IN HIGHER PEOPLES 99 



He slays other animals both for food and in self- 

 preservation. The larger and more dangerous 

 flesh-eating animals are today swept from the 

 earth. But this condition of things has come 

 about only after a long and bloody struggle be- 

 tween human beings with their bows and arrows 

 and spears, and the non-human beings with their 

 teeth and claws. 



Savages live in small groups called tribes, 

 which are almost constantly at war with each 

 other. The general condition of peace prevailing 

 among higher men is unknown to savages. With 

 savages war is the natural state, and peace the ex- 

 ception. The business of killing and of being 

 killed is carried on by the men, the women, for the 

 most part, following other occupations. 



Women are the drudges and burden-bearers 

 among savages. They do all the hard work. The 

 condition of women among primitive peoples is 

 everywhere deplorable and unhappy. The men 

 are more powerful than the women, and they use 

 their superior strength to enslave women and to 

 force upon them the hard and disagreeable tasks 

 of life. The courtesy, respect, and protection 

 shown to women among the higher human races 

 are unknown among the lower races. The women 

 of savages prepare the food and take care of the 

 young. They act as pack-animals for the tribe, 

 and, if the tribe is intelligent enough to engage in 

 agriculture, the women do the work in the fields. 



The men look with contempt on women's work. 



