The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-25
SABLE SOLDIERS /!
Vast Armies of Mahomedans
Sweeping Over and Sub.
DUNG Africa.
a Killins Frost In the Canadian
Northwest Destroys the
Growing Crops.
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a Government Architect re.
duesfed 10 Explain soInc of
His Operations.
A GREAT WAR.
a Vast Array of Mohamcdnns Passing
over Africa.

over Africa.
WAsHINuToN, August "a Score
tary Bayard is in receipt of u dispatch
from Sierra Leone, giving accounts
of movements of an array of 100000
men in the interior OF Africa. Tho
dispatch Is dated July 18th last, and
was sent by United States Consul
Lewis. Mr., Lewis says:
81 have the honor to bring to the
notice of the department of State the
fact of an extraordinary movement
of the Mohamcdans of the Nigritan,
extending from 1imbuctoo TO the
West Coast. II appears that in 1880
a Mandingo named Samudo, of extra
ordinary Intelligence and energy con-
ceivcd theidea that he was called to
wage war for The suppression of
those engaged in the opening of roads
of the coast, which in certain districts
have been for generations subjected
to excessive blacknlail aud to the
plundering of yagabond tribes. Dur
ing the last five years he has collected
an army of foot and horse of about
100000. men. Mohamcdan youth
wherever he goes flock TO his stand
ard, not only to secure the reward in
the hereafter, promised to those who
fight Tor their religion, but to carry
oil the rich spoils OF time which, in
these expeditions, those that battle
for the faith are sure to win.
1t is said that the array Is divided
into three portions; one operating
near the hcad-watcrs of the Niger re-
Gently drove certain French troops
from the gold regions of Bourse, of
which they had take possession, and
are now besieging Bamnaks, II large
town on the Niger. which was occu-
pied about three years ago by the
French, who have erected iortiiica-
tions there.
Another portion of the army is OPP
Grating In portions of Libcssia, and,
by supprcssing the disturbing clc-
monts, interfering trade. and intro
duciug a knowledge of religion aud
lett r., is in one sense opening the
way for negro emigrants of intelli-
gcncc and energy from America. to
push out from the Africo-A American
republic 10 the healthy aud fertile re-
gions OF the interior. In another
sense, II is forcstalliug the
whole region for Mohamedism aud
making IL difficult, IL not impossible
u convert that country To the faith
Imported from America by the inmi.
grants.
The third party of the army is az,
proaching the coast few miles north
; west of Sierrc Leone. II has secured
the submission, by force or voluntary
/, surrender, of all the tribes on the way
for 800 miles back. The largest ana
most important Pogan kingdom OF
this side OF the Niger, was Soolima
vi which Talalba, u large commercial
city, was the capitol. For the las
sixty years the Fulah Mohamedan
. have been trying, by diplomacy, tc
, subdue this city TO the faith but /
, has always successfully resisted boil
I diplomat aud warrior Last yea
Samudus' army in Overwhelming
numbers surrounded IL aud Gale,
r upon the king to surrender and pro
c less Islam. This he refused to d,
r The town was then invested and al
4 ter n terrible siege of live months, tn
king assembled the royal family au
principal chiefs In his powder
house aud informed them b
Il could not hold out AN
Il longer AS his resources were exhaust
n ed; but having for more than ~
@ years belonged Ia the ruling elemen
= he was determined for himself an
@ family to die, rather than come und,
.. Monanmedan rule. lie gave IL
u chiefs their choice either TO die wit
u him or 90 out of town aud give then
selves up. They decided to die wi
him and they then set fire to the DO
der and were all blown up. III
- ended the Soolima power, which 4
~ more than seven generations had
u iluenced the trade aud politics of G
ie tcnsiye districts aud had command
~ the principal highways to the Goa
a, Auother very important achie,
W ment of the army is the destructi
IS OF the Hoobo power, an irresponsil
power uhich, for thirty years, /
been source of loss aud annoyance
caravans passing from the coast
ne the int, Fior. SInudus gave orders
IL attack them in their mountain siroI
"a Lolds which until then had proved
o. accessible to the neighbOring for,
mr. They were surprised. their ch
1is Ahal, WAS captured and his arms a
n. legs severed from the trui K, Ny
seLt 10 The various tribes,