The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-15

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captain Van Geie has told Of the densely
peopaod portion Of the Lower M0bangi.
where tribes make war for the single pur-
pose Of procuring meat He saw war ex-
petition Of the Baati which numbered hfty
canoes At the mouth OF the Arumimi
river station had Just been established
whOee garrison includes several hundred
basoko cannihais II h believed that By
decreasing the opportunities Tor indulgin &
IN this practice the men-eatefs who are in
the service OF the state vii b gradually
weaned from il The state fully intends to
exert IL influence - lar - possible to pre-
vent caun1oolksm. II Is an encouraging
facs thaf ene trihe = known. the Baiuna,
Who Voluntarily abandoned anfhrophagy.
ana nov regards the practice with disgust.
Though = WIN undoubtedly Be very slow
process. there i reason to believe that -
the influence Of white men extends. canni-
battsm IN the Congo basin VIII gradually
disappear. = i has from many Pacific
Islands.
When Stanley traced the Congo to its
mouth he heard ct Nyangwe Of fierce
dwarfs. who were said 70 live in great for
ests to the north, and to b most intract-
able little creatures. fighting like demons
the bodies OF the1 fallen foes. having no
settled abode. bat wandering from place to
place through the forests II was thought
these stories were greatly exaggerated by
Arabs, who wished m excuse for declining
to send m escort with Stanley on his way
down the river. It WAS not until 1S65 and
1855 that four Of our explorers discovered
the Batwa dwarfs spread over great area
IN that part Of the CONGO basin which 10 d.
rsctiy south Of the great northern bend Of
the r'ver. In one season Grenfeii and Won
Francois found them IN large numbers In
Two different river basins over 200 miles
apart Grenfen had previously found them
on the Upper Lomami, southwest Of STAN
Icy Falls. Between the Lomami and the
Congo the Arabs say they have had many
hard fights with them. Further west, On the
busseFs and Ichuapa rivers. Grenfeil and
Francois had . number OF unpleasant en-
counters with them. At the furthsst
points reached on both these rivers the
h0atiltty Of the bowling little folks pre-
vented further advance. Their ARROWS.
slimy with poison, were showered BY hum
dreds upon the wooden sun roof Of the
steamer. or dashed against the steel net
work that protected the deck. Looking up
the precipitous bluffs above the Tchuapa.
the explorers could see the little coffee
brown people ciamhering where IL seemed
impossible to maintain f0othold, and
they saw them, too, swinging with the
agility Of monkeys from limb TO limb Of
great trees, creeping far out on branches
overhangfng the river, and launching their
shafka In m3d.air ~ The ivuuArfiuouf