MASAI, TURKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC. 879 



set aside fur her use, and slie drinks its milk. Childien are trained with 

 a certain amount of discipline, and, like the ancient Persians, are taught 

 to draw the bow and spea.k the truth — in fact, 

 people it is thought very wicked to tell a lie, 



the 



unti'utljful 



amongst most of these 

 and it is believed tliat 

 person witfi liglitnirig. 



' '1 



<iod punishes lying by striking 

 If a son refuses to 

 obey his ftther in 

 any seri<ius ruattei'. 

 the father solemnly 

 strikes the son with 

 his fur mantle. This 

 is equi\alent to a 

 most serious curse, 

 and is supjiosed to 

 be fatal to the ,^on 

 unless he obtains for- 

 giveness, which he 

 can ordy do liy sacri- 

 ficing a gi-)at liefore 

 his father. 



After a successful 

 raid the elders of the 

 clan di\id(^ the ^poil 

 (w'hich is. (if course, 

 cattle, sheep, and 

 goats), and the war- 

 riors so far resjiect 

 the old men that 

 they allow them t(.) 

 taKo wdiat tliev re- 

 • juiri' from out of the 

 loot, wdiile at ll^a^t 

 seven of the captured 

 cattle are sent to 

 the mi-dicine man. 

 When this has been 



done, the rest of the loot in live-^tock is left to lie snatched at bv the 

 warriors. This proceeding re^ults in a general ini'li'e, in which men some- 

 times get killed by spear or club wounds. 



Among the Isandi the body of a diml person is not Imrieil excejit in 

 the case of some big chief or medicine m.in. The corpse is carried away to 

 au open place, and laid out under a >kin. ZSo arms, food, or utensils are 



502. .SPE.IKS OF THE KAM.VSI.l 



