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Gonds and Korkiis— A Midnight Revel— The Wild Men 

 are conciliated — We teach them to Euild and Plough — 

 The Denwa Sal Forest — The Twelve-tined Deer — Jungle- 

 fowl — Spur-fowl — Gazelles and Hares — Fire-hunting by 

 Night — Bears and Panthers — A Troublesome Panther — 

 Fox-hunting at Puchmurree — Bison-stalking — A Brace of 

 Bulls — Tracking the Bison — A Hard Day's Work — Death 

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CHAPTER IV. 

 THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES. 



Interest of the Subject — An Historical Parallel — Influence of 

 Contact with Hinduism — Mixed Races — -The Eaj-G/)nds — 

 The Ivorkus — The Bhilalas — Introduction of Caste — Diffi- 

 culties of Investigation — Meagreness of Aboriginal Lan- 

 guages — G6nd Legends — Religion of the Gonds — Worship 

 of Powers of Nature — Fetishism — Worship of Ancestors — 

 Demigods and Heroes — Idol Worship — Sivaism — Religious 

 Ceremonies — The Great Spirit — Religion of the Korkiis — 

 Sun Worship — Burial Customs of the Tribes — Personal 

 Appearance — Marriage Customs — Economical Position of 

 the Tribes — Drunkenness — Agricultural Position — The 

 Timber Trade —Demoralisation of the Tribes — Retribution 

 — Excise Laws — Forest Regulations — Improvement in the 

 Condition of the Aborigines — Effect of High Prices — Cul- 

 ture of the Oil-seed Plant — Influence of Hinduism — Future 

 of the Aborigines — Measures Required — Hindoo Pilgrims 

 to the Shrine of Mahadeo — An Indian Fair — Description 

 of the Shrine — The Religion of Sivaism — Human Sacrifices 

 — Omkar Mdndhatta — Death of a Victim — A Priestly 

 Murder — Cholera among the Pilgrims — Panic and Flight 

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