Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-13

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NrkH/F1 E4 s4.gfED yards across from
,AkfI<fAsss;s,sSte5 bank to bank, we
8N HSTTl-ssA m came in sight Of
slR Ss<syD4 N.Y. this redoubted
AA\ >>---eS>SMS6 stronghold of the
fllNsS&aasss---zF>I/5 hunted Balolo,
Tv extending for
WIS y several hundred
.lone the top Of steep bank some
~ 'st,een feet above the river. From
~ -. =, concourse of sayages lining the
y. a. and from the numbers of canoes
p"' t.orved darling about ahead of US,
concluded the size of the village
no much greater than its river
=, would have led us to suppose.
", s,eat cry went up from the multi
a. we shot into view, and the emo
! tbev experienced at tho strange
.tof the big vessel putting and pant
m against the current of their river
soon intensified when the deep
NJ her harmony" whistle rang
.,er the waters, and the ludicrous
'.itv of the chief who had been
.ling on the bank surrounded by the
',@Hljties Of his village to accord us
lifted welcome, to quit the scene on
breaking out of that sound, was only
3,te less premature than that of the
,,mlinp crowd of men, women and
s3iren.
aveyer, we soon restored quiet, and
r.,oe Mimic, Bukunu and others of
/. mast intelligent Of the Equator ma
i iomped on shore and went up in
.,4b Of the chief to tell him who we
n and why we had come to his coun-
4 They returned bearing an invita-
X to us three white men to as end to
i chiefs abode and become his
vibrothers. Patsie, my bulldog,
hooks and Spot, were already on
sTe, having been the first to land, and
he driving great crowds of people be-
\ them. who had never seen beasts
I'd as these, and who, although they
Il longing and gluttonous eyes on
syie's noble proportions, and the
tried limbs of Spot, who looked
gncularlg sneeEing and pulled up with
s!ed aristocratic pride among the
rsnhed canine Inhabitants of Malinga,
he warned by the strange look in the
Rlr7 red eye of the former, and the
srendent strut Of the latter that they
be animals better left untouched.
he three dogs following in our
r5a We soon reached the enclosure of
chief-passing through the most
n5ied collection of the smallest huts
Hr Witnessed in an African village.
sHery side stretched lines of there low
IS or palm-thatched structures, in
HOW streets, and being rather a tall
In | was able to almost see over the
.oi them all Bounding this laby-
Of streets, or maze of beehives /
.it call it, for they buzzed and
aued with wondering human voices
ge passed along, rose the high bar
gall along the land side of the forth
hdon--a structure built up Of tree
inks, plantain stems and old canoes
Rkon end into the ground, their fat
rs facing the enemy, all securely
la together by Llama ropes.
hmiying at Esekiyaka' s, the chiefs
e we found him waiting for US in
midst Of crowd of similarly attired
marked savages to lose we had met
PIE little fishing village lower down,
armed with spears and shields,
|-e in their girdles glistened the cop
handles of long, bright-bladed
yes which rested on the thigh.
liese knives, when they talked
ag themselves as the savages often
during interview with the chief,
would grasp in their hands and
9iaslze every point of their speech
he wave Of a bright blade through
Eand the fash of it's copper handle
hey pointed it at their neighbor.
effect Of this glittering metal, added
ls Tepnlsiye and hideously marked
s.feS OF all who gazed upon us, show
llFtY, discolored rows of filed teeth
1ay smiled @ back on us-and above
the odor of unwashed bodies, not to
llon cannibal orgies. which the
ing cruel look we met at every turn
plainly revealed what these people .
Amdulged in, was to make us wish I
a7yeS little further off Malinga
out in the pure breezes of mid |
sm /
aagever, the rites of blood brother
We're soon performed, our pale
l'ed arms con trasting with the rich
aof the muscular old Esekiyaka's
barred them to the shoulder, while
little knife used on these occasions
sa1red the skin just below the ell
Causing blood to flow.
we're ON the point of returning to
florida, when tremendous clamor
from he direction of the barricade,
4outlnT out that the Lufembi were
a them. Every man rushed of
i a5 stockade, brandishing spears and
Only ESelliyaka and one or two
us aged counsellors remained be-
and had my hands full endeayor-
q pacity Paddy and keep him from
7lng after the rushing crowd OF eX-
NalinEa warriors Shocks and Spot
y In full cry at their heelsl, who,
'l would leave in Paddy's iron
y II he once got on their track, more
cause for canine satisfaction than
Hoatlng tails of monkey skin or
'ae alarm, however, proved to be
Ohe' In few minutes the crowd
grounded us grinning and leering,
" thought it advisable to retire
'ne chiefs presence and take up
sadrters on the foredeck of the
,'sa' Where we were speedily be-
~ oy clamoring, bowling crowd,
.-'Ofing to get near enough to ex-
lhelr spears, knives, shields
al, OrtsS rods they might possess
-la.l blue, white and pink beads,
we smells. SO dense became the
80 pertinacious the small boys
nnts;s