Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-01-10

Every day that they now advanced they got father
Into the wilderness sometimes the country was 81
white with spring bucks every now and
roused up a lion from among the bushes who WaIkeu
s. away without attempting to attack them now tney
hid to cross salt desert and several OF their cAenpe
frisled from fatigue. The deceltiui mirage tenpteu
them with its fairy lakes OF dIsaPpon,nenes: any
though the Eland antelope occaslonaily aHordeo
them the finest yenison in the world, sammy wished
himself at home selling red herrlngs IN Long Lane
Sayaees of different tribes often surrounded their g
ons asking for snuff and tobacco
Once or twice they fell in with party OF armed
natives who showed some disposition to bully. But
the firm demeanor Of Captain Capper kept them in
propcr order They were, however, more often tror-
besome in the shape of beggars petioning for snu'
and following every sportsman with gun, for the
purpose of feeding upon the refuse any portion
i that might be left them Of the beast shot.
Many dear of different kinds. and anteopes' ana
other animals shot by Sam and his trends, ana
for the most part they slept pretty snugly In tner
! wagons At length, as i'll luck would have It, sam
and his friend Blue Ben, in following herd OF ante
opes pulled up their horses at the end of the chase
pretty we'll tired. -,
awe had better go back again. said Sam: Blue
Ben agreed with him entirely but the question now
arose which was the way back ,
Sam said that it was to the right, Blue Ben sald
that it was to the left 'and both stoutly maintained
their original opinion. i hey were both hungry and
extremely thirsty but neither wagon nor hut CHRIS
tan or Blackamoor, was to be They then re-
solved to follow the horsetracks back, but the eve
ming was setting n and they soon lost all trace OF
| them.
sLet us oller,' said Sam, and they hallooed as
loud as they could
.. Let us shoot" and they fired off their guns );
there was no answer but the r0arlng5 OF the lions
were more frequent and louder.
II did not know nothing of them beasts when
asked YOU to come out here said Ben.
"Theres ouse,' said Sam, one, two, three 'ou-
ses,"
81 hope the natives won't kill u.s. said Ben shut
it's better than dying of thirst"
"Theyre very rum 'ouscs," said Sam. In fact
they turned out to be only the nests OF the social
grosboak who build their nests together in trees, and
thatch them with straw, that they very much re-
semble haystacks
It's regular SELL said Sam, he looked up at
the birds.
They spent that night perched in tree with their
horses knee holtered below, firing off gun every
now and then when they heard a lion roar very
near them. At daylight they found the remains of
one of the horses that had been killed by lion, the
other they never saw again.
greatest part Of the day At length they were sur
rounded by number of armed Kafrs with spears
in hand, and kind Of parasol ofOstrich feathers
in the other. Blue Ben instantly transfxed by
three spears, and as they were about to end the life
of Sam in the manner one Ofthem, who appear
cd to be their chief struck their spears repeating
the word 'Moselecatzc" They now gave Blue Ben
a knock the head: to finished him and having
stript the body they deprived Sam OF his gun and
drove him before them. In vain Sam, ny signs, tried
to tell his new masters how very hungry and very
thirsty he He opened and opened his mouth,
and then he made his hand like cup, and preten-
ded to drink out of it. 1t all of no use; long
he could walk they cared not how hungry thirS
| ty lie might be. When from fatigue he Jagged a
prick with spear sent him on again.
He thought to himself that it was very much the
manner in which fat goadcd to Smith
| field. His whole mind was engrossed with the
thoughts of whether he should be eaten not. He
had fellows like these suck the blood of hartlC
deer before it was quite dead. Horrible were the
thoughts that crowded into bis brain Would they
roast-would they boil-or would they eat him raw
He gave loud and horrid laugh, which startled his
sable drivers The protraced thirst and heat of the
sun had affected his brain-he was going mad.
At length, just as they to the sight of water
he fell down exhausted. When he came to himself
it was early morning. He was lying under the shade
of some trees with the kafr guard sitting round him
i broing antelope steaks at fire. They allowed
him to take moderate meal, and to drink mucl
water as he wished. They then pursued their jour
ncy.
j Towards evening" from the top of hill they de
serted circle of beehive looking wigwams. and
great number Of Kafrs moving about in all directions
round it. Here Sans guards made signs to him tt
: sit down and rest himself They gave him as mucl
as he could eat of cold antelope steaks pattng hin
on the back to encourage him to eat The,
: also gave him as much as he could drink, and thel
they creased his fac, during all which time the nam
Of their chief Noselecatze, very frequently pro
nounced 1t evident that they wished their pris
Oner to make sleek appearance before their master
They'll certainly eat me-" said Sammy to himself
with deep sigh.
When they had got half way to the village. the
were met by messenger, who after looking at tn
= prisoner, and exchanging a few words with hi
guards scampered off again fast his legs cou
r carry him.
1 He's going to report that am in good roasting
: condition. know he is" thought Sammy to himself
AS they drew nearer, the Kafirs gradually gathere
around him. They had all their heads shaver, sur
e mounted by an oval ring attached to scalplocl
I that was left for that purpose; large slit i
their ears, in which was stuck gourd snuff box
y round their waists grdle, from which hun
strips of eats skin all round, like kilt cut int
5 slips
h AS Sammy neared the wigwams, the curiosity c
the natives seemed to be suddenly quenched and tn
0 name of Moselecatze rang on every side: and tn
great man himself was seen issuing from his humbl
o palace Before him came two attendants maxim
most grOtcsque gestures, and now and then shoutin
certain sentences, which Sammy naturally enoug
= did not understand His subjects bowed their head
o and humbly cringed before him. Blue Bens clothe
his gun, his pencilcase, and knife, were spread O
S the ground before the pocntate who rubbed hi
o. hands and smiled and said . Ban, ban r. which Sam
: my thought betokened that he was we'll pleased wit
his plumber. SO pleased was he that he sent me-
v scnger back to his Wi gwams to order his ten wivc
and all his daughters to come and see the fun
C They were most of them fat, and all of them we
creased and smeared with red earth, touchc
5, up here and there with little chorcoa powder
$, They were laden with coloured beads-round the
necks roll after roll of them. round their arm
ANGLES. Some their beads all of the same gaud
2 coloursomc of all the colours of the ranboy