Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1898 — A Strange Language. [ARTICLE]

A Strange Language.

Probably the queerest form of language iiHthat'employed by the natives of the Cjarqeroons, by means of which they are enabled to send messages quickly from one village to another. It is what may be called the “drum” language. A peculiarly-shaped drum Is used, the surface of the head being dividided into unequal parts. In this way the Instrument is made to yield two distinctive notes. By varying the intervals between the notes a complete code of signals for every syllable in the language is produced.