Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-10
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WHY THEY FOUGHT Sr,,,-
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Attacks on the Fv,15.f' 1 'lt

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Congo Native Throws Ii.A.
Attacks on the Rzplo,ps .D 'ae
During Stanley's Arst s. ''.s'
the Congo his little partg ''e - ''ip DO,
of miles heard almost y lof aupd.
thunder of the big war a, SSeo-H'laltiy
-. pend OF the river they saw ~ !. a, M
the natives pushing ON. '''' oa1os'
shore filled with howlinp ssv., non
the destruction of the H." i ben
wished for nothing so NM 49, ua1d n
peacefully down stream 10 ~ : Q a
not always easy to fathom ~ ga L N
ives that inspire the acts of gag, ~
peoples, and now that the vk;. -lc''l.z HI
established on the COMO - Us aye N
nave inquired with great inte,.. y -
natives what they thought - az. Of NJ
~hen he nrst appeared 10 then e'sl II
they gave him such an unfs,,6l ala
ton. A conversation tho, ~ n i5's i
Bently bad with native NJ Ps,.5 n'" Ia
subject, while ago, gives Al ir, 9l
insight into the workings Of H. II
mind. ,4s 'J 81
why die the Bayansi attscs i
Eep" Mr.. Beutly asked. ~ n
on, we did not attack aim b7t
to. We had heard from far nm
that one OF the strange wai mer e
never seen, who made The el6.6
ers brought US, was COMING II
river. We heard that everybo5r
us had gone out 70 fight him fu..
glory OF winning victory fra-
WONDERFUL kind of men. On
We could be behind the resi- NJ.
would have been the laughing ~.
the whole river if we had nots.
SHOWN that we dared to 90 ont IA /
him. When We went to trade In r..
towns and joined ia the dance II \
girls would laugh at US and sam,
their braves had gone out TO f.5, j
great white man while the braye.f !
away and hid like women. Wa cao3
miss such chance to show that W. ~
brave men, too.
80 we filled our biggest canoe. ri
men, aud bid behind the long nn;,t a.. ]
our town. We waited there, and H. y.
by we saw the white mans canoe. d, /,
the river. All our assegais and Ia,,I
were sharp, and we intended to mai.
good fight. Down came the white 4. |
and We we're just getting ready 10 IN,
out from shcre, when much to ON
prise, he turned the prows OF his cal
toward the opposite shore, just ja'
above Us, and soon he landva on \
other side of the river.
"We thought We would watch M
awhile and see what happened. Tar,
wero hundreds of Us, and We were
looking through the grass to see vba. ii
white man did. We saw his msn min.
ling with the tribe on the other no,
By-and-by some of our friends over /,
river came across. They toldu,the w8l
man was a good fellow, and that he wan
ed to be friends, and that he was bush
lots of food, for which he was gIrl
beads and brass wire and many goad,
full things.
That was too much for US, Ey.
man rushed to the village, and soon
had several canoes loaded with plMa
cassaya pudding, fowls, and other thin,
and over we went TO trade. We 70, ~
prices for our food, and so you see
didn't fight after all"
1t Will be mentioned that Stanley mt
toned this very tribe at B0lobo amo
the first who sold him food and gave b
a friendly reception after be had run
gauntlet of scores of hostile ylst
Perhaps he never knew how ua-fowy
escaped having battle with the asQ
OF Bolobo, who, as it turned out, beca
his very good friends, When stan
went back 10 the Congo one Of the q
stations he established above Stan
was ut Bolobo. The story ,his pa.
told very likely explains the per.isisl
OF the attacks upon Stanley al the '
from Stanley Falls to Bolobo, about
hundred miles.