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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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d to be explained by the pettyjealousies of human nature, which is tooprone to feel itself personally hurt at theprosperity of another. Vengeance for amurdered chief is intelligible, and so is awar for succession; but the last cause needssome explanation. By the laws of Samoa, a woman once awife is always a wife, even though she maybe put away by her husband. The Samoan.chiefs claim the right of marrying as manywives as they choose, and putting themaway as often as they like. Indeed, a manoften marries a girl merely for the sake ofher dower of mats and other property. Buteven after he has put away a wife, he stillconsiders her as his own chattel; and if anyother chief takes her to his house, war isat once declared against him. It is a curi-ous fact that the original husband caresnothing about the morality of the wifewhom he has put away, but only for the in-sult offered to himself by taking his prop-erty. Such cast-off wives mostly attachthemselves to the Fala-tele, or visiting (101G)
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MANGAIAN SPEAR. (See page 1034.) SUIT OF ARMOR. (See page 1019.) MANGAIAN PADDLES (See page 1033.) (1018) SPEAKS AND CLUBS. 1019 house, leading most immoral lives, and maydo so without incurring any resentmentfrom their former husband. But let themmarry another, and vengeance immediatelyfollows the insult. Before the introduction of fire-arms, theprincipal weapons of Samoa were the spearand the club. The older chiefs have a rootedobjection to the musket, and, like Hotspursfop, have not been particularly willing totake the field since that villanous salt-petre has come into vogue. Muskets,say thev, are weapons for boys; clubs formen. They have some reason to complainof the bullets, which, as they say, do notknow chiefs, because their towering head-dresses make them so conspicuous that theyafford excellent marks to the enemy; and*ifby chance one of their opponents shouldhave even a moderate notion of taking aim,their chance of coming safely out of thebattle would be a very small one. Th

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