700 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [WLH, ANN. 38 
4 years of age running about with a bit of cassava bread in one hand 
and a knife in the other; running back to suckle for a moment and 
then off again to play (Da, 250). 
913. Once the child is too big for the baby sling, and the mother 
has work to do that prevents her carrying it on the hips, she may 
make use of a hanging chair (fig. 340). With the Moruca River 
Carib this chair is made of a wooden hoop, supported by two strings 
and a stick from which it is hung. 
Across the hoop is tied a 4 or 5 inch wide 
cotton band, whereon the infant sits 
astride. The hoop may be decorated with 
cotton tassels. The Siusi (Arawak stock) 
and Kobéua (Betoya stock) of the Uaupes 
River district employ a similar article 
(XG, um, 148). It serves the double pur- 
pose of giving the mother a rest and keep- 
ing the infant out of mischief. It is quite 
safe now, can not crawl on the ground, eat 
earth, and get into a mess, while at the 
same time it can be taught to walk. 
Penard is responsible for the statement that 
as it is of importance to the mother that 
her suckling should quickly learn to creep 
and walk, she sometimes has recourse to 
very drastic measures, e. g., putting her 
infant on a spot where there are ants. The 
child, out of pain, tries to stand up, and 
by so doing soon learns to walk (PEN, 1, 
162, 163). 
914. The Indians very seldom can over- 
come their feelings so as to correct their 
children, nor do they like to see it done by 
Baby's hanging anyone else (BE 147). The boys have 
dake their wills uncontrolled, and are never, or 
seldom, chastised (Da, 250). Children grow up without discipline, 
which, however, does not prevent them having a sort of respect for 
their parents and elders. Among the Arawak, they address their 
parents in the plural, just as inferiors do their superiors. The 
Carib, on the other hand, make absolutely no difference (PEN, 
1, 162, 163). Parents are exceedingly affectionate to their chil- 
dren, so much so that an Indian will bear any insult or incon- 
venience from his child tamely rather than administer personal 
correction (HiC, 229). But occasionally there may be another, 
though extremely exceptional, face to the picture like that limned by 
Fie. 340. 
