Nathaniel Hawthorne 
The pygmies 

The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies, variously also ‘Central African foragers’, ‘African rainforest hunter-gatherers’ (RHG) or ‘Forest People of Central Africa’ are a group of tribal ethnicities, traditionally subsisting in a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle, native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin.

The pygmies, a Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.