Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-10-17
Madame lila Pfeiffcr.

This lady, whose remarkable talent for travel
has made not only her name but her face familiar
in every part of the globe, paid visit to the Tri-
bune Office yesterday, having understood that it
is the most complete newspaper establishment in
the country, and spent some time in inspecting its
various departments. Madame Pfeiffer is about
fifty years of age, rather under the medium size,
and of that apparently slight build which is usu-
ally combined with great powers Of endurance
Her face is mild anu benevolent in its expression
vet her keen, bright black eve CONVEYS the i'm
precision of IA remarkably energetic and enthusiasts
Tic nature. Two years spent under an East Indian
san have given her almost Creole complexion
She is quiet, genial and unassuming in her man.
nars, and seems admirably fitted by nature to en-
counter all climates and make her way among all
races of mankind.
This is Madame Pfciffer's fourth great Journey
She first visited Turkey, Palestine and Egypt, and
then, after an interval of rep0se Sweden, Nor
way and Iceland. Mr.. Bartlett, the English artist,
who was her felOw-trav eler in Palestine, inform
ed us that he had never met with any one who
bore the annoyanccs Of travel with So much pa
thence. or was sustained by so much quiet energy
and self-confdence. In June, 1916, she sailed for
Brazil, visited the Indian tribes of the interior.
and resided some time in Rio Janero she then
doubled Cape Horn, explored Chill, and sailed for
the Society Islands. Thence she went to Canton,
Singapore, Ceylon and Calcutta; traversed the
vast interior of India; sailed from Bombay to the
Persian Gulf, and assembled the Tigris to Bag hdad
and the ruins Of Ninevch; crossed over into Per-
STA, visited the Caucasus and Southern Russia,
and finally returned to Vienna by way of Con-
stantinople and Athens, after an absence of three
| years. We have seen it stated that she accom-
plshed this remarkable tour at an expense of less
than 81 900.
Her published accounts of her travels now began
to attract attention, and helped to furnish her
with the means to undertake new Journeys. Early
in 1851, she received grant of $500 from the
Austrian Government, and in May Of that year
sailed from London for the Cape Of Good Hope.
1t had been her intention to undertake an explora-
ton of the interior of South Africa, but she was
obliged to relinquish it account of the expense.
She then sailed for the East Indies, and after
touching at Singapore, proceeded to Borneo. Not
content with visiting the Dutch settlements on the
Southern part of the Island, and the dominions
of Rajah Brooke, at Sarawak, she penetrated into
the interior, among the Dyak tribes, where no
white person had ever been before her. After
spending several months in Borneo, she visited
Java, Sumatra, and the Moluccas. In Sumatra,
she spent some time in the kingdoms of the native
Malay princes, in the Northern part of the Island.
She speaks of this part of her trip as having been
OF unusual interest. She desired extending her
Trip to Japan. in the Dutch vessel which left Ba-
tavia during her residence there but was prevented
| py the fact that no women ere allowed to accom-
pany the Dutch to Nagasaki, OF to land there.
! After year and half in the East Indies. Ma.
dame Pfeiter went to Australia, and after a short
/ sojourn, sailed to California. She visited tn,
. most interesting parts Of that State and Oregon