The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-17

thought he needed for his future work In
1888 and 1884 he made several exploring
trips through Yeman, the first one with
four Turkish batallions, which he accom-
panied on their war trip against an
''1mam," high religious dignitary. Look
ing for old monument inscriptions, CHASER
was often forced to leave his camp and go
into places occupied by the enemy which
made the trip very dangerous for him
The first evening in camp he took supper
with one of the four battalion commanders.
All at once
BULLETS FLEW INTO THE CAMP
just as soldier was setting the table for
supper. "Effendi,' said the major to
CHASER, continue eating; must go out"
He soon disappeared with two companies
into the darkness, and few minutes later
the loud clatter of guns was heard, and
soon after the major with his troops re-
turned, carrying eight or ten heads pierced
on their swords. Such scenes repeat them
| selves almost regularly. Very often Chaser
was in the camp of the rebels and saw them
go to fight his Turkish friends, but his own
head was safe so long as he remained in
camp, while they were out, and made no at
tempt to betray them.
The second trip was to two independent
tribes, the Pakils and Haschids, who were
the two most dangerous in Arabia They
have
FAvoRITE WAY OF KILLING PEOPLE
by undermining their abodes and blowing
! them up with gun powder The two tribes
were at war and it was at considerable cost
in money and at the risk of his life that the
intrepid traveller could go from one to the
other. Chaser relates his third trip in the
| following language: 81 went to the land
once occupied by the Queen of Sheba. and
here [ encountered the utmost difficulties.
lsNf% Nh,
and after crossing the lands Of the Bedu-
ines l reached the famous dam of Marib
everywhere preaching, marrying couples,
ETC., performing ali the duties of priest
At Marib they were so pleased with me
that they gave me fixed position as priest
with salary in food and clothes sufficient
to keep me alive. One day l declared
| would no longer preach in the church be-
cause they made too much noise there
but would preach to the pious ones in the
house of the Emir. My real object was to
get rid of so many that could watch my
movements.
The Emir with whom l lived was won
yer to be my friend and protector through
bribery.
IN THE LAND OF THE sHEBAITEs
] found many old inscriptions, very valu-
able for the history of that country
When my work was finished ! wanted to
return to Sana Meantime however the
Bedouiues had found out that was not a
priest and stationed sentinels at every
post so as TO capture me. At 2 o'clock in
the morning the Emir, twelve men and
myself, set out for Marib. We tied cloths
around the hoofs on our animals TO keep
them from making any noise and left the
place. gong in the opposite direction from
which we intended. The day before, the
Emir had all the strangers in the place,
cf.y ha,s tod n1oA
his house 50 they could not go ahead and
tell of our departure After we had gone
a little way we made circle around the
place and got on the right track
We marched through the desert so as not to
pass through the land of the Al Jahams,
who were enemies of the Emir and had sen
tinels from fifty to sixty men, at every
. point that was passable. We caught one
Jahamite and
THREATENED TO KILL HIN
if he did not promise to lead US and protect
US on our trip At o'clock in the evening
|, while passing through canon, volley OF
ran away. My mule was tired and would
not turn around 1 had to dismount
and throw myself fat on the
ground, and kept shooting of
my revolver to keep the bandits from ap
preaching me. Ihad given up all hope, fol
there were thirty or forty enemies agalnS
me. All at once shots began to fall from
behind me and J thought that the enemy
, had surrounded me. l turned around anC
heard the words: ''Okadi get away from
there, that is no place for you" l recog
nized the voice of the Emir, who with his
men. had only left nae to occupy more
) favorable position. l then made my way
+ back to my friends and | was not hurt.
! On my way back my turban caught on
} bush and one of the Emir's saints came a
once to assist me in getting it out becaus,
be thought Mohamedan must never lost
| his turban. This done he made me ST
down and placed the turban on my heaC
while
THE BULLETS WERE wHIZZING AROUND
! our ears. Thinking our enemy were Jaham
r ties we sent our Jshamite to them. but found
y out that they were Bedouines of another
: tribe. Our emissary told them if the,
r would not leave he would call on the Jaha
mites and they would annihilate them, ant
SO peace was made. We were hungry ant
tired and rested on top of a mountain from
/ l until o'clock in the morning. w,
Q started again and reached the valley be