Among the Head-Hunters of Formosa

Looking back over what I learned, during the two years that I was in Formosa, of the manners and customs--collectively speaking--of the aboriginal tribes, and of the outlook on...

Formosa lies about a thousand miles south of Kobe--six hundred and sixty miles, it is estimated, south of Kagoshima, the southernmost point of Japan proper--and the voyage of fo...

Deities of the Ami and Beliefs of this Tribe regarding Heaven and Hell--Beliefs and Ceremonials of the other Tribes of the South--Descent from Bamboo; Carved Representations of...

The social organization of the Formosan aborigines presents many points of interest, but the four which most forcibly impress the visitor or student of aboriginal customs, and w...

In spite of the objections of the Director, and the suspicions of the police and of the hydra-headed ‘they,’ I did not, while in Formosa, confine either my interests or my exerc...

Physical Appearance pointing to Indoneso-Malay Origin--Linguistic Evidence and Evidence of Handicraft--Tribal Divisions of the Aborigines--Moot Question as to the Existence of a...

Various Types of Dwelling-houses Peculiar to the Different Tribes--Ingenious Suspension-bridges and Communal Granaries Common to all the Tribes--Weapons and the Methods of their...

The Point of View of the Aborigines regarding Sex--Courtship preceding Marriage--Consultation of the Bird Omen and of Bamboo Strips as to the Auspicious Day for the Wedding--The...

As to the actual existence of matriarchates I had always been sceptical. Matrilineal tribes, and those matrilocal--that was a different matter. The existence of these among cert...

Belief that Illness is due to Evil _Ottofu_--Ministrations of the Priestess--A Seventeenth-century Dutch Record of the Treatment of the Dying by the Formosan Aborigines--The “De...

One form of mutilation--that of perforating the lobes of the ears--was referred to in the last chapter. “Perforating,” however, inadequately describes the cutting away of the ma...

As regards this particular odd corner of the world, naturally, in my peregrinations about the island, I picked up a certain amount of information. Among other things, I learned...

This subject might be dismissed with a word--so little is any method of transport less primitive than that of human shoulders developed among the aboriginal tribes--were it not...

Whether the Formosan aborigines are a “decadent” people, in the sense suggested in the last chapter, or whether they are “primitive,” in the sense that they are at the beginning...

Deities of the Ami and Beliefs of this Tribe regarding Heaven and Hell--Beliefs and Ceremonials of the other Tribes of the South--Descent from Bamboo; Carved Representations of...

The Point of View of the Aborigines regarding Sex--Courtship preceding Marriage--Consultation of the Bird Omen and of Bamboo Strips as to the Auspicious Day for the Wedding--The...

Belief that Illness is due to Evil Ottofu--Ministrations of the Priestess--A Seventeenth-century Dutch Record of the Treatment of the Dying by the Formosan Aborigines--The “Dead...

Various Types of Dwelling-houses peculiar to the Different Tribes--Ingenious Suspension-bridges and Communal Granaries common to all the Tribes--Weapons and the Methods of their...

Scepticism regarding the Existence of a Matriarchate--Glimpse of Formosa from a Steamer’s Deck in passing--Hearsay in Japan concerning the Island Colony--Opportunity of going to...

Physical Appearance pointing to Indoneso-Malay Origin--Linguistic Evidence and Evidence of Handicraft--Tribal Divisions of the Aborigines--Moot Question as to the Existence of a...