. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . rtant part in the horse races. Amongthe Toba, woman plays an active part inthe life of the tribe. If a fight takes place. women exhort the men to stand fast,though in other tribes they are prominentas peacemakers. It is rare for a woman toget drunk at one of their festivals ; on thecontrary, in common with a few warriors,temporarily teetotal, it is their duty to pre-vent quarrels and excesses, though theyare not always successful. Goajiro women, too, put an end to strife,and in general it may b
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . rtant part in the horse races. Amongthe Toba, woman plays an active part inthe life of the tribe. If a fight takes place. women exhort the men to stand fast,though in other tribes they are prominentas peacemakers. It is rare for a woman toget drunk at one of their festivals ; on thecontrary, in common with a few warriors,temporarily teetotal, it is their duty to pre-vent quarrels and excesses, though theyare not always successful. Goajiro women, too, put an end to strife,and in general it may be said that a tra-veller accompanied by women is safe, forthey are never attacked. In some tribes womans equahty hasmade way for womans superiority. Amongthe Siusi I saw a woman doctor, though itis true she did not make use of all thetrickery and mystery inseparable from theleech-craft of the magician. Among theCaraya the chief arbitrates in quarrelsbetween men, his wife between the Macusi an old widow onceruled a whole viUage, and the singulartiling was that even the Caribs, a tribe. Photograph by Hrtc Graj Rosen. CHOROTE WOMAN AND CHACO. often hostile to the j\Iacusi, submitted to-her commands. To this predominance of woman is due,perhaps, the fact that in marriages betweea SOUTH AMERICA 371 different tribes in Guiana the children expeditions. Some of the evidence, how-follow the tribe of the mother; if a ever, may perhaps be woman marries an Arawak, the The Mura, a nomadic people of the valley children are Warrau. Thus there are manycompetent witnesses tothe worthy position ofthe South American In-dian woman in familylife and in the life ofthe community. Thefew writers who bearcontrar} testimony areof small importance, fortheir evidence is drawnin some cases fromtribes on a very lowlevel of civilisation,or rather of savagery ;in others the peopleswhom they describehave been in contactwith Europeans andhave thus suffered cor-
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