Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.) 1885-1???, 1891-02-19

that we eoCdpctt tue lliod9"l4"0 1850
gers of the great forests, and ali tor
the greed of your appetites: You
make gods of your stOmachs and now
your gods will destroy you. And
YOU. Sofni, are more to blame than
all the rest
oh, master, master, they
pleaded, do with us what you please.
We will obey now-do with US what
you please
IF had ten good men, | an
swcrcd, ten men who would obey me
quickly like that, in the lwjnkIing
of an eye-mcn that would not act
like the 'dogra' (thc engine) OF a
ship | could yet save us. But must
he obeved like a dogra, instantly.
"'Oh, master, master, we will
obey; try u.s.
lies, | said, that is what you
always say when you are in place
like this, but you soon forget it,
Try us, master
Well | answered, now listen.
And you, Sotini, since it is to you
we are indebted for this danger, |
will give you the most dangerous
portion of the work to perform.
When ! order YOU must obey in
stantly. When | bid you, do you
take these pieces of cloth upon your
left arm and advance toward the
hillock, unfolding and showing the
beautiful fabrics to the savagcs. In
the meanwhile do you men begin
showing the boat towards the water 5
edge. Ten strong men like you can
do 1t quick. While Sofni walks
slowly towards the blacks, showing
the cloths, you pnsh the boats; do
nothing else. l will stay here and
fight and Soini, when | call to you
three times that will mean the boat
is in the water. Then drop the cloths
and run for the boat for your life.
Is it understood:
The men promised to do as |
said. But while the savages were
consulting two women came up.
You give the chief honey, they said,
to me, and he will see you mean to
be blood brothers, and will not let
the men hurt YOU They had not
time to say more. A warrior came
up and drove them away. Cattle
that had been grazing between the
hilleck where the consultation was
held were also removed. | knew
the meaning Of these preparations.
A fight was to be declared, and the
sayages wished to have free field.
1t was then | thought the time had
come to put my plan into execution.
Sofni was given the cloths, and he
advanced slowly toward the hillock.
At the same time my men were push
ing the boat toward the water. Go,
Sofni, go. Push, men, push
"At last the boat touched the wa
ter's edge. At the same moment the
savages, whose attention had been
drawn to Sofini, discovered what We
had done. With an awful yell they
bounded forward. 'Sofni, Sofini
Sofni" | shouted. And to the men
Push, men, push ,-youla youla =
Now Sofni is by our side. You-la
yau-la Push, men, push, and
swim.
''Some of the savages were clam,
berlng into the boat. One warrior,
sturdy, Muscular fellow, led all the
rest, bounding like tiger. | aimee
at him with my rifle. Down he
rolled, and another young warrior
leaped over his PROSTATE form.
aimed at him and down he went,
Then | leaped into the boat, but 9
new danger surrounded us. Two
huge hippopotami were coming to-
ward us from the shore Of the little
bay, with steaming nostrils and jaws
wide open. took my elephant gun,
aimed at the nearest, and fired
straight into the huge mouth.
sighted the other, let 90 the second
barrel and that one dropped too.
But the natives had put three OF
their numbering boats out. They
were approaching Us, and we had no
oars, for when the boat was grounded
the oars were taken away. Iordered
the men to tear the bottom boards
out for oars, and reloaded my Gle
phant gun. When the first Of the
boats was within ten yards of me
! fired just on the waters edge. The
boat was shattered, and sank with its
load To the bottom. The second
boat met the same fate, and the
/ third, and we were saved.
We touched upon the island at
about O'Clock in the morning and
got away at IL. But those two
hours seemed an age to me, con
cluded Mr.. Stanley. "Thrce days
later we were back to the main body