The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1886-01-20
A DANGEROUS JOURNEY.
Il Wall Street Mans wanderinss Among
Fierce African Tribes

Il W&n Street Mans Wanderinss Among
Fierce African Tribes
Mr.. W Montagu Kerr, New Yorker
and membe, 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 Exchanges
in 1882, is lover of hunting and exc
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 a sportsman. He
has made an extensive trip northward to
Central Africa, during which he jour
neyed among tribes notorious for their
power and fiereeness, who have seldom
been visited by white men. He employed
lot of blacks a. perters andattendants.
and first made his way north TO Msta-
beleland, which is inhabited by Zulus,
who left their country in body many
years ago, drove the inhabitants out of
Matabeleland, and have since been the
terror of the surrounding tribes. Within
H. a4~.. -hree years few Roman Cath
the pts ,Ff~ss s,.,a,, .ar,,,irtad
Ole missionaries have w. - -,
by Lobengula, their powerful che, ~
settle in the country. and they are the
only white men there.
Mr. Kerr found Lohengdla to be in
tellectually far above his people, who
hold him in great awe Last summer,
after Mr.. 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, 20 ac-
cept the protfered British pfotectorate.
Mr.. Kerr went on toward the Zam-
best, travelling far east of the route
usually followed by white travellers. He
found a great deal of game and had
| much sport, though he was among
tribes who We're little acquainted with
| white men, and ii was uncertain from
day to day how the next tribe would re.
ceive him. One night he learned from
/ 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 oh.
tain new supply from friendly tribes
/ He crossed the Zambesi and pushed
north through country that had moi
! 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 sew.
eral other explorers described, have
! desolated large part of East Africa
They, like the Matabeles, are emigrants
from Zululand. They travel severa
hundreds of miles on slave raids and
cattle stealing expeditions. MANY noun
tains east of Nvassa are dotted with thf
huts Of natives, who have left the val
leys to escape the Mangone raids. Mr.
Kerr confirms what has been reported
| about the revival of the slave trade OF
the east coast. He saws it was no nn
common sight to see in the Mangone vii
lagos slave gangs sitting in yokes ready
| for the completion of the caravan witt
which they We're to proceed 10 tbs
| coast. They had been bought by Aral
dealers from the Mangones.
Mr. Kerr then went east to the foot o
| Lake Nyassa, where he saw the ruins o
LivingStonia, the pretty mission town
which was so unhealthful that ii was de
serted two years ago by the mission
aries, who are now prospecting at Ban
dave, a salubriOus place, 100 niiie
further north. Here Mr.. kerr's last 10
of porters deserted him, and left HIN
with little food and no means of getting
assistance He was reduced 10 grea
straits when, sixteen DAYS after IN
reached the lake, the little missionar,
steamboat that plies on Lake Nyassa
arrived with NJ Glraud. the French ex
plorer, who was homeward bound. Mr.
Kerr joined the young ensign. The,
had splendid sport floating down tn,
Shire River TO the sea, such big game a
elephants. buffaloes. hippopotami, an,
many kinds of antelopes falling to thei
rifles.
From Qaillimane Mr.. Kerr returne,
10 Cape Town. In all his wanderings
lasting over year, he did not have
touch of fever until he reached Quilli
name, one of the most unhealthfui spot
ON the East Coast.
Mr.. Kerr brought with him gold dus
and gold-bearing quartz from the regioI
south of the Zambesi, where the Portu
guese mined extensively two centurie
ago. He also found coal OF good oval
ity north of Zambesi.-N. T. Sum