The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-06-13
AFRICAN HEADMEN.
Sava0es Who Facilitate Explora.
ton OF tho Wilda
One ss Them Who Accompanied Hssr,
-. stAnisy na itis hss-as tsp-.iI-
liss and of Whoa, III. tspiorss
spssks Nssy Highly.


speaks Ns'y highly,
Mr., Stanley, In his iat-s, book, says
the New York sun, pays u very -io-
queEt tribut. To the humble is0rtsrs who
followed him bray.ly across Africa oI
sueeumb-i to the terrible priyations Of
ia. journey. Now and then one among
th-s-, Zanzibar por,srs, who arr an 60
s-n,iai par, Of every expedition, b.''
comes widely known through ia. sup-.-
Eiors eryis-s h- renders Such men w-nc
Chuma and susi, the well-known head
men. who w-rs long in ,hs ssFrie- oi
Livingstone, Ia Whose worth AMI yslae
lac paid many tributes in hls diaries.
who finally broush, hls bo-iy hundreds
Df miles IL ti,. s-a. restoring IL Ia his
frira4ls, and rreeiSing ih- thanks and
substantial rewards from III. British
Parliament. Another Of thrs-, s,anch
Zansibaris IL the hra.iman of All ki'
onsw-, who II a tyf-r Of all ,ha, II b-si
ia the sin- swahili I-sopl., who lnlllhit
III. African coast near Zanzibar, This
man has rendered s-r,is-a u AfFlsan
exploration which hay- attracted the
attention ~ '-osrnph-r,, aud his i1ur-
n-ys hay- i.r-n r-cIr'ls''i Ia a, irast on.
bf the leading geographical periodicals,
When he wa, only nfisrn yraTa old
h- accompanied an Arab caravan 10
Lake Nyasss and the river L1ans,ya.
On this occasion b. showed hla r-maFis.
ahi- facility for acquiring the l-atllnF
African dialects spoken la ,hrsr r.
.iIns, ,airn, which has i-csu of
-'r-at s-r,lc- Ia tho explorer who.
in later year,, hs accompanied. la
Isis. when ntill very young
nan. b. Joined s,ani-y's expedition.
and with tia, explorer made tho
memorable journey across Atrica, when
the .---fc, ~ the Congo was discovered.
lr,l- later stanley returned 4, the
Congo To develop ,ha, r,'Eiun under the
auspices ~ King lrup1li. one ~ tho
ars, ,hinsA he did was 10 send - IanEi'
bar for All kInnFNN-. AMI for ,hrr-
YEAR, the man served Stanley up and
lown the river, proving anr 81 the MOI,
faithful Of assistants. lie was often ia
-harI.r 81 iArg;v l-niir. Of IIf,-Fs OF
roa.l.malsrrs, and was one Of the i-w
African, who ,-r-mr,i equal 10 any duty.
In i.,i he Joined the expedition ~ II,
II. Johnston 81 kilimE'S laEo, and tho
'spioSrr says ,hA, la tcuTra Of ins'ans-N
h- showed .;rcat bravery, as'u'rnrss and
fertility of resource. Then for time
l- was ia the service of the univrrsi'i-
mission In usambIra, havin. charge "f
the cntlnr business Of transportation
fruin the "a ,o tho mission stations
among the mountains. when Count
T-i-ld .r, GU, on his fruitful -splora.
,ion- three or four years ago lac was
very glad 10 engage this man at Isnxi.
bar Ia take charge ot hl, purt-rag- s-rs-
icc- liz accompanied the Count
through MasaIiand. and this Journey ~.
suited In the discovery Of the two nalt
lakes. Rudolph and s'cphanI-. and .-t-
tied the f.ic, tina, the -noriuors hca,
which was supposed to exist under The
name Of Samburu, Is n myth. Til, u
pn- of the most noteworthy con,rihu-
,ions recently made TO the geography of
Africa. and Coun, TcicltI was prpfusr
In his praises Of All kionsyy- for his
contribution to the Sucecss Of the cspo-
lIi,ion.
A little later this now famous
Swahili was engaged By the wealthy
Englishmau, Guy Dawnay, To- lead his
hunting expedition into Nasailand. IN
expedition which had a very traglcnl
ending. for the white man who had
hired the party Mt great cNp.usc 10 SO
with him In search uf sport ON the h.g
African plateau met his death by u
buffalo. which gor,d aud ,ramplrd him
under foot ~ they confronted one
another in the same path. ON this oc-
casion kiongwc showed his pluc!. and
cunning. The MnEsi snvagcs were first
To discover the tragedy. and they took
possession Of the unfortunate white
mans body. They robbed II Of the
watch and rings which Mr.. Dawnay
wore. They are one OF the hardest
people to deal with in Africa, but the
Swnlili hcadmnn succeeded in obtain
ing from them all the valuublcs which
they had appropriated. lie restored
them to Dnwnny's relatives, who have
presented kiongwc with u watch and
chain MS mark of their esteem.
In the expedition which II. II. Johns
ton recently led from the mouth OF the
Inmbcsi to TanRanyilsn, kiongwc was
in charge Of his porteragc service. and
his employer paid an ample tribute of
praise TO his honesty. pluck and de.
votion. lie is n type of the best spcci.
men of the East African coast native,
and the records of Burton, Spcl<c.
Grant, Stanley. Thomson and other cx.
Plorcrs show that there are others who
are equally deserving of praise, and
who have proved as faithful and de-
voted in their attention 10 the interests
of white men nS auv person could be,