Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-21

sssoaas sc ha'''si'ias Of 4.
t.xA chase. He
N-k " writes from
mAD or S5-TEAR-OLD Ogors river. Ca
GORILLA boon and C0risco
Mission, West Africa He SAYS
The getting Of : great hope is like
the setting OF the sun saws LOngfel-
low in the opening page Of his Hyperion.
! qnoso his sentiment apropos Of my
giving up the hope OF obtaining you
. gorilla brain- I have clung 70 the
hope aud had the decided belief that I
tould obtain l., but ! now believe IL i'm
possible; exes<< for one Ike 4 traveller
OF expl0rcr.<< some one who would
make \ business of il. hampered BY
nothing else. who could sit down in 4
native village for . few weeks. hiring
way Du Chzillu obtained his I do not
believe that he or any other white man.
unaided. can obtain gorilla
After hunting vainly for a brain IN
August. lSse, he determined % 20 into
the gorilla region: Il made all my plans
with great forethcught as 70 detail" be
continues s-The season would De the
.eoOl day when ] could hunt with less
EUf0rk There are scarcely any
5 in this Talzguga region
Of hut tSo being killed in the
years ] have been here. 50 closed
- house and went down the river
seventy miles 70 Kangws. There
chose 8 good crew Of eight young men,
Your czrboy of chloride of zinc had been
carefully kept all these years ! took
jugful of It. Not 70 waste nv alcohol.
which wes % immerse the brain as IL
should finally 90 TO yOII ] took along
several gallons Of whisky. took ny
Winchester and double-barreled gun and
united with me NJ Gacon. I Swiss sharp
shooter. The native hunters were alsc
arrsed-
I'VE took six-oared gig ~ Andinde
and went twenty miles down the river
70 the village Of q man named AFeys-
There We ate dinner and took a man
20 guide Us among the innumerable
islands Of Lake O-Nange and Ogemwe.
TIE islands are all covered with heavy
forests growing out Of volcanic roclxs-
The lake Is very deep in places and
most Of the approaches 20 the islands
very rocky and unsafe- We fOun5 an
island protected with cove and smooth
sandy beach. There we pitched our
tents and tOok cur supper. The island
was small and uninhabited- No wild
animsls-perhaps snakes Startled At
our czmp-hres. the hippopofami snorted
IN the lake shadows They attack in
the water only when wounded or while
in charge Of their young. They never
leave the water 70 attack ashore We
arose early and moved on 70 another
island where we were given lodging By
. native 0kendO.
M Gacon and Ognla went on a hunt
ing expedition and returned with the
report that they had seen signs Of goril-
las. but not the animals themselves A
council was held IN the evening with
the Villagers as % time. route and the
art of husting gOriIlas- Some two or
three old men and half dozen young
men. whom did not know. voluntarily
sftacbed themselves to our party. evil
6ently for gain. and eventually ] for
bads them following us. for they ham
pcred US Everybody was sure ] would
not be in the village four days without
succeeding. They told wonderful stories
Of the numbers and aadacity Of the gor-
rilias- Not two days passed but some
0ne saw them in the gardens As the
garden work is done principally by
women. 1t was they who most frequent
IL saw them, sometimes actually meet
ing them in the paths and being pur-
sued BY males From al their accounts.
the gorilla is full Of arts and tricks Of
the monkey tribes-quick 70 read faces
The women being unar-ned and afraid.
the animals were more daring 20 them
than 70 the men
-But they all said we white people
would have no chance OF getting so
near. that the animals would detect our
strange odOr and fear our white faces
They hoped we would XIII many. for
their gardens were devastated by the
gorillas. pigs. oxen and elephants Most
Of the men said though they often saw
these animals they were afraid 70 shoot
with their iiut locks that often uncer-
tainly flashed in the pan. or whose slug
shots were not Immediately fatal.
for then they were at the mercy
Of the wounded beasts They
warned Us that u we met with
q male who dared 70 face Us. not
% FIRE TIL only few yards distant. and
even then not C aim al the head fOr
the animal had the art-being acquaint- /
ed with guns and all having informed /
each other las the sailors belieyel-oi .
ducking its head down al the click OF /
the trisger. We were 70 aim at the /
abdomen. which from its size could not
fail TO be injured. and the head or chest (
would probably be pierced by the ami .
NAL having duclzed bis bead down 20 I
dodze 4 shot aimed. as IL supposed. Al
its head
.sThe next day we all. some fourteen 4
men and eight dogs. went In the beat 70 |
large island shortly after sunrise Ny 4
own crew OF six were afraid and left /
them in the boat and Ogula described I
the Law OF the land so they were TO fol- /
low around TO another part where We 1
would probably emerge The rest Of Us 4
entered the thicket. very dense IL /
grows up or wherever there are ahan- 1
doned plantations. The original forest I
is easily threaded. for the dense foliage 1
Of the tall trees kills out BY its shade /
the underbrush- But the gorillas are
looked for mostly in the plantations. old /
and new. But after four hours Of search 4
nothing Vas beard or even seen except /
the tracks - slid pigs
~fye returned n dianrr Ia The after
aoon Okcndo. whose plantation is on .