The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-09-22

I only isolated persons they attacl
They organize their expeditions a
If they were going to war; some
times alone, sometimes through
refinement Of villainy, allied wit
neighboring tribes, to whom the,
offer a share of the pillage, and VIII
on the morrow become their victim
in their turn.
Thus they fall at night upon de
fenseless villages, setting fire to tn,
straw huts and firing upon every
one they meet. The inhabitants
try to escape, seeking safety in tht
woods, in the heart of impenetra
BILE thickets, in the dry beds of riv
ers, in the tall grass of the valleys
They are pursued. The aged, the
men who offer resistance, all who
cannot be sold in the markets o1
the interior, are killed; the women
and children are seized. All who
are captured-men, women and
children-are hurried off to some
market in the interior. Then COM
mences for them a series of un-
speakable miseries. The slaves are
on foot. The men who appear the
strongest, and whose escape is to
be feared, have their hands tied (and
sometimes their feet) in such fash
ion that walking becomes a torture
to them; and on their necks are
placed yokes, which attach several
of them together. They march all
day: at night, when they stop to
rest, few handfuls of raw sorgho
are distributed among the captives.
This is all their food. Next morn
ing they must start again. But
after the first day or two the fatigue,
The sufferings and the privations
nave weakened a great many. The
women and the aged are the first to
lalt. Then, in order to strike ter
or into this miserable mass of hu-
nan beings, their conductors, armed
With wooden bar to economize
approach those who appear
O be the most exhausted and deal
hem a terrible blow on the nape of
he neck. The unfortunate victims
liter a cry, and fall to the ground
n the convulsions Of death! The
errified troop Immediately resumes
is march. Terror has imbued even
he wvakest with new strength.
each time some one breaks down
he same horrible scene is repeated.
AT night, on arriving at their halt
ng place, after the first days of
uch life, not less frightful scene
waits them. The traffickers in hui
aan flesh have acquired by expert
nee knowledge Of how much their
ictims can endure. A glance shows
hem those who will soon sink from
'eariness; then, to economic the
canty food which they distribute,
ley pass behind these wretched
eings and fell them with single
low. Their corpses remain where
ley fall, when they are not sus-
ended on the branches of the neigh
oring trees, and it is close to them
lat their companions are obliged |
} eat and to sleep. In this man c
er the weary tramp continues 6
'metimes for months, when the t
aravan comes from a distance. t
heir number diminishes daily. If, '
'aded by their cruel suferings, /
me attempt to rebel or escape, i
eir fierce masters cut them down 9
ith their swords, and leave them 8
they lie along the road, attached S
one another by their yokes. r
lerefore it has been truly said S
at if a traveller lost the way lead "
g from equatorial Africa to the s
WINS where slaves are sold, he e
uld easily find it again by the t.
eletons of the negroes with which il
is strewed. Slavery, such as it is RI
day, can in effect only be stopped o
force. 1t is not merely by him 81
ring the transport of slaves into el
ia by means of cruisers, it is nee W
sary to strike the evil at it's root, fe
d to destroy the markets of the :"
terior, or to render them useless a.
establishing-as your great Cor h
n wished to do for the basin of tt
2 Nile-barriers against slavery b
imposed of natives led and in W
ucted by Europeans, in order to n
pplement the maritime barriers jr
med by your cruisers. That is to
at public opinion ought to OBJ. m
n from civilized Governments, o1
d what it will obtain, | am sure, m
it is convinced of it's utility, and dl
es not weary in asking. 1
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