Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1901 — Ainu Race is Disappearing. [ARTICLE]

Ainu Race is Disappearing.

The curious Ainu race, which originally occupied the whole of the island of Yezo, is rapidly vanishing before the influx of Japanese emigration. According to recent investigations now only number some 16,000, and in a few more decades they will probably be totally absorbed. They are the hairiest race in the world, are filthily dirty in their habits, and to drunkenness. They worship bears and snakes, and in some cases live in caves.