Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-21
a FRIGHTENED CHEF.
stsnIey's Account Of His Way Of Fright.
s,nIn~ a African.

cnIny an African.
Among the tories which Stanley tell IN
"The Congo is this: "On one occasion ba
YVES satisfied that the chief whom he hal
Just met intended treachery, and as the At
rican came daily TO the camp with con-
slant y increasing bodies of armed rie.i.
be resolved to teach him Lesson When
he thought the native plot was ripe for IKE
cutinn he concealed all the forces of the ex-
petition about the camp AMI awaitsl an
expected visit The chief came ac-
companisd by his usua! train, AMI all seated
Themselves Tor palaver. The subjec: of this
wa, the des gn Of Stanley to pa, throu IA
his country, while he was equally deter
mined that the whites should not The meet
ing was stormy, but wound up with no open
outbreak. but evidently TO the great dssat-
isfaction Of the chief When passing cut OF
the tent he spied the gong which Was used
in the camp for giving signals as is a drum
among soldiers The chief inquired what it
was. and was told that it was a war fetish
He insisted that it should be struck but was
told that il that were done armed men
would arise from every quarter. He still
insisted.
Nv ith all my force 1 struck the gong; the
loud beli-like tone sounding in the silence
caused by the hushei attention of all upon
the scene, was startling in the extreme. but
as the rapid strokes were applied vigorously
the continued sound seemed to them like
thunier They had not recovered from the
first shock Of astonishment when the
form, OF men were seen boun ling over the
grmwIe OF he boat, just over their heads,
an war whooping in their ears. From my
tent and from the gorge behind them a
stream of frantic infuristss emerged rs
though from the earth. The store tent was
violently agitatei and finally calls psei,
and n yelling crowd of dsmonisc madmen
sprang out one after the other. every one
apparently madden than hi, neighhors
The iistiess sleepy eyed straggiers burst
out INTO perfect frenzy # action. From
under the mats in the huts there strean-d
into view such frantic mob of armei men
that TO the panic-stricken natives the sky
and the eartn seemed t. be contributing
death dealing warriors.
Every native present. wouli-be friend
and would-he foe. lost his senses completely:
the seated warriors forgot their gun, and
fled before this TRANCE deluge ami awful
scene. The ammunition bearers threw their
gourds away. some were broken AMI the
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and as Ngalyema was standing. paralyzel
with fear and with his faculties benambed
] >eizsd him by the arm snd said softly t.
him: 'Be not afraid; remember Bula Ma
tart is your brother Stand hehinl ma 1
will protect you The Zanzil,ari, were
now a yelling crowd in front OF the. calling
out tauntrpgly and menacingly: 'ila la,
Ngalyems. Ycu come T. fight Bula Maiar..
Wher. are your warriors, Nsalyemar
There could not be a better representation
II RELENTLESS. bloeithirsty fury than that
which was shown by these amateur black
actors la the suddenly lmprovisai scsne
Their assumed 'gsnxy WIS., the ne St ;L,ns to
reality.
Had ] not been in the secret, | should
also have been dupel while the valor with
which | defended my poor brother. who,
with his two hands. graspsi me round the
waist, danced from side to side To avoid
furious strokes from the wI,i-eyei mea.
while young Enjeli chung TO his father and
followed his movements, reminded me of
the long forgotten play Of hem and chickens
But the camp was emptied Of our captorS
much Of the ammunition was strewn ON the
ground. the guns were lying about, and the
play was well acted. Attention fall i'm
called out the captains and the well trained
fellows fell into line at shoulder arms with
all the precision Of well-trsined veterans.
Then. IS Ngalyema allowed his hands TO fall
in mute surprise at tho sudden transforma-
tion. took hold OF his hands and said:
Well what do you think Of the white mans
fstishr All, was not afraid. was II See,
ali my people have run away. All, such
braves But tell me. Bula Matari. where
did all these people come fromr All, that
is the bad fetish l told you OF Do you
waht TO SO any morei Come. will strike |
the fetish again, and the next SCENE will |
still be more wonderful 'Whatr he |
screamed No. no. don't touch il Verify. |
that must be bad fetish be said sravely, |
rs he lcosei At the round. innocent face OF /
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