ABSTRACT
The information about the Marille is derived from a report by Mr. Shackleton of the Kenya Political Service, supplemented by Capt. Whalley, H. B. M. Consul, Maji. This tribe call themselves Dathanaich or Dathanik. By the Turkana they are called Marille; by the Boran, Gelubba; by the Abyssinians, Gelab. They are a semi-nomadic tribe, part agriculturalist, part pastoral, whose centre is the Omo delta immediately north of Lake Rudolf, inhabiting the country north and east of the lake. They are a warlike and blood-thirsty tribe who, since their acquisition of firearms, have continuously raided the Turkana. There is no doubt that they are a part of the Beir tribe; there is constant intercommunication and intermarriage. The Marille have large herds of cattle. Milking, into wooden vessels, is done by the women, though away from the village a man himself may milk. Cattle are always slaughtered by spearing, never by throat-cutting, though this method is employed for goats.
