Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-11-09
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Mr.. Ward notes the same curious con
trast between adjacent tribes as exists
among American Indians. The indus
trious Zunis and utterly unwarlike Mo
ouis, for instance, of Arizona, have long
lived in the midst of fierce Navajoes,
Anacles and Utes, At one station in
the cataract region of the Congo he
found the people very civil and friendly,
but, as he expresses it, "eaten up win
superstition" Every untoward event OF
their lives is ascrbel to witchcraft II
there is a drought, all suspected sorcerers
are kept in close confinement till ram
comes. Leopards' claws, snake skins
and little images carved Of ivory are
their medicines" common man Is
allowed to die without much disturb
ance, but, if chief gets very sick, at
least ene witch must be hunted out and
poisoned.
Rather tile worst station was that al
Bangala, where Stanley had such a
| bloody battle with tile natives on his
| first Journey The Bangalas are most
ferocious cannibals: nevertheless, MI
Ward, when put in charge Of that sta,
| ton. had to form ''bloud brotherhood
with their chief, Malta Buiki. Ting cere-
! mony was as follows: They sat side by
side, their arms were cut open III the
blood flowed freely, the wounds were
| then thoroughly rubbed with salt, potash
| and powder made Of grain. after winch
| the two incised arms We're rubbed 70
| gether until the blood mingled There
after they are blood brothers and sworn
| TO assist each other.
MI. Ward thinks there is no danger OF
the elephant becoming extinct III Africa
certainly for centuries-as there are
| millions of elephants where no hunters
can get to them. Hippopo,ami in that
! section are very large and fierce, and
| sometimes make boating dangerous, as
they dive and come up under the boat
| There is plenty Of ivory, iron, copper
coal and other valuables in the Congo
basin; but what's the use, asks Mr.. Ward
Of SO much suffering and death, to say
nothing of wholesale massacre and de
moralization, to get what can be easll,
dispensed with or found in abundance
in some cool climate and safe region
From the experience thus far it appear
that nothing but determination OF tn
natives will make the region safe, an
as to the fevers nothing will avail agains
them until the whole country is unde
cultivation.
: After three years at the Congo station
Mr.. Ward went to Stanley Pool an
) there Joined the Emin Bey relief exped
zion. and received from Stanley the con
mand Of one Of the divisions. The othe
!, | officers we're Mai. Edmund N. Barttelo
: son of Sir Walter Barttelot, NJ. p, all
Messrs. Jameson, 1roup and Benny. Z
these Bartielot was murdered by ne
rive. Jameson died of the fever, Trou
yot back to Bangola, but in dying col
ition. The expedition continued as
oody to Bolobo, and there SO many WEI
broken down that station was estal
; ,ished and Mr.. Ward put in command
;, Then began the awful struggle of BRAY
men, against pestilence, starvation an
: savage warfare. .-=
At Yambuya, on the Aruwimi, Sta1
i lev located another camp, leaving Jam'
= son and Mai Barttelot with 100 me1
: md pushed on to the remote interio
u ,,nallpox, pestienee and murder rapit
: y reduced the force at both camps. f
lally the second camp was abandone
md the few survivors tioated down tn
riyer, fighting off tile swarming cam
), als. who attacked them at every turn {
: he stream, shouting their war cry
'yanma gamma" (meat). Jamese
= lied Just after reaching Ward Twit
\ lid Ward force his way to the coast al
oring back medicine and supplies, b.
, On the last return his legs were mass
= Of ulcers, and the force was being SO IA
:, idly reduced that the remnant had
= choose between a desperate struggle
= The coast or death in the wilderness
y Stanley, be it noted, had returned to t
- lulwini station, taken the supplies le
! there, and resumed his marching al
! lighting toward the north and east.
:, The return journey to the coast W
:. through ever increasing horrors. Reac
- ing the station where forty men had be
- left. Wards command found there for
- bleaching skeletons From their recol
- it seemed they had been SO reduced
- disease that they could not procure fot
and so died OF starvation, For TWEEN
eight days and nights they f1oated do
lie Congo, fighting all the way tt
they reached the settlements and bel
that were comparatively safe. -
cannibals were holder than BEFORE ST
Mr.. Ward, ''knowing us to be SO reduc
Their yells were something horril
heir spears and arrows were constan