Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-20
AFRICAN SAVAGES.
A Tribe That vanquished One Thousand
d. White Men.

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e. White Men.
Only few weeks ago came the news
Of terrible disaster to the expedition
which Capt. Won Zelewsli recently led
into the interior of German east Africa
He had with him about one THOUSAND
mon. When about two hundred and
fifty miles in the interior, in the coun-
try of the Wahehe, he was attacked by
that savage tribe. He and nine of his
white officers were killed or are miss
ing. Only two of his officers escaped
to the coast. The Germans fell into an
ambush and were attacked by over
whelmlng numbers. Many members
of the expedition were taken captive,
and it is believed that at least three
hundred of them were killed, while
about three hundred returned to the
coast. A battle so costly in loss OF
men has never before been fought be-
tween the whites and natives of equa-
torial Africa.
1t may be interesting, says the Chica.
go Tribune, to know something of the
natives who have inflicted such u ter
rible reverse upon the whites. The
plateau country of Uhehe begins about
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amoye and about one hundred and fifty
miles northeast of Lake Nyassa. Along
the upper waters of the Ruff river,
which is here known as the Ruaha, the
country is surrounded by mountains,
through which it is difficult to march.
About all we know of the Uhehe is de.
rived from the writings of Joseph
Thompson, who was the first white
man to pass through this country. He
made his journey in 1879, though Bar
ton nearly twenty years before passed
through a corner of the country and
formed very unfavorable opinion OF
the natives. Thompson gave more
fattering account of the Wahehe.
lie said they are rather cookbook
ing lot of negroes, light in color, with
fine muscular figures. Their arms at
that time consisted of assegais, Stab
bing spear and weapon that
was between q. billhook and an ak.
1t is said, however, that they have
since obtained good firearms from the
Portuguese, and this is the reason,
doubtless, they were able so over
whelmingly to defeat the German cX-
pedition. They are pastoral race. de-
pend largely on their cattle for food.
and the men never condcscend to work
in the fields. Thompson said not a
single article was stolen from him
though the natives did not receive him
in very friendly manner, and he
had difficulty in buying food from
them.
1t is said that Germany win start an
expedition at once to punish these war
like natives. 1t is q curious fact that
the events of this year seem to demon
strate that small and comparatively
weak parties of travellers get along in
inner Africa more safely than large and
finely-armcd bodies. The big expedi-
tions of Germany in both west and east
Africa, and of the French under
Crampel, north of the Congo, have been
terribly defeated and the bloody record
of the last twelve months has never be-
fore been equalcd in the history of AT
ricaD exploration.
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