Primitive People Who Twitter Like Birds Peking, Feb, 23.
A tribe of wild men in North Manchuria, who never lie down, but always sleep sitting up, with their feet crossed like Buddhas, so that they may rise and van in a second, described by a correspondent of a Chinese newspaper here. The correspondent claims to have vi ed the tribe. The strange people are called Orunchuns, he declares, and they live in Kolombairh, North Manchuria. They are so primitive that they have no social organization whatever, and no chief or elders.
The men of the tribe, says the correspondent, have the qualities of wild animals, They can outrun foxes and wolves, and often overtake and kill such animals, They hunt like wolves in bands, and do not hesitate to attack Manchurian tigers. They have no homes, but seek caves and sheltered parts of the mountains in which to sleep. They usually travel by day.
The correspondent says the' Orunchuns have a spoken language entirely their own, with a very Jimited vocabulary, but no written language. They speak in low tones, very agreeable to the ear, much ro-sembling the twitter of birds. In winter, they wear the skins of wild animals which they have killed, but in summer they go naked. They do not understand cooking, and teat and devour the flesh of animals. They understand the use of bows and arrows, which they get from Russians, but they cannot make them for themselves It is very dangerous to go among, them, the correspondent says, and they ate known to have killed several travellers who were unduly curious to examine their habits United Press.
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