The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-20
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which we picked up. w g were now about
$50 strong, all hardy fighting men with
nearly the same number of spear carriers.
About o'clock or Whereabouts, we were
met by the few fighting men who had man
aged to escape from the 6urned-down vii
lage, twelve men In all, the rest were either
killed or too badly wounded to join US, and
then we sat down In the forest 20 rest and
and wait for the coming of night.
"Whlle we sat and rested, some of the boys
crept away as scouts to find out what they
could about the enemy, for we were then
within five miles of their camp. The SOL
disrs and sappers bad come first, and they
would wait until the surveyors and immi-
grants arrived before they moved on to
take the possession of another village, for
that was the way these masters worked,
leisurely and surely.
THE poor fellows who had lost their all
did not say much, for their chief had been
killed. and they were willing TO be guided
by their friends, but one rage filed every
heart in that crowd, to kill as many as
they could possibly kill and eat them after
ward.
"As night drew on our scouts came back
to tell us that the Germans were easy in
their camp, although by no means careless.
for they bad posted their pickets closely
round. | told Laloka that we must first get
these pickets settled, and he said that he
would see to that.
early morning being generally the time
which savages fix on TO attack, proposed
that we'd begin an hour before midnight, so
as to catch them in their first sleep, and
after little trouble this plan was agreed
TO.
ut was close on 10 o'clock that we started
once more, and in an hours time we had
reached the clearing Of the forest, and were
ready to make the rush Icould sec the camp
fires and some Of the sentinels walking
about, but l felt sure that there would be
some also planted in the dark but this
Laloka and the others knew as well as did,
for while the main body halted and sank
down quietly among the bushes, about
couple Of dozen figures stole away, with
their man-traps and spears, to settle the
pickets.
II could not see the figures as they
crawlsd toward the guards, but l could
make out the Germans standing upright at
their posts. and as l watched could tell
when the natives had reached them, for sud
denly would miss the upright figure, and
then knew 1t was all up with him. In
about quarter Of an hour there wasn't
man left on guard they had all been trapped
by these willy savageS
81 knew that they would be changing the
pickets before very long, and so l waited
anKiously for the return of Laloka, for he
had gone with the other scouts to capture
the rifles and revolvers. While I still lay
trying to listen, felt hand placed lightly
on my shoulder, and, starting up. could
just make out the big figure of Laloka
STOPPING over me, as he whispered:
"'Come.'
81 rose and followed him into the woods
until we came to part where there was
clearing, and here, under the starlight,
could just make out a couple of large
mounds lying close together.
Brother racha, you wanted the fire.
sticks. There they are
81 made a grab at one Of the mounds, and
then started back with a nasty sensation,
for l had just disturbed very neatly piled
up mound of human heads.
The other one,' whispered Laloka,
softly; and then went to the other mound
and found under my fingers a choice as
sortment OF weapons-sabers, revolvers and
rifles.
"'Have you got them all, Laloka 2 asked,
astonished at the number of articles
"'Not all. Some of the thieves wore
awake; but we have killed nearly half of
them and taken most Of their fre-sticks.
Now. brothers, pick out what you want and
let us kill the rest and then we shall 20
home with our food to our wives
SIT Is a curious thing, but up to that mo-
ment bad been all for Laloka and his
friends with their wrongs. yet when I saw
that hillock Of heads with the piled-up heap
OF weapons so easily taken, l wasn't so sure
that l didn't want to take sides with the
weaker partly eur enemies, and, like my
self, the white skins. l suppose there must
be something cousinly in our bloods-Ger-
man, FTenchmen and English-and somes
thing strange between us and brown skins.
Whatever it was, I'd have liked, IL could,
to have left the battle as tt was and gone
back to Oviro without any more blood-let-
ting. But IL wasn't to be. / had pledged
myself to my friends and the others had
used them cruelty, so / quickly crushed
down these curious feelings and prepared
for action.
"Laloka with the other chiefs went out
different ways with their men so as to at
tack the camp from four sides. They had
arranged this with signals, which they were
70 use when they had reached the open. !
followed my big brother-in-law until we
once more reached the edge of the forest,
and waited looking over the tents and camp
fires of the Germans. Some Of them still
sat up round the fires, smoking, while others
lay either sleeping or headless inside their
tents. They felt easy with the sentries,
which they supposed were round about
them. much more easy than l felt as |
watched them and strained my ears for the
different cries from the distant woods which
would let US know our allies were ready
for the charge, because l knew that at any
moment some of the officers might &c
round and discover how ungunrded they
were and could also make out that they
were enough OF them. and to spare for that
matter, to play the mischief with our first
| hundred odd men and boys, unless We
| could get near enough to use the spears be-
| fore they we're startled.
"At last j heard the call Of four differ.
emit night birds, not common in that part OF
| the country, one after the other, and then
| without waiting a moment we made the
| rush after Laloka, every man for himself
heller SHELTER all yelling like finds, for that;
| the way with the savages when they are
| charging; they can't keep quiet.
1--WE hadn't over 300 yards TO run before
we could come to close quarters, but will
| say one thing for these Germans, they are
solemn and slow when they are BOOKING bu,
it don't take them long to fall into order
when fighting is the game.
before we were half across the open
they had clustered together. back to back
in the center, while their bugler trumpetec
| out the alarm, and they sent out among US
a rafting volley Of musketry that made
many q brave claw the ground; then, as we
were still advancing at full speed, bright
| white glare shos out all at once from the
top of high pole round which they wer,
gathered, making broad daylight of thC
whole plain ard showing US up to them qnits
distinctly, while, as they stood under {
shade placed near the light, they wer,
buried Ia deep darkness.
THAT awful blue white sun throwing out
its fierce rays. blinded and put the fear Of