Many person*
have accused those tribes of having no
feeling for their dead, not stopping to
consider the difficulties surrouuding
them and the almost impossibility of giv
ing thorn decent sepulture. Ray says the
memory of the deceased is ever cherished
with the kindliest feelings, and when
they speak of the departed it is with a
reverence and oharity not surpassed by
the white rnoe.
NATIVB hupbustition.
Tho Ooglaamiemeuns and Noowook-
mouns are fall of superstitions ideas, and
have a god of fire, one of water and one
of almost everything else, even a god of
the north wind, and so on for the eight
principal points of the compass. Those
gods they often supplicate for assistance,
and should the prayer be beard it is all
right, bnt should the prayor be unan
swered in their simplicity they merely
jonsido* tho god angry or too busy to
attend to their present wants. At one
time one of these pow-wows (or prayor
meetings) was in progress, the objeot be
ing to have the god of tho cost wind
drive away tho foe pack that they might
hunt for seal, when Lieutenant Ray
colled one of the old men at the tribe to
him and, marking tho outUnos of the
Asiatio coast npon the sand, told the Innu
(for snob they call themsolvea) that
across the great water was a larger body
of land and many, many moie people
than the Oogloamiemenns had; that
these people also wanted seal, and the
god of the west wind was providing for
them, as they had undoubtedly prayed
harder to have their wonts supplied.
The Innu was satisfied whon informed
by Ray that he had been there aud seen
this large body of people. Tho Innu
departed to where his people wore in
suoh a sober manner that it showed he
was deeply Impreesed with tho Licuteu
ant’s words. Soon the tribe wore seen
to go to a higher elevation and there the
pow-wow commonood with redoubled
fury. The ceremony was kept np until
late in the day and that evening an east
wind prevailed and broke up tho pack.
The next day the old Innn willed npon
Ray, and with the solemnity of a Quaker,
said:—"I tol!i yon we could ontjway
those follows on the other side I” When
thoy go for a whale or daring the timo
the flesh of that animal is on band, seal,
walrus, reindeer hunting and so on must
lio ontirely abandoned by all tho rela
tive* of tho participants in the first hunt.
This same superstition is also fouud
among the Esquimaux on tho other sido
of tbe continent. Boys nro thought
more of than girls, yet lx>th sexes are so
scarce that whon acouplo is blessed with
more than one child tho children are
distributed around to the other families
who are childless. A child is considered
a great blessing among them, and is
thought more of than anything else
which they possess.
PECULIARITIES or LIVING.
As a rule these natives do not eat
hlnhher. When provisions become
scarco they will eat it, but never by it
self. The same can bo said of oil. A
food is prepared in a largo wooden bowl,
consisting of a little seal oil aud deer
tallow beaten together to the consist
ency of thick cream. Boiled deer meat
is then stirred in by a woman with her
naked hand until it becomes like pem-
mioan. This is thier oliicf traveling
food, and is always used whon a journey
is to be performed. No part of tho ani
mal is allowed to go to waste Even
the bones, after being picked bare, are
pounded np and boiled and the marrow
extracted for pemmicau food. Ray says
it is a common occurrence for them to
take a little seal oil and thoroughly mix
it with reindeer droppings, and eat it
with an apparent relish. They crave
vegetables, and would always carefully
gather np tho potato peelings around
the station, boil them and consider they
had dined like a king. Whon traveling
they eat bnt one meal a day. Whon
they nriso in tho morning thoy start on
their jonrney without breakfast, will
travel all day, and whon they strike
camp at night will gorge themselves and
go to bed. They have no sleeping sacks
or deerskins. When the igloo is built
and the slab of snow cat oat upon which
they are to rest, a tanned walrus hide is
thrown over the cold slab and they lie
down in the clothes in which they have
traveled all day.
VONDNESS FOR TOBACCO AND WinHKV.
They are crazy after tobacco and will
do almost anything to obtain it. Tho
blacker tho tobacco aud the more adul
terated it is the better the Innas like it.
The common natural leaf brands and the
fine-cuts are not as oageriy sought after
as tho “black Jack,” with its copperas
taste. They get the full value of tho
tobacco in chewing, aud, after the
“cud” has yielded its richness it is care
fully tucked behind tho ear for some
future occasion, tho native, no doubt,
fearing that a “corner” in the article
might take place. So insatiable are
their appetites iq this respect that they
would often oomo to the station and
orave lit* privilege of cleaning out tho
men’s pipes of their refuse—scrape tho
Inside of the howl and stem of nicotine
and, mixing tho ashes and other debris
together, tnko it into tho mouth and ab
solutely eat it. Tobacco appears to havo
no effect upon their systems, unless it is
to strengthen them, for after ouo of tlieir
feasts upon tho weed the lnmu appear
to have more vitality and seem far hap
pier. Even children and infants somo
to take tp it naturally, Ray says he has
seen a babe three months old takou
front its mothor's breast, its mouth filled
with tobaoco, aud tho iufaut would
suckle away at tho weed, with more cu-
joymont than if it had its natural food,
until it. fell asleep. They are literally
tobncoo caters. The same may bo said
about whisky. The more fiery it is iu its
taste the border they will strivo to obtain
it. Tho flucr brands arc not sought
after, bnt one good drink of old “tanglo-
foot,” which contains equal parts of
aquafortis, nitro-glyccriuo and as-
■afoetida, will make a native happy sa a
at high water. Aloohol, in Its pure
state, is their high-toned drink, and tho
native's idea of pure bliss is a bottle of
aloohol and a plug of “black Jack.” It
ta impossible to get these peoplo to
travel with yon in tho long Arctio night
They trill not leave tlieir huts ns long as
the son is below tho horizou. Thoy are
generally a very healthy peoplo and oon-
sumption is unknown among them.
There are no traces of lingering sickness
or hereditary disease, and the peoplo are
mostly affected by bronoliial ailments,
oansed by suddon exposure. Their snow
huts are not exactly like tho Esquimaux
of the Hudson Bay region, being shaped
more like a tent. Bay says ho bos slept
in one of tbeae "igloos” wlion it was so
orowded and poorly ventilated Hint his
rooking lamp retusod to burn, yet in tho
morning ho felt well and was prepared
for a long jonrney.
FLOWERS BLOOMING AMID TOE SNOWS.
As far north as this station wns it was
not without itsaigus of civilization in th«
spring and snmmer. Tho old-foNhioued
(tan(klion was found hero iu abundance,
nboirl the snmo in sine and as strong in
growth as in the Eastern States. Several
species of tho saxafrnge grow in that re
gion, and tho little buttercup is a com
mon thing. The latter has boon found
in bloom in early spring, tho plant hoing
in somo favored ploeo where tho sun
reached it and where projection of snow
protcoted it from tho cold wind. A blue
bell similar to our own grows on tho low
lands, while several species of poppies
are found, tho most prominent of which
is a small yellow variety. This jroppy
blossoms and fades quickly, and while
the flower is parting away a small yellow
butterfly frequents tho bloom aud feeds
thereon. Tho Indians believe tho poppy
changes into tho butterfly, and lienee
both are called "lucky-tuoky-JackHon.”
A small Arctio willow grows under tho
surface of the moss, and one shrub will
somotiiuoa cover an area of several rods.
No grass can bo fouud, except along tho
seashore, where a small, coaise, wiry
spooiea is found.
Meade Rivor is sixty miles from the
station, and there we find a small,scraggy
willow about four foot high. This river
is tortuous, about two hundred yards
wide at its mouth and flows northeasterly
into the Arctio Oonan. Ten miles further
on is the Ick-pick-pong River (the river
of big cliffs) and tho same willow is found
there. In both of these rivers whiteflsh,
trout and a few salmon trout are found.
Largo game is seldom seen in that local
ity. Occasionally a stray doer wanders
there. Ray says he does not believe tho
ground cariboo doer is over fouud north
of latitude 70 degrees. Tho large gray
(or white) wolf is seen at intervals, and
tho white fox is found early in winter,
but as the weather becomes more severe
entirely disappears. Only five polar
l>cur8 have been killed in that neighbor
hood in two years. Ray saw but one
during his stay there. Tho black aud
red fox do not iuhabit that region, bnt
tho natives havo their skins, which arc
brought from tho south.
BIRDS OF TIIK FRIGID ZONE.
Of tho cider (luck there are five
species—the Pacific, king, spectacle, old
squaw and stellar’s elder. Tho brant,
white-fronted aud Arctic goose frequent
this locality. The Canada goose has
been seen about one hundred miles
further south and west. These and
other birds migrnto northward at a defi
nite time each year. In 1882 they
appeared on tho 12th of May, and in
1883 they came one day later. In their
flight they draw across tho American
continent, and it is Ray's opinion that
they go to Prince Patrick’s Land. Ray
1 also believes there is no habitable land
i due north for man, beast or fowl, as
i there is no migration in that direction
j in tho spring, nor do the birds return
j from duo north in the fall. Birds re
turn in July in small flocks passing
1 south, although the king and Pacific re
mained near the Point as long as there
was open water. A few straggling goeeo
and ducks built their hntcherio* near the
Point, along the seashore, and in less
than six weeks from the timo the bird is
hntched ont it is strong euough to fly
southward with the elder ones. Of the
small watlcrs the fallarones and sand
pipers hntoh in immense numbers on the
mainland, coming in May and leaving
al>out the 1st of September, aud all de
parting at once. Tho murr—tho small
Arotio divor—remains longer than any
other bird. They havo beou frequently
caught in tho breathing holes of the sent
hi November. There nro three spooiea
of the loou—the groat North diver, tho
red throat and tho black throat. Tho
little suow bunting comes early in April,
a forerunner of spring. Ray dosaril>es
this bird with a note like a skylark—a
tingle bar—aud the bird towers when
it tings. It is the only place bo ever
beard thorn aing so sweetly. A few
crane df tho Riohardaon specie* are
found here, and aovoral species of tho
seagull—tbe burgomaster, ivory, and
blue wing, several species of the tern
and skewers, sabines, aud rosegnll. The
large, white Arctio owl was found, hut
few in number. The owl ia a wary bird,
and seen in that region as well by day
ns by night, and consequently was the
most difficult to capture. Lemmings
were also found in goodly numbers, but
tbe marmot was very source. A largo
collection of specimens havo lieeu made
for the Bmithaoninn Institution at Wash
ington, ineluding every animal and bird
seen iu that aeetion, and tbe eggs of all
tho birds. Iu this respoot Ray has cx-
oolled all others.
Earthquakes In Great Britain.
Earthquake shocks of various degreos
of intensity havo frequently been felt in
England and other partB of tho United
Kingdom. In 1089 one prevailed
throughout England, in 1142 one was
felt severely at Linoolu, and in 1274 a
shook destroyed tlio town of Glaston
bury and was felt in all parts of Englaud.
On November 14, 1318, was experienced
tho most violent shook ever known in
England. Parts of flt Panl’s Cathedral
and of the Temple wore thrown down on
April 0, 1580. There was a hard shook
at Dublin on Ootober 17, 1090, and a
•light shook at London on February 19,
1750. The northwest of England wns
shaken on Novemlier 9, 1852, and Corn
wall, slightly, on Ootober 21, 1859, snd
again an January 13, 1800. Through
out the central, west and northwestern
parts of England a shook was felt iu the
early morning of Ootober 0, 1803. Bath,
Swansea and other places in the south
west of England and tho south of
Wnloa suffered slightly on Ootolier 30,
1808. Houses were shukon so as to
brook wiudown and crockery iu tho
northwest of England on tho evening of
March 17, 1871, and on March 22, five
days later, another shook wsh faintly
felt in Yorkshire. There wore slight
shocks at Inverary and other plr..e* in
tho west of Scotland on Nov. 28, 1880.
Besides those, the great Lisbon earth
quake of November 1, 1755, and othpr
violent slismio disturbances at othor
points, havo been felt in tho British
isles.
A Nad Fate.
Tho funeral services held in the churob
of the Annunciation, New York city, and
the subsequent burial iu Woodlawn
Cemetery, of tho body of a beautiful
girl only twenty-two years old, were the
Inst sad ritos extended to one who fell a
victim to tho Langtry cruze, the belief
that physical l>cauty merely was a suffi
cient passport to fame and fortune on tho
stage.
John Stetson, tho theatrical manager,
says: “Slio wns one of the most beau
tiful women I ever saw in my lifo. Bhe
was tall and perfect in form, with oval
face and cheeks soft, velvety and as rosy
ns peaches. Bhe gave mo her namo ns
Ivy Hughes, ndmitliug at tho same time
that that was her maiden name. She
told mo that she hod recently como from
England, where she had moved in the
highest circles of society. She was given
n minor part and failed, then became tin
artist’s model, had a long struggle with
poverty and died to bo buried at public
expense. Her fate was a sad one."
Awkward.—The London Truth says
that at a royal marriage in England somo
ears ago the bridegroom was a German
Prince. Only members of tho royai
family were present at the ceremony,
with a few of the chief offioers of the
household. When tbe bridegroom oama
j to repeat the words, “with all my goods
I thee endow,” an indignant exclama-
' tion was heard from tho royal circle,
j “Good God 1 tho very shoes the fellow
\ wears aro not paid for 1” It wns the old
1 Duke of Cambridge who had blurted out
this awkward truth in one of his fits of
abstraction.
Dr. J. P. Saye
BALL GROUND, OA
Tenders his professional service* t«
the citizens of Hal) Ground Mid sur
rounding country.
Olficc—It. J. B .lings' Hotel._______
HOUSE - BDILDIM
AND
CONTRACTING.
I am now fully prepared to promptly
complete all contracts for Building ol
Repairing Houses
I keep constantly on hand and cat
promptly fill nil orders for any kind ol
Sash, Doors, Mouldings,
Rough and Dressed .
LUMBER,
and in fact Building Material of evety
description.
All work guaranteed satisfactory, and
at prices that defy competition.
If contemplating anything in my lin«
call and get my plans and prices.
IT. 8. TOLBERT.
THOS. W. HOGAN,
DENTIST,
Canton,
Oft.
Tenders his professional so vices to the
citizens of Canton and Hurrounding houn-
try, and guarantees satisfaction In work
and prices.
Office—Over W. M. Ellis' store.
8&le and Feed
STABLE,
G. W. EVANS,
Caotoo, Ga., near Railroad Depot.
Horses valid Huggics at reasonable
prices.
Carriages snd Horses always ready.
Will send to any part of tlie country,
with careful drivers and gentle teams.
All kinds of stock feud, aud stock well
enred for.
HaniiBg and Drayini Don at Itv Rain.
Customers will lie politely waited on
at all hours—day or night.
McAfee Reuse
CANTON, GA
Under an entirely neiy management,
is ikjw open for the accommodation of
those (■ecking a healthy and pleasant
locality. Accommodation* First-Class
mui Prices Low. Splendid sample room*
for Drummers. Special rates to families.
In connection with the lion o aro
(plend.d Hiables where horses, buggies,
itc., will receive prompt attention and
at moderate prices, hor further par
ticular* call on or address
IKS, KOHIL. IfXlLUJI,
Propriftiwi.
medical cm
f f) ‘K. JV. SEWJ2LL
Returns thanks to the citizens of Canton
and vicinity for their liberal patronngo
and ask a continuance of the same
being permanently located, will con
tinue to practice Medicine, Surgery and
Midwifery.
Hoping by industry, energy and striet
application to b anions to merit an in
creased patronage aud continuance of
the same
Office and Drug Btore first door east of
R, T. Jones’ store. Residence adjoining
llen.J*\ Poiry. janB
p, imhto; ’
BRICK, PLASTERING
—AND-
ST0NE WORKMAN.
Canton,
Ga.
I am fully prepared to do any kind of
j Mnsonry or PJastfiing at the low'eat pos
sible rates, aud solicit the patronage of
those desiring work in mv line,
j an 3 _ H. H SfcENTYRE.
I A. J* 8TJ3ADMAN 5 ,
CANTON
OA
Having taken charge of hie father’*
j shop returns thanks to his customer* for
j past patronage and a"ks foracGiltihuance
I of the same.
I All w rk, such n« Roofing, Cluttering
. copper, and ull repair* will be promptly
executed, and at reasonable prices,. Give
him a (rial is all ho asks.