The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-12-13

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1T is fetich,' l answered, sententiouslr.
His young son Enjel who was much
more acute than lis father, whispered to him
his belief That it was kind Of Bell, upon
which Ngalycma cried out:
: 'Biila Matari, strike this; let INC hear I'll !
''oh, Ngalycun, l dare not; it is the war
fetch
"'No, no. heanswcrcd inpatiently Beat
it, Bula Matari, that may hear the sounds
" I dare not, Esalyema. 1t is tic signal
for war; it is the fetch that calls up armed
men, IL would he too bad
NO, ne. 10! tell you to strike Strike
/ it, Bula Nutari,' and he stamped on the
ground with childish inlpatieuce.
well, then'--takin5 the bcatcr in lIy
hand remember | told YOU it was 4 bud
tHticll--a fctiell for war and rs I lifted the
bcat"r high with upiiftal hand, asked
again, Shall strike nnw2'
"'Shtke it,, strike it, | tell your
"Wh! al my torccl strlcl, the gong, The
loud, he'll like tone. Sounding i'll the silence
caused BY the luslel, concentrated attention
nt all Upon the scene, WAS startling in the cx-
treEr. But as Tie rapid strokes were ap-
pled vigorously the continued sound seemed
10 t@eni like thunder. They had not rccoy-
cred from tile first shock of astonishmept
when the forms OF men were seen bounding
over the gulwale of the En- Avant, right over
Their heads, and warwhooping in their cars
From my tent aud from the gorge behind
them Il stream OF frantic irCuriatfs emerged
us though from the earth. Tho store tent
was Violently aSitated, und finally collapsed,
md Il yelling crowd of deinonac madmcn
sprang ont one after another, every one mp
parently mntltcr than his nei.hbor. Tho
listleSs, sleepy eyed stra lcrs burst out into
Il iprfECt frenzy of From Uutpy fbn
mats in the huts there streamed into view
such Il frantic mob Of armed men that to the
pane struck natives tho sky and the earth
seemed to be contributing to the continually
increasing number Of death dealing war
riors. Every native present, would be friend
or would be foe, lost his senses completely;
tho seated warriors forgot their guns and
fed before this strange tlaiusn and awful
sccne''
To such us may wish to know something Of
the availability of tho soil and tho sulcnness
OF the natives, Stanley's description of the
country round about kintancc will be found
instructive:
"Here around about them arc
nearly 1000 square acres Of tue richest allu-
vium it would le possible to find in any part
of the world. AT Kinshassa there are 500
stalwart male bodies, Just ms lazy. NIil1unga,
kimbagu, kiudolo, Lena and other places
can show over l.500 more. While they arc
being rubbed over with palm oil ochra by
their females, or having their beautiful
chignons or hair topkuots dressed, while they
have to dispatch squads of men miles away
to hunt M provender for their people, there
exist upon this immense waste of fat earth
enough virtue, if solicited, to raise half
million tons of rice annually, and wheat,
sugar, yams, sweet potatoes, milet, Indian
corn nd infinitum. The lower slopes, too,
of those ridges, which lovingly shield tho
plain from tho cold sen winds of tho South
Atlantic, would permit the remunerativo
growth Of tea, coffee, cocoa, sago and other
spices"
Stanley trnversed distance Of some ], 200
miles of the Congo river to Stanley Falls,
which was tho limit set to his expedition.
Then lie turned and retraced his steps Upon
arriving at. the mouth of the river he sailed
for Europe and made his report. in tho
Congo basin there is an area of 1,50s, 900
square miles, and over 81 ,O00, 900 people. The
territory is divided between tho French and
the Portuguese and the Free State of the
Congo, tho latter possessing tho bulk of tho
territory with n portion unclaimed.