The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-02-06
ADVENTURES
While Locating u Mission in
Africa,
The Explorations Made by an Ohio
Missionary,
Now Visiting Relatives in This oity~.The
PeeuliarreR OF tho Ratiysa-,,Antioipat-
inga Return Visit.

The many readers Of the NEws'pEMo
ORAT will no doubt be pleased a. read ol
the thrilling adventures and the many eH
perlencea which gentleman and hls wife
have had during the pasl few years while
performing the work Of missionaries W
the interior Of Southeastern Africa,
More Interest will be felt when Il y
known that these persona have made
their explorations into q country where
several explorers have gone, but none OF
whom ever lived % tell what they saw of
found there, The famous explorations
of Stanley reached within distance oi
about fifteen hundred miles OF whore
these explorations ended,
Rev, q, H. Richards, q graduate OF
Oberln college and also Of Audoyer Sem.
mary, and his wife, loft their home nnd
friends la NOrwnlk, o., iu October, 1880,
under the supervision Ot the American
Board Of Foreign Missions, for lnhnm.
hhne, on tic SOui' eastern coast OF Africa
aud bordering on the Mozambique cham
mel, Thor intentions were 10 90 10 this
foreign country and establish "a mission,
After trip OF nearly three months they
landed at Natal, which was some distance
from their destination,
Upon their arrival there they found II
Inhabited hy Eulua, also that u would DO
necessary for them 10 learn 20 speak the
native language, which required nearly
three years Of study, AZ the expiration
Of thai time the Board Of MaslOnA learned
that Rev, Richards had not only desire
hut that he was we'll suited for making
SOME explorations, They placed the
proper means within hla control and d-
rected him 20 explore The Kingdom Of
umn2illn, which was u tract Of country
about four by six hundred miles In area,
lying lust south Of the XnmbcgIa river,
aud country from which no man except
one member Of the Portuguese tribe had
ever returned alive, although several had
gone there, They all had porlRhcd,eithcr
AZ the hands Of tho natives or from some
disease brought on by exposure,
After chartcrng u schooner and taking
with him one white man aud enough ma
tlyoa 10 man the boat, lao set sail for ln.
hnmbano, leaving his wife at Natal,
Received Presents From tho Governor
Here he met the Portuguese governor,
who was exceedingly kind 10 them, aud
gave him o number Of presents aa token
OF irlondahip which the natives extended,
and also aont more than fifty natives with
the missionary 20 assist him In his work
OF entering the forests and lungloa which
they would have 10 pass through before
getting into the interior Of thar country,
Within short march they were halted by
a native Of another kingdom, who refused
20 allow them 10 proceed further until lac
had sent messenger to tho King,
tolling him that they were miaslonnrioa
and that they had a number Of ilno pres.
cnta for him. Upon these conditions he
permitted thcm 90 Cntcr, lie now had
penetrated $50 miles from Natal, Shortly
after reaching this point Roy. Richards
was
Taken With Fovor
and lay for twCuty-scyCu days between
lfc aud death Blt Tor the faithful utton,
ton OF native Zulu with him, lac would
have persisted, After hlg recovery he be.
gan tedious march, not being able 10 go
moro than fifteen miles day through the
iunglca and marshes, receiving from each
Tribe which ho came IN contact with a
guide, which would lead him 10 the ndiOin,
ing tribe,
He fnplly reached the King, who rcfua.
nd 10 see him for ton days time, but final.
Iy had consultation with the explorer by
means oi an interpreter The King fully
the object Of hia yisit,and gave
bis consent to have mission
established on the eastern coast, The
chief was very emphatic that he |
must teach them how 20 make gunpowdcr, |
which will buy anything they possess, he
now started for the eastern coast 10 ogtnh.
ish the mission, Before travelling many
lays he was tkCn with relapse and was |
,arricd In hammock by his native crow.
rhcy met an expedition sent out 10 look
'or him. lie nt last reached point
within 200 miles Of the place from whore |
he had started, He was very IN thoro for
many weeks, but finally recovered SUN. |
'iont 20 return 90 Natal, where hia wife /
was waiting for hin,
Husband and Wife Travel,
lie and his wife wont from thcro TO
whore they had a house built |
from corrugated iron, sent from America, |
md carried a distance Of twenty miles boy
.ho natives on their heads, Wood cannot
% used there, aa a peculiar kind Of Insect
lcstroy Il almost before q house could bo |
quilt. lie found that the natives are pOr- |
'ootly honest They listen TO the Gospel |
md accept Of it every time it Nv offered
hem, but they need converting over again |
very day. In this kingdom there are u |
lront number OF languages spoken by dif. |
oront tribes, So far as the missionary
an learn thoro are 5000 natives living
within radius Of ten miles, Tho mon
funlly hoht InOlf WlNou
With long lashos Of hippopotamus hide,
nd are very severe. A short time before /
lcy. Richards and wife left their homo In |
a young native girl who had
10 doubt been terribly punished, ran /
way from her people and como 10 their
louao FOR refuge. She remained with |
hem for some tlmc, They have no ycgc-
ablcs there and receive meat from Chi
ago In certain tlmoa OF the year. They |
ave no money, but bluo cloth which |
an be bought In London for ca cents
ard ls their standard OF trade, and IN the
nmo Na money In trading
Rov. Richards and wife intend 10 return
D thoir field OF labor sometime during the |
oming summer " Mrs. Richards health
restored sufficiently 10 permit her 10
make the journey II N the intention Of
lew Richards 10 take with him steam
ncht, which can bo taken apart and car-
led by the nat YES, for the purpose of
ding up the Inwbosi river 20 open up
lissiona there and explore the interior OF |
his country Of which little or nothing Ia
nown. He IN mover happier than whom
xploring grounds. upon which no other
inn has ever troddon. They huyo ono
hlld nearly FIVE years old who speaks the
atiyo language of that country IN well as
nglish, scarcely knowing the difference
otwoen the two languages.
Rov. Richards IL "A nephew OF Mr.. s, u,
art, Of this city, aud while hero was
nest at his home. Whom he returned 70
lis country he brought Mr.. Hart q splon.
ID collection of the different kinds OF
Incy work which the natives do there.
Is wonderful, whom ono secs the inferior
'ola which they use for making those
'ticles. Many novel things are among
10 collection and they are very interest
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