The Minneapolis observer., 1890-08-23

aEAD or s5.YEAR-oi.p oRora river. Ga.
oomItA. boon and coriseo
Mission, West Africa. IIo saysi
Tho getting Of great hope In like
tho setting OF tho sun, says Longfel.
low in tho opening pago oihis Hyperion.
! quote his sentiment apropos OF my
giving up tho hope OF obtaining you
gorilla brain. have clung to the
hope and had tho decided belief that
could obtain IL, but now believe &c TN.
possible; except for one like q traveller
or explorer or some ono who would
mako business Of it, hRmperad By
nothing elAe, who could ait down In
native village for u few weeks. hiring
the hunters 70 out daily. That IL the
way Du Chaillu obtained his. do no,
believe that he or any other white man,
unaided, can obtain q gorilla"
After hnntsng yainly for brain In
August, 1889. ho determined 10 20 Into
the gorilla region: ~ made all my plans
with great forethongbt as to detail" he
continues THE season would bo the
cool day when ! could hunt with less
discomfort There are scarcely any
gorillas In this Talaguga region.
know OF but two being killed In the
eight years have been bore. so | closed
my house and went down tho river
seventy miles TO Kangwo. There
chose good crew OF eight young men.
Your oarboy OF chloride Of zinc had been
carefully kept all these years. took
juRfuI Of II. Not "a waste my alcohol,
which was t0 immerAe tho brain aa II
should finally go 10 you. ! took along
several gallons Of whisky. ! took my
Winchester and double barroled gun and
united with mo NJ. Oncon. Swiss sharp.
shooter. The native hunters we're also
armed.
I'VE took a six-oared gig at hndinds
and went twenty miles down the river
10 the village Of u man named Aveya.
There ws ate dinner and took q man
10 guide us among tho innumerable
islands Of Lake O-Nange and 0Remwe.
The islands are all covered with heavy
forests growing out OF volcanic rocks.
Tho lake Ia very deep IN places and
most Of the approaches 10 the islands
very rocky and unsafe. We found an
island protected with cove and smooth
sandy beach. There we pitched our
tents and took our supper. Tho island
was small and uninbabited. No Wild
animals perhaps snakes. Startled az
our eampfres tho hippopotami snorted
In tho lake shadows They attack In
tho water only when wounded or while
In charge 81 their young. They never
leave tho water 10 attack ashore. We
arose early and moved on 20 another
island whore We were given lodging by
q native Okcndo.
IN Gacon and Ogul& went on hunt
ing expedition and returned with tho
report that they had seen signs Of goril.
las, but not tho animals themselves.
council was held IN the evening with
the villagers as 70 time. route and tbs
art Of hunting gorliias. Some two or
three old men and half dozen young
men. whom ! ala not know, voluntarily
attached themselves 70 our party, evi.
IDENTITY for gain, and eventually for.
bado them following rs, for they ham
pcred Us. Everybody was sure ! would
not be in the village -four days without
succeeding They told wonderful stories
OF tho numbers and audacity Of the gor-
rillaa. Not two days passed bat some
one saw them In the gardens. As the
garden work Ia done principally by
women, IL was they who most frequent
~ saw them, sometimes actually meet
ing them In the paths and being pur-
sued by males. From all their accounts.
the gorilla il full Of arts and tricks Of
tbs monkey tribes--quick TO read faces.
The women being unarmcd and afraid.
the animals wer0 more daring 70 them
than 70 the men.
But they all said we white people
would have no chance OF getting 80
near. that the animals would detect our
strange odOr and fear our whits faces.
They hoped We would Kill many. for
their gardens were devastated By the
goFillAA, pigs. oxen and elephants. Most
Of tho nen said though they often saw
these animals they were afraid 70 shoot
With their fiHt locks that often uncer.
telniy flashed in the pan. o. whose sling
shots were NOS Immediately fatal.
for then they were At the mercy
Of tbs wounded beasts. They
warned ps that II we met with
a male Who dared " iaes ", not