Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-02
IN THE sLAvE-sHEo.
An African Woman heiates Her sad stor
20 "a white Traveller.

20 white Traveller.
These hungry creatures form indeed
truly pitiable sight After suffering
this captivity for a short time they be-
some mere skeletons All ages, OF both
sexes. are 10 be seen; mothers with their
babes; young men and women; boys and
girls; and even babies who can not yet
walk, and whose mothers have died OF
starvation, or perhaps been killed by
the Lufembe. One seldom SECS either
old men or old women; they are all
/ killed In the raids: their marketable
value being very small, no trouble is
taken with them.
4 witnessing groups of these poor help
less wretches, with their emaciated
forms and sunken eyes, their faces
very picture OF sadness Ii is not d ificult
TO perceive the intense grief that they
are inwardly suffering; but they know
too well II is of no use to appeal for
sympathy to their mercilcss masters
who have been accustomed from child
hood to witness acss OF cruelty and bru-
tality. SO that to satisfy their Unsuitable
greed they win commit themselves, or
permit to be committed, any atrocity,
however great Even the pitiable sight
of these slave-sheds does not half repre-
sent the misery caused by this traffic
homes broken up mothers separated
/. from their babies, husbands from wives,
I and brothers from sisters. When last nj
\ Masankusu ! saw n slave woman who
> had with her one child, whose starved
little body she was clutching To her
shrunken breast | was attracted by
4 her sad face. which betokened great suf-
4 fering. asked her the cause of IL, and
i she told me in low, sobbing voice the
following tale:
A II was living with my husband and
a three children in an inland village, Z
few miles from here. My husband wa
"a hunter Ten days ago the Lufemb'
4. attacked our settlement; my husband
!, defended himself. but was over
!, powered and speared TO deatl
10 with several OF tho other vii
10 layers was brought here with m,
= three children, two of whom have al
ready been purchased by tho traders
a shall never see them any more. Per
a. haps they will kill them on the death o
u some chief, or perhaps kill them 70
h food. My remaining child, you see, i
t. i'll, dying from starvation; they give u
!. nothing to eat | expect even this on
i, will be taken from me to-day, as tn
~ chief, fearing lest it should die and be
q come total loss, has offered IL for
=, very small price As for myself" sal
she, 'they will sell me to one Of tn
T. neighboring tribes, TO toll in the plauts
,a tions, and when | become old and unf
for work shall be killed"
/, There were certainly FIVE hundre
: slaves exposed for sale in this one vi
\. lage alone Large canoes wern cor
stantly arriving from down river, wit
;, merchandise OF all kinds with whic
: ;. they purchased these slaves. A larc
Z trade Is carried on between the Uban,
'' and Lulungu rivers. The people Il
habiting the mouth OF the ubangi bu
the Balolo slaves at Masankusu and u
other markets. They then take thcl
iE up the Ubangi river and exchange thoi
~ with the natives there for ivory Thcs
natives buy their slaves solely for foo,
~ Having purchased slaves they feed the
on ripe bananas, fish and oil, and whe
Se they get them in good condition the
a kill them. Hundreds OF the Balo
slaves are taken into the river and di
ne posed of in this way each month.
great many other slaves are sold to u
I'D large villages on the Congo, 20 supp
ist victims 10 the execution ceremonies.
we Much life Is lost in the capturing
ow slaves, and during their captivity maj
he succumb 10 starvation. OF the renal
lut der, numbers are sold to become yictiI
= to cannibalism and human sacrifice cef
monies There are few indeed who a
allowed 10 live and prosper. -E. j. Gla.
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