Mark Twain discovers the weet-weet, a two ounce projectile that can be thrown over two hundred yards. The intelligence required for this, as well as aboriginal tracking ability and the boomerang prompts Twain to question why Australian Aboriginals are held in such low esteem. He goes on to illustrate that savage ways the whites have used to deal with those they deem to be savages.
Twain Chapter Comments
The Didgeridoo
I added a second audio track of didgeridoo music to this video. I think of it as a further expression of the intelligence and talent of the aboriginal peoples. This chapter starts with a discussion of the weet-weet and includes it in the list of known aboriginal crafts including the boomerang. Twain doesn't mention the didgeridoo but I think above tracking, throwing the boomerang and weet-weeting, it demonstrates a high degree of abstract reasoning and expression. The music is as complex and expressive as any I know about. I've included tracks from: \ \
https://archive.org/details/didgeridoorelax \ Jouke Kooistra and Rob Tol
https://youtu.be/V1pDPuetPdg \ Australian aborigines -- Australian aboriginal music -- Australia \ Zakharii
http://mymp3download.info/mp3/download/file/didgeridoo-australian-aboriginal