The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-06
HUNTING THE GORILLA.

HUN I'M HE SONIIIA.
In my trading expeditions into Central
Afrsca I had at different times many ma
tive servants, and through them ! had OPP
~portuuities tn see the natives hunt ac-
cording tn the -ime-honorsd methods of
the trihsns. In this respect l did not foi-
low the practice of the ordinary traveller,
who conducts his hunts after his own
fashion. taking the horns or skin at his
quarry for himself. with the glory, OF
course. leaving the carcass for his native
help. who arr, satisfied with that and a.
few heads for land are willing
Ca take u subordinate position i'm the hunt.
One of my men was named osihupu.
He was ~ Fan, a fine specimen al humans
ity, and. like most OF his race. reuiarka-
lilly intelligent. In fact he was "a canni-
hal gcntiernan; that is tn say. although
he, like the rest of his tribe, had ~ liking
for human flesh, he never intr,dsd that
horrible craving upon my notice 10y worl
or deed. and from his appearance and
actions I should never have imagined
that il existed.
No matter where he was. even when
near the European settlements. he
never adapted the garb of the white man.
hut adhered strictly to the native dress
which was complete when he had painted
his taitussl body red, hung u piece at bark
cloth around his loins. and decorated his
head with the scarlet feathers of the tau
raco. His teeth were filed to points and
stained black, and his body was hung
about with charms and amulcts.
His nation il "a fierce and warlikc peo-
pie, brave tn u fault and magnificent i'm
spirit and physique. Oshupu would some
,movinv OK wagon. and scizinr his spear
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eral miles i'm advance of the team. or per
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