New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-14

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| be brought e. ear upon him.
| -Four Of us again bore him struggling into the VII
lage THIS liGe would not trust him 10 the cage bnt
Lad little lisht chain fastened around bis neck. This
operation Le resisted with all bis might and il took us
quito hour securely chain the little fellow whose
strength was something marvellous.
Ten DAYS after he was thus chained be died suddenly
lie was in good beah and ate plentiully Of bic nat
ural food, which was brought every day for bn: did
not seem TO scken until two days before his death,
aad died il some pain. TO the last he continued utter
IL uutamablc aud after his chi were o., added the
vice OF trtacherv TO his Others. He would cone rom
times quite readily on OF nay hand, but while
stood by him would suddenly-looking me all toe tune
in the face keep my aitenl onput ont BIS loot ana
grasp M nv leg Several tides he tore my pantaloons
In tots manner, quck retreat on my part saving Iiy
person: TIL nj as was obliged TO be very careful Id
my approaches The negroes could not come near bin
| al al without Getting him in rage. lie Knew me
verv we'll and trusted mc but evidently always cher
ished feeling OF revenge even toward me. go. L.
After be was chained, filed half barr wilh bay
and sci il De,r him for his bed. lie recognized its use
AT once and il pretty 10 zee him shake up the hay
and creep iuto this nest when lie was tired AZ night
he avvays az in shook IL up, and tuen onk some hay
ia bis htuds. with which lie woald cover himself "hth
| he was snug in his barrel.
4 less detestabe form of African ape was cap
tured on another occasion, Of whose brief history
wc have o lively account.
For some hours after started we nothing but
| old tracks Of different Wild beasts AID began TO
thiuk that Angdai's 0sGHd had been too sanstioe.
Fiuaily, toward IL o'clock, when We were crossing
kind al high table Land heard the cry oi young
annual, which we all recognized 10 be Il nsaiogo
mbouye Then all ms troubles at once went away out
OF mind, and 10 longer felt either sick Or huHgiy:
We crdW led through q BUSH silently 20 pus7i0le
still hearing the tabylikc cry. AT lse, coming out
into little cleared space, saw something running
al lng the ground toward where we stood coD7 aed
When il zane nearer &c Jaw wac 1cmaie hshi,ho
run ing 90 s-'ours, with young one cneing to ne,
breast SO was eagerly eating some berries, ana
| with one arm supported her lutle one.
| OucfaOuen, Who had tie fiircst chance, fired and
| brought her down. She dropped without Struggle
| TIE po,r litl- one cried Ilew Eew hew and clunt
TO tie dead body sucking the breasts burying s head
tterc in lis alarni at the report Of the GUN.
We hurried up in great glee TO sec1re orr capture
can not tell my surprise when raw that the DsLieso
b,by's face Vas pure whiteIrGy "bite Indeed
pad, but as white as a white childs.
1 looked az the mother, bnt found her black as soot
10 rue face Hhe little one about foot in hight;
One If the threw cloth over its head and secnr'd
II ill could make it is with rope ior, thopgh II
was quite young il could walk. The old Que @as Of
the Laldheaded kind OF which had secured tho first
kno gu specimen some months before. -
1 ilnmcdia ely ordered return TO the camp wslch
we rciched toward evening. The little nrhiego lad
beeu All this time separated from s dead mother, aud
now when il put near her body, u most touching
scene ems I'd. The little fellow instantly TO Der,
but touohiDg her on tie face and breast, slw evidently
tlnI some great change had Happened. Tor icw
minutes he cIIeaed her, though Tying 10 coax Der
beck 20 HE. Then he seemed TO lgse all topc. iis
litlle eyes became very Ead, and be broke at 10
Lng, Ilani,e wall "Ooeel Ooco oosef which
made ry heart ache to- him. lie looked quite foruru,
and rs though be really felt his forsaken LOT. The
whole camp was touched ut his sorrOHs, aud tho
women were espc tally moved.
An TINS time j STOOD wonderingiy staring ht the
white face a The IL Wa really mury.lcnr,
and quite incomp ohcnsibe; and more strange AMI
wttd-looking aiin8l never saw.
While | so,d there. up came two OF my mn Ter,
and began to laugh at ne. LOOK, cheliy, ana
thov. calling me by the name I was known by among
them "lool, at your friend. Every tno We Xii
gorilla you tell us look Al yo1r bask fnend Now,
you ace, look n, your white friend Then came
roar at what they thogghI !rem1nnoas JOKE.
"Look he got stnisht hair, all same ~ you. See
white face Of your cousin from the bSh! lie IL
Loarer to you than gorilla ~ TO a.
And another roar.
Gorilla no Rot wooly lair like we. Tie orc
strish, uaiT, like VOC.
"Ycs' said I; q but when 10 rrts old his face j,
black and 90 not you his noo how hat At Is, like
yOap.'
Whereat there WIS q louder laugh than before.
For so long - he can laugh, tho negro cares h-li
against whom the joke gees.
lay ns well adj here psrt'oulaH Of the little
fellow who excited all obi. surpr.c and mertiment.
lie liy,d Eve GiOuis and became tame and oOcilc
~ at; c.llcd him Tommy, TO which name he sOon
BEGAN 10 answer.
H. three DAYS after bis capture he waa quite tame.
He then ate crackers out OF 10Y hand; ilcd 81
Two weeks after his captgFo be- perfectly tanned,
and no Logger requiC1 u bc tied up. lie 1,n about
tie camp and, when We went ick 10 Obnd rr town.
found ii way about village aud into tho hutJ just
rs ihouyh he ng1 Leen rniscd theic.
lie Ind great affection for ue, and u'd constantly
% follow me ubout. WLeI ] rat down, be wa, not
content i'll he bad cmb,d upon me and lid hi, lead
IN my breast. lie extremely fond OF b. iuR petted
and londl, D. and would tit by the hour whr any one
slroked his head or back.
He snon BEGAN 10 be o very great Thief. When the
ueOpo lc their huts hc would steal m ard p.dAe OF
with tteir planius or ffh. lie watched Wv cire-
lulis ,I oil had left houre, aud II wa am all To
catch bin in the vet. l logged hin several Tines.
IA 3D. indeed brou hi him 90 the oonyicinn that it
srcons 20 seal Uut he cUu never rcst the teinp-
ton.
From me be stole constantly. lie soon found out
that my hut was better uriisled win rre bananas
aud oller f. ut Than shy otorr aud he also %, 0ser
that The beet time 10 steal from me was while was
:.l,ep 10 morning. Al that time be used 10 crawl
10 OF liz tiptOe move 81, ly toward my bco look 1T
ny clJaod oyes, aud, Il be Jaw 10 movement Hi'i au
:r Of great relief 30 up ard pluck several lantdiut.
N stirred in toe least ho WAS oil like lash n
Youid presently reCnter tor another instoeton. IL Ny
exec were opcu Len be cane 40 On such n pred tory
tin, be % once came up 10 me WITH an bonett lace,
AID climbed on and caref5ed inc. Bot could oasily
detect An ccc, ,.onal wirhll glance toGud the bu1cn
Of flJniiuH.
and IL yvaf very iuuny to lcs fOImy gently Hiing
one corner of this mat O. see IL was Aslccp. Some
times countceitci sleep and then stirred just he
wae In w.. act Of tekirg OF his piiz. Then he would
drop everything and make oil il the utmost coustcr-
nation.
lie kept the run Of meal times, aud present at
a nt1y nas, go p.-.bls; that H. lac would 20 from
nv bYcalEsi o. bali dozen others, and beg sorpe-
ting as eaoh But he miseed my breskiast aud
cinaer, baogilg by eXlc'ienco TINT he inred beet
there had e lind of ruGe table made, on which my
meals were served in the opcu part % tho house. This
was too ~ IA for Tommy the disIcs 80 he used
T. comc ia bcloro rat down, whonall was ready and
clinh Old ON the pole which snrroiied ihu roof