Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-18
a Slave Expea ast Iou In Afrtca. !.

A Slave ExpeAstSon In Afrtca.
Woe to those regions through which an Ar
nv takes its march in these parts Of the
wotld, vae it even ip their own coanary!
We passed ons morning some very e<tss-
sivs corn fields, he crops (which were d
the most luxurisnt glewth: but notwith-
stsndisg the piteous clamos, and even the
threats of the slaves who were Watching On
the highly raised platforms in order to keeP
away the birds from the corn, the rich eass
fell q prey to the borsemaA, for their o.A
stistenance and that Of their auimais... w
pursued our march, and reached. about
half an hour before neon, the snorthewo4
of the Musgu villages, whichb callsd UA-
bari, surroundsd By rich. -fslds ct -naiine
grain; but everything presented . s.d sp-
pearance of pillage and sdesolation.
None of the inhabitants were to be seen;
for, although subjects Of ,Adishsn, vho @en:
joyed tie friendship and protection Of the
rulers Of Bornu, tliey had thought Il more
prudent to take cad pf their own ssfsty w
flight than to trust themselves to the al
cretion Of the undicipiined army It their
friends and protectors. The preceding svss
ming the order had been issued throds,f
the encampment that ali the property il
the villages of Adichen should Be respect
ed, and nothing touched, from aeew ton
fowl; grain only excepted, which was d
clared to be at the disposal of everybody:
1t was rather remarkable that the greatest
part Of the crops were still standing, nj
though We have been lingering 50 long On
our read, and had given sufficient, time -
the people to secure them for themselves.
All the grain consisted Of the red species 81
holcus, cslFea by the BorAu peopls ssaes.
beri kerse," which grows here 70 fise e4s
clusion Of the ~fdne species and that e
millsr All she peupse Of the army were
busy in threshina the gram ~hieir theyih.d
just gathered at the e1penss of theM fdsnds
and loading their horses wiak j., BvenA
the fine nutritive grass from the bosdep Of
Of the swamp, which, woven ists bse fes1
toons, the natives had stored up - The
trees as provision against the dry sesoH.
was carried off; and, notwithstanding the
express order to the contrary, many aepat.
fowl. and even articles of furniture, which
had been left behind by the natives fel Q
prey TO the greedy host. a,,Y07 i.dT
The village We had just reached was,
named Kakalo, and is one ofthe most con-.
siderable places in Musgn countg.F A
large number ef slaves had been caughf this
day; and in the ceurse of the evenipg. after
skirmisliing, in which three Bernu horse
men lad been killed. great many mers
were brought IN; although they were,saits
to have taken one thousand. and ,,thers
were certainly not less than FIVE hundred.
To our utmost horror, not less than fons
hundred and seventy full grown men were
mercilessly slaughtered in cold blood, the
greater part of Them being allowed to bleed
to death, leg having been severed from.
the body. Most of them were tall men,
! with not very pleasing features. Not less
interesting than the scenery Of the land
seape was the aspect Of the host Of our.
companions, who were here crowded TO-,
gether at the border of the water Only
very few of them had penetrated as far be-
fore; and they looked with curiosity and as-
tonishment upon this landscape, while most
of them were rather disappointed that ibs
water prevented them from pursuing these
poor pagans, the ull-grown amongst whom
with few exceptions had just had time 10
escape. But a considerable number Of fe-
male slaves and young children were eap-
lured; for the men did not take to fight
till they became aware, from the thick
clouds of dust which were raised by the
army. that it was not one of the small ex-,
petitions which they were accustomed to
resist that was coming to attack them.
Besides tie spoil in human beings .
considerable number of colts and cattle
were brought in. The whole village, which
only a few moments before had been the
abode of comfort and happiness, was de-
stroyed BY fire and made desolate.-
Slaughtered men, with their limbs severed
Jrom their bodies, were lying about in all
directions, and made the passer-by shudder
with horror. Such is the course of human
affairs in these regions. Small troops sof
cavalry tried to pursue the enemy; and
there was come fighting in the course Of
the afternoon, when few men of the Bor-
nu army were killed. l.ir 80 80