Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-11-21
Barbarity In Central Africa.

publishes the full text of Assad Farran' S
affidavit. 1t is written in bad English and
the original is Assad's handwriting. ASsad
commences by explaining that he was
| obliged in London to contradict his ac-
count for certain reasons, especially be-
cause the committee did not desire him to
reveal anything. He proceeds to describe
how Bartellot, after Stanley left Yambu-
| va, finding food scarce, employed armed
| SoudaneSe to attack neighboring villages,
| but found them deserted. He then had re-
course to capturing native women and de-
m anding food for their ransom. Bonny
| did the same thing. The women escaped
! often. This caused isolation in the camp.
the natives each fearing Kidnapping As
sad relates how Bartellot daily ordered the
men to be given from % to 100 lashes for
various ofenses He describes the arrival
of and the negotiations with Tippo ,Tib.
lie speaks of numerous cases of the steal
ing of food the thieves being punished
100 or more lashes each until their flesh
was torn.
In one case the Major ordered the pun
ishm ent to be stopped, but few days
later, the victim having recovered some
what was given $50 more lashes The
man was then compelled to walk ten hours
in the sun daily heavily chained. This was
continued two months, when the victims
sores became putrid and maggoty. The
Major then relieved him for a week and
DR.. BOnny gave him medicine, after which
the punishment of marching in the sun
was resumed. The man finally decamped
but was recaptured after four days through
the offering of reward, and was shot de-
spite Jameson's protest.
Incidently, while describing Ward and
Troup's return with ample supplies from
their visit to Tippoo Tip with message
to hurry the porters, he says: Ward and
Troup having everything they wanted
were content with the life at Yambuys and
declined to march. The Manvemas daily
brought plenty of varied food which they
exchanged for cloth and matches, and the
natives brought fresh fish daily, but the
AhNh ~ eiiS camp "tiC anu uyihS
daily, being reduced to skeletons. Often
we asked the Major to issue little old
rotten rye to make soup for invalids; but
this was impossible. The camp became
miserable sight, yet none of the Office RS
seemed to care"
After dealing With the report of Stan
ley's death and the getting of Tippoo's
men, comes the Jameson affair at Sibaib
kai. Jameson expressed to Tippos's in
terpreter curiosity to witness cannibalism.
Tippoo consulted with the chiefs and told
James he had better purchase slave
Jameson asked the price, and paid six
bandkerchiefs. A man returned a few
minutes after ward with l0-year old girl
Tippoo and the chiefs ordered the girl to
be taken to the native huts. Jameson
himself, Selim, Masoudi and Farhani
Jameson's servant, presented to him by
Tippoo, and many others followed. The
men who had bought the girl said to the
cannibals: "This is present from white
man who desires to see her eaten" The
girl was tied TO tree the natives sharp
ening their knives the while. One of
them stabbed her twice in the belly. She
did not scream, but knew what would hap
pen, looking to the ght and left for help.
When stabbed she fell dead. The natives
cut pieces from her body. Some took the
legs. arms, breasts and other portions
straight TO the huts, while others took the
entrails to the river and washed them.
jameson IN the meantime making rough
sketches of the horrible scenes. Then we
all returned to the chiefs house. Jane
eson aiterward went to his tent, where he
finished his sketches in watercolors. There
were six of them, all neatly done. The
first sketch was Of the girl a. she was led to
the tree. The second showed her stabbed
with the blood gushing from her wounds.
The third showed her dissected. The
fourth showed man carrying a leg in one
hand and knife in the other The fifth
showed man with native ak and the
head and breast of the victim. Jameson
showed these and many other sketches to
all the chiefs.
Bonny makes a further statement to the
effect that the cannibal incident was the
cause of the death of both Jameson and
Bartellot