The sun., 1891-10-04
TEE VICTORIOUS wAHxHn
sonetAisg About the Afrscs.s VIE Hsv,
vea9uished . Party or yooo Men.

sonethise About the Affscs.s whe Hsvs
VsaSuishsd Party OF ,oee Men.
Only about three weeks ago came the news
ofRtefribie disaster to the expedition which
Capt. Won 'Zelewskt recently led into the In
terror OF German East Africa He had with
him about 1.O00 men. When about 25O miles
In the interior. in the country OF tho wahehe.
he was attacked by that savage tribe. He and
nine OF his white officers were killed or are
misAlng. Only two OF his officers escaped to
the coast Tho Germans fell into An ambush.
and wero attacked by overwhelming numbers.
Many members Of the expedition were takeynu
captive. and II is believed that at least 800 i
them were killed. while about 800 returned to
the coast. battle 30 costly In loss Of mon has
never before been fought between the whites
and natives Of edu8tprial Africa
1t may be Interesting 30 kno0 sometbIne Of
the natives who have inflicted such terrible
reverse upon the whites. The plateau ooentry
Of Uhehe begins about 200 miles southwest Of
Bagamoyo and about 100 miles northeast Of
Lake Nyassa. Along the upper waters Of the
Ruiji River. which is hers knuSn as tho Rua-
ha. the country is surrounded by mountains.
through which It is difficult to march. About
all we know OF Uhehe is derived from the
writings Of Joseph Thomson. who was the
first white man to pass through this country.
He madc his journey in 1870. though Burton
nearly twenty years before passed through
corner Of the country and fonmed very un-
favorable opinion Of tho natives. Thompson
gave more aattering account OF the Wahehe
He said they are rather good-looking lot Of
negroes. light in color. with flne muscular
figures. Their arms at that time consisted Of
assegats. q stabbing spear. and . weapon that
was between q billhook and an axe. It is said.
however. that they. have since obtained good
firearms from the Portuguese. and this Is the
reason. doubtless. they were able 30 over
whelmingly to defeat the German expedition.
They are a pastoral race. depend largely on
scend % work in the fields. Thomson said
not a. single article. was stolen from him.
n did dn9 aG se ssv Ss h II
The history q this tribe illustrates in . curl.
can peoples sometimes grow from ieebleness
to poNer Id 4 lew years. Twenty-Five years
sS Was Ts cvss not 4 II sos Fhsa s
who his brnyery and energy. vastly extend.
or and wealth. he .determined TO wrest the
sa 81 F0 eA Mnsrs s sanf 4. 0 sS a sass sSs
RIFE hts ssSsstss E, that sS they were
southESstt. IN sveWSE ~ sngasement the Wshehe
nativss native swept across The, plateau, devastating
the gHtire country, Finally. MachinRa OK.
his power clear TO Lake Eyassa, All
the tr5ss he met were In subsection to him..
Within the past few years. since the murder
Of this great chief By one OF his subordinates.
who coveted his power. some Of the tribes who
their independence to Machinea
hnd 5s
though they sre still very powerful
piffi t Is saidahat Garpany win start an expedI-
hon &C once 90 punish these warlike natives. It
Is o curious fact that the events Of this year
seem to demonstrate that small and compara-
lively weak parties Of travellers get along In
armed bodies. The big expedition Of Germany
In both West and East Africa, and Of the French
SooS9 isSe
past twelve months has never before been
equalfed In the history Of African exploration.