New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-01


ipss with the Turks. Whoever should disobey
was threatened with death On this information
the Turks held a council whether they should not
4 fall upon the village where the KOgiur lived and
seize upon this influential parsonage. The mis-
sionaries theoretically opposed this plan, which
could not be carried out without blOodshed. The
Turks yielded to their representations without
doubt because they feared that Vicar Knoblecher
would, on bis return, complain Of them TO the Pa
cha. Thus the presence of these Christian mis-
scenarios was sufficient to render that years ex-
petition Of the Mosems tothe negro countrymore
peGceab e.and less ferocious than usual
On Dec. % the expedition reached the village
Of Angwen, where the chief Of the Kyks resided.
He showed himself tolerably friendly and accom-
modating 70 the whites, because he owed his po'
stion as Chief % the influence OF a European
who had come there two years before, shortly al
ter the death Of the former chief, when all was
anarchy among the people. He also manifested
great reverence for the eldest Of the missionaries
who wore spectacles and white beard, often
kissing bis hand. On being asked the reason Oh
this behavior the chiefssid that the person OF the
missionary reminded him Of one OF the most hon
ored OF their soothsayers While generally the
savsges asked for nothing but ornaments or tails
mans this one besought Of the missionary, whom
he doubtless took for magician, the fulfllment Of
four wishes. The first wish Of the chief was,
that he might have great many children; the
second that the enemy WAC had killed bis father,
and by whom he had himself been wounded,
should die the third that he might come victo-
rious out Of every figh the fourth that the wound
in bis head might be healed Toe last wish could
be granted, and the missionaries washed the
wound and covered it with plaster. But he
seemed to think this wish Of less importance than
either Of the others, and was not entirely salts
fed till the Vicar hung an image of the Virgin
about his neck. The shortness Of the time and
the difficulty Of ineligible explanation rendered
it impossible to remove these errors. AS this
Chief was useful to the expedition, and induced
the inhabitants Of the southern villages Of the
Kyks to sell elephants teeth, notwithstanding the
interdict Of the Koguir, ne was presented with
complete suit Of clothes 5 token Of recognition
On the return Of the expedition they saw the
same Chief again. His wound was healed, bat
his clothes had been laid aside. He presented
himself to the whites rs naked as Adam before
the fall except that bis breast was still adorned
by the holy image.
South of the Kyks dwell the Heyabs. They
are less timid than the northern tribes because
they come less frequently into contact with the
Turks Still they hid their children from fear
that they would be stolen. AT e. l6' A" Nofthio-
titude the Nile is divided into two branches. The
expedition here separated. -Four boats, among
them that of the Vicar, went up the east branch,
the three others up the west Shortly before their
separation, the boats anchored before Helyab
village, whose inhabitants instantly took to fight,
deserving every thing. The cause of this terror
was not doubtful; the year previous the Turkish
boatmen had burned up village in that vicinity.
The further the boats went into regions where Ia
tercourse with the whites is rare, and fewer out
RACES are perpetrated the more friendly, contid-
ing and unconcerned was the behavior of the ma
tives.
On Dec. 81 the expedition reached the Zhir
country These savages, as well as their neigh.
bors, the Barys, had always been spared by the
Turks on account of their reputation for bravery.
The Zhirs behaved with kindness and confidence
At the sight Of the boats the inhabitants Of the
village FASTENED to the shore Even girls and
women appeared without timidity, and followed
the boats, clapping their hands and singing song
which was not without sweetness notwthstand-
ing its monotony. The friendly character ofthese
savages proved very favorable to the expedition.
The lowness of the water in the White Nile,
which at this place is unusually wide and fall OF
islands, caused the boats TO stick fast Probably
they would not have got aaoat again had not hun
dreds of the blacks dragged them forward with
strong tow.ropes, while the crew labored at the
setting poles. For this service the blacks were
paid in Ass pearls which were thrown to them
from the boats.
New.Yesrs day, 1850, began with thunder,
Lightning and rain, an unusual occurrence in those
lattu6es, where the rainy usually begins in
February. Next day the travellers saw in the
South. East the mountain NierkRnyi. 1t lies in
the Barry country, is Of granite, and is said TO
abound in irop which the natives work. After
the mountain Tetafan, in the Dinks country, IN.
der latitude 10 IS North, Nierkanyi was the first
mountain which had been seen rising from the
vast savannah. The negroes Of these regions
own, beside numerous hocks and herds, very rich
fields of sesame and dura. OF garden vegetables
they have nothing but gourds. which are there not
larger than our cucumbers, Intercourse with
them became more and more friendly as the ex-
petition advanced The Barys are the most re-
mote of all the tribes of inner Africa, which are
now reached by the Turkish Nile expeditions.
They are q finely formed race. black as eoony'
strongly built of tense sinews, very brave IN war
and exceedingly good nntured in social inter
| course. In the country Of the Barys, who speak
wholly different language from their northern
neighbors, are found the fearful cstaracts, which
! till the arrival Of this expedition had never been
| visited by either European travellers or Turkish
traders, and never passed by any white man what
ever. The French traveller D'Arnaud, who Pene'