Women quarreling, 1878

(2. ) women quarreling. (see page 213. )domestic life has, of course, its draw-backs among savages as among civilized nations; and there are, perhaps, times when the gallant soldier, who has been rewarded with a wife or two for his courage in the field, wishes himself once more engaged on a war march. The natural consequence of the low esteem in which the women are viewed, and the state of slavery in which they are held, is that they are apt to quarrel fiercely among themselves, and to vent upon each other any feelings of irritation that they are forced to suppress before heir lords and masters. Even among ourselves we see how this querulous spirit is developed in proportion to want of cultivation, and how, in the most degraded neighborhoods, a quarrel starts up between two women on the very slightest grounds, and spreads in all directions like tire in tow. So, in a kaffir kraal, a couple of women get up a quarrel, and the contagion immediately spreads around. Every woman within hearing must needs take part in the quarrel, just like dogs when they hear their companions fighting, and the scene in the kraal becomes, as may be seen by the illustration no. 2, page 209, more lively than pleasant. Even this drawback to domestic life is not without its remedy, which generally take the shape of a stick, so that the men, at least, pass tolerably tranquil lives. Their chief characteristics are the absolute power of their king, and their singular subservience to superstition; but, as they have never been accustomed to consider their lives or their property their own, they are quite happy under conditions which would make an englishman miserable. Identifier: uncivilizedraces00wood (find matches) 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 year: 1878 (1870s) authors: wood, j. G. (john george), 1827-1889 subjects: ethnology manners and customs savages publisher: hartford: j. B. Burr and company contributing library: university of california libraries digitizing sponsor: internet archive. Date: 1878.