The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-09

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On The Congo. ncs she efusscr. live
the Ba-Nsals. with whom the esylorsr.
STANLEY. had his hardest battle wh-a
he aoa,ot down the great river. Th-r
are The mos: powerful aad intelligent
81 the Upper songo natives aaa since
Csp.sih Ccqu.ihAi. four year 40. 49,
iab!i,h-d a station In their ooua;ry
they hay. h~cofn. good i-i~nd. o. Ia.
white A whti- ago 40 exciting .veat
occirrsd In one ~ .hels uIsny village.
and E.salAka. the chief. v-n, - Cap
tain Coquilhai "a tel him Atsyg, l.
"fou know the big i-taIsi near my
town" be said We'll yesterday. -,,a
after the sun earn-up. 80 my ~oSnea
and our little boy started 'or the island
In = cano-- The boy i, -o.n- dozeas of
moons Old. ICapiaia Coquilha; say.
about twelve year, old. H. >ay- ,ha;
Will. his mother was padding she sas
something IN the water. anu leaned
over - io,k u: u Thea he $40 =
crocodile seize his mother and Gra- her
oui ii the can.-. Then the cruoiilo
and the WOMAN SAM ou: ~ sight.
The paddle wa- lying Ia IN, cana.
Tn. hoy picked i, up 20 pa1dl, oar. -
the village. Then he thought a u
! could only >car- the c-or,siiln aud
get my mother back" H could lei hy
the moving water whore IA. Cr,s,Oaiie
WAS lie WIS swimming ju-; under ;A-
surfa,. toward the island. Then The
boy followed the c~rucosiilc ju-t - fat
a. he could paddle. Very .non ih..
crocodile reached tho island and went
out, ON land. III. laid the woman, BODY
ON the ground. Then Ia. went, back
into the river and swan away. You
know Why IA. did this. II, want,-I hi,
mate. aud Ia. started uut Ia find her.
Then the little boy padded IA, -
wh.rr his mother vas lying. He
jumped out o! the boat and ran ~ her.
There va. n big wound In her br-as.
Her eye, were shut. He 'elt sure she
WAS dead. lie is strong. but he could
not lift her. lie dragged her body Ia
TIC drlts' II" hH'~ tlr
might ON back IA; any moment and
kill him. too. He used all his strength.
Little by little he got his mothers body
into the Then he pushed away
from the shore and started home
We had not seen the boy and his
mother al all. suddenly we heard
shouting on the river. and w. saw the
hoy padding ~ hard a. he could.
Every two or three stroke, he would
look behind him. Then ". Jaw q
crocodile. swimming fast towards III.
canoe. II he reached II you know
what he would do. He would upset 10
with IA blow. and both the boy and his
mother would b. lost Eight or nine
Of us jumped into c.sno-', and started
for the boy. The c~rocodil. had nearly
~overtakcn the canoe. hut We reached
il in time. We scared the cro,odii.
away. and brought the cano. u the
shore. The boy stepped out on the
ground and fell down. he Wa 80
frightened and tired. ". carried him
into one Of my hut.. and took his
mothers body in there. too. W"
thought she IA, dead.
But after IA little Will. sh. opened
her eyes, She could whisper only two
ar thrc. words. She asked FOR tn"
boy. W. laid him b.-id. her on her
arm. She s;roked him two or thr.-
times with her hand. But -h~ wa-
hur; >o badly. Then N. shut her eyes
and did not open them nor speak again.
q. how the li,tl. boy cried But re
had saved hi, mother body from the
crocodile"
A. E--alaka told this story Tho tears
cour-ed down hi. checks. Il have
seen in this savage tribe" writes Cap
tain Coquilha'. ''m"n and their wiycs
who really love each other. and ycr,,a-
bile honcyTnoon- among Young couples
The child feels FOR his father the fear
and respect which hi authority IN
spires. bat hc truly love- HI mother.
and has a tender ilt-rr-t "A Der even
after he becomes a mau--N J. san