The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-19
rhs DARK CONTINENT.
Men Who Visit Africa Invited to
Marry Native Women and settle Dowa-

White Men Who Visit Africa Invited to
Marry Native Women and settle Dowa-
When IN African chief travels he
takes the whole OF \ psrt of his house
bold with him. Tie simple a~borigines.
therefore. are ap, TO look upon the sol
i;ary white traveller who wander.
through their country without = single
VIII. N his train a. a suspicious chsrac-
ter. They are quite sure he neei, close
watching TO prevent his running oil
with some of the females Of I'll. tribe.
DIR. Barth. the explorer. said. after liv-
ing for NV. Wears in Africa. tha, IL
would be better for "A traveller in those
regions tn take his wife with him. il
possible. He said the native. would ~
spec; him more and h. would get alorS
better. They had nothing TO objec; 81
me he wrote. except my being a
bachelor"
II tie traveller has no wife the native
chiefs. As Il rule. are NJ backward
abou. offering TO supply the deficiency.
Nearly all the explorers have had some
ANNOYING experiences with Kings who
were anxious To have them settle down.
marry into the royal family and grow
up with the country. Some travellers
have felt compelled TO leave very alb
rupily in order TO escape the attentions
Of women who We're determined To
claim them as their husbands.
DR.. Buchner. the German traveller.
who lived for six months at the capital
Of tho Muata Ianvo about five years
ago. vas very much d stressed by the
deep j itercst with which he had unwi,-
tiagly inspired the sister NJ that Central
African po,entate. He describes her a,
a middle-agei and remarkably UMPIRE.
possessing person Of great svoirdupois.
She insisted that Buchner take her for
his wife and settle down comfortably Is
the joint proprietor Of her extensive
herds and fields. She im%portuned him
20 frequently that he wa glad to escape
her ut last by quitting the country.
One Of the daughters Of the hing of
the Ambuellas. near the Zamb.si River.
fell desperately in love with Scrpa Pinto.
the Portuguese explorer. who returned
TO Africa a few months ago. Her elder
sistc. who ably abetied her mairimo-
nal designs. was very indignant when
Pinto refused to marry the young girl.
She wanted to know. in the .hrills.St Of
tones, If there were any pre'tier women
in tae country he came from. and what
sort Of IL man he was anyhow. The
shacp-wittcd wife of one Of Pinto's por-
tiers heard the row and entered the hut
Assuming an air Of great Indignation.
she told :heir Royal H~ighnesscs tina.
Pinto was her husband. and they had
better let him alone. She bundled them
out Of the hut. and Pinto aud his party
left early ri morning to avoid any
further complications. In the picture
Pinto's book contains of the infatuated
Young woman she appears 20 b. quite u
fine specimen Of an African beauty.
Explorers have learned by experience
that it is best to permit their porters 10
take their women along with them.
even II their journey is to be thousands
of miles in length. When y carrier has
his wife with him he is no ! kelly Tn run
away. Besides, the women carry bur-
dens nearly n heavy a. those of the
men. They wash and cook better than
the men, endure fatigue better. carry
their burdens NOR cheerfully. and
work for less pay. African women
have proved valuable ad uncts Of ear
" every expedit on that has penetrated
the continent in the past ten year,.
Mr.. Hore. a missionary on the great
Lake TsngaHyika. found nea- the
southern coast three years ago q flour
isbing tribe whose ruler was n woman.
She was q good looking negress. nearly
forty years old. and she was attended
every where she went by a train Of fifty
ladies in waiting. Mr.. Hore was the
first white man Queen Mwema had
and she thought she would like to nave
the pale-faced stranger permanently
near her residence. She begged him u
live in her town, and when he insistci
that he could not. she did not let him
90 until he had promised to send some
Of his brethren To reside in her district.
The Queen said she would give them
houses and plenty Of land.-A Mission
sry. IN n. u. Sun.