The Arizona sentinel., 1885-12-26
A DANGEROUS JOURNEY.
A Wall Street Mans Wanderings Among
 Fierce African Tribes.

Fierce African Tribes.
 Mir. w. Montagu Kerr, New Yorker and a member of the Stock Exchange, went to South Africa nearly two years ago for his health. He is an English man less than thirty years of age, be- came a member of the Stock Exchange in 1882, is lover of hunting and ex- pected to find great sport in the game regions of South Africa. His achieve ments, however, have been rather those of an explorer than of sportsman. He has made an extensive trip northward to Central Africa, during which he jour- neyed among tribes notorious for their power and fierceness, who have seldom been visited by white men. He employed a lot of blacks as porters and attendants, and first made his way north to Mata- beleland, which is inhabited by Zulus, who left their country in body many years ago, drove the inhabitants out of Matabel land, and have since been the terror ol the surrounding tribes. Within the past three years few Roman Cath olic missionaries have been permitted by Lobengula, their powerful chief, to settle in the country, and they are the only white men there.
 Mir Kerr found Lobengula to be in- tellectually far above his people, who hold him in great awe. Last summer, after MT. Kerr left Matabeleland, Lo- bengula took his six thousand warriors on the war path again. Their fear of this savage chief was one of the reasons that induced the chiefs of Bechuanaland, further west, few months ago, to ac- cept the proffered BritislN protectorate.
 Mir. Kerr went on toward the Zam- besi, travelling far east of the route usually followed by white travellers. He found great deal of game and had much sport, though he was among tribes who were little acquainted with white men, and it was uncertain from day to day how the next tribe would re- ceive him. One night he learned from a woman that on the following night his entire party was to be killed. He struck camp and made forced march of forty miles. Two or three times his porters deserted him, and he had to ob- tain new supply from friendly tribes. He crossed the Zambesi and pushed north through country that had not previously been visited by white man. At last he came to the territory of the famous Mangones, on the great plateau west of Lake Nyassa.
 This tribe, whom Livingstone and sev. sral other explorers described, have desolated large part of East Africa. They, like the Matabeles, are emigrants from Zululand. They travel several hundreds of miles on slave raids and cattle stealing expeditions. Many moun- tains east of Nyassa are dotted with the huts of natives, who have left the val- leys to escape the Mangone raids. MT. Kerr confirms what has been reported about the revival of the slave trade on the east coast. He says it was no un- common sight to see in the Mangone vil- lages slave gangs sitting in yokes ready for the completion of the caravan with which they were to proceed to the coast. They had been bought by Arab dealers from the Mangones.
 MT. Kerr then went east to the foot oi Lake NyasSa, where he saw the ruins of Livingstonia, the pretty mission town, which was so unhealthful that it was de- serted two years ago by the mission aries, who are now prospering at Ban- dave, salubrious place, 100 miles further north. Here MT. Kerr's last lot of porters deserted him, and left him with little food and no means of getting assistance. He was reduced to great straits when, sixteen days after he reached the lake, the little missionary steamboat that plies on Lake Nyassa, arrived with M. Giraud, the French ex- plorer, who was homeward bound. MT. Kerr joined the young ensign. They had splendid sport floating down the Shire River to the sea, such big game as elephants, buffaloes, hippopotami, and many kinds of antelopes falling to their rifles.
 From Quillimane Mir. Kerr returned to Cape Town. In all his wanderings, lasting over a year, he did not have a touch of fever until he reached Quilli- mane, one of the most unhealthful spots on the East Coast.
 Mir. Kerr brought with him gold dust and gold-bearing quSrtz from the region south of the Zambesi, where the Portu- guese mined extensively two centuries ago. He also found coal of good qual- ity north of Zambesi.-N r Sun.
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