The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-09
THE LAND OF THE MOON.
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= nal, and on the third day went on leisurely.
n. Arahs had become demoralized In their hurry
,nsv had left their tents ana ammunition for Nj
ramDO. 14 al-s- "a 81
zen DAYS after this, and what had forewarned
the Arabs Of came to pass Mirambo with 1000
guns and 1900 watuda's, his allies, invaded
Unyanyembe, and pitched their camp insolently
within view Of the Arab capital Of Tabora. Tabora
is q large collection Of Arab settlements or
tembes as they are called here. Each Arab
house is isolated by the fence which surrounds
It. Not one lie more than two hundred yards
on from the other, and each has Its own name,
hnown however, to but few outsiders Thus the
house OF Amram bin Mousoud il called by him the
1.-TWO Seas,n yet to outsiders 1t is only known as
the .'tembe Of Amram bin MOusoud," in Tab0ra
and the name OF Kaze by which Burton and Spoke
have designated Tabora. may have sprung from
che name OF the enclosed grounds and
settlement wherein they were CHARTERED
south by west from Tabora, at the
distance of mile and hail. and in view OF Tabora
h Kwihara, where the HERALD expedition has its
quarters Kwihara is q Kinyamwezi w0rd mean
ing the middle OF the cultivation. There is quite
large settlement of Arabs here-second only to Ia
bora. a.
But it was Tabora and not Kwihara that Mi
rambo, his forest thieves and the Watula came to
attack. Khamis bin Abdallah, the bravest Trojan
Of them al-of all the Arabs-went out
to meet Miranda with eighty armed slaves
and five Arabs, one Of whom was his little son,
Khamis AS Khamis bin Abdallah's party came in
sight Of Mirambos people Khamis' slaves deserted
him, and Mirambo then gave the order to surround
the Arabs and press on them. This little group in
this manner became the targets for about one
thousand guns, and Of course in second or 30 were
al dead-n0t, however, without having exhibited
remarkable traits of character.
HORRIBLE RITES OF THE sAvAGEs.
They had barely died before the medicine men
came up, and with their scalpels had skinned their
faces and their abdominal portions, and had ex-
tracted what they call ''mafuta," or fat, and their
genital organs. With this matter which they had
extracted from the dead bodies the native doctors
or waganga made q powerful medicine by boiling
1t in large earthen pots for many hours. with
many lamentations and shakings of the wonderful
gourd that was only filed with pebbles. This med
icine was drunk that evening with great ceremony.
with dances, drum beating and general fervOr OF
heart.
THE PILLAGE OF TABoRA.
Khamis bin Abdallah Dead Miranda gave his
orders to plumber, kill, burn and Destroy and they
went at with will When saw the fugitives from
TabOra coming by the hundred to our quiet valley
and began my operations for defence.
HOSTING THE AMERICAN FLAG.
First OF all, however, lofty bamboo pole was pro-
cured and planted the top Of the roof OF fort
let, and the American nag was run up where it
waved Joyously and grandly, an omen to oil fugi-
tives and their hunters
THE HERALD FORT
Then began the work of ditch making and rifle
pits all around the court or enclosure. The strong
clay walls were pierced in two rows for the mus
kets. The great door was kept open, with
material close at hand to barricade it when
the enemy came In sight, watchmen were posted
on top Of the house, every pot in the house was
nned with water, provisions were collected, enough
20 stand siege Of months duration, the ammu.
milton boxes were unscrewed, and when saw the
5000 bright metallic cartridges for the American
carbines i laughed within myself at the idea
that after all, Miranda might be settled
with American lead, and all this Juror OF
war be ended without much trouble. Before
six p. N. ] had 125 muskets and stout fellows who
had enlisted from the fugitives, and the house,
which only looked like forfeit at first, became
forfeit in reality-impregnable and untakable.
ON GUARD.
All night we stood guard; the sub
urbs of Tabora were in flames; all the
Wanyamwezi and Wanguana houses were de-
stroyed, and the fine house Of Abid bin
6ulemian had been ransacked and then CON-
mitteo to the flames, and Miranda Doasted that
tomorrow Kwihara should share the fate Of
Tabora, and there was rumor that that night the
Arabs were going to start for the coast.
AIRAMBO RErIREs.
But the morning came, and Miranda departed.
with the ivory and cattle he had captured, and the
people Of Kwihara and Tabora breathed freer.
ON TO UJIJI
And now am going to say farewell to Unyan-
yembe for while shall never help an
Arab again. He is no fighting man. or, ]
should say, does not know how to fight, but
knows, personally, how to die. They will not
conquer Mirambo within year, and
cannot stop to see that play out. There
- good Old man waiting for me somewhere, and
that impels me on. There is journal afar OF
which expects me to do my duty, and must do
n. Go0dby; am OF the day after tomorrow
Sor Ujji; then, perhaps, the Congo River.