The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-08
why BousA IS a RosBER

He Loved and Lost. Then Got Re-
venge. and Then. OF Course
. Trouble.
"Why did you take to the mount
aims, Bouba!" He gave a fat chuckle.
says a writer in the Nineteenth
Century. at was because OF q wo-
man. There was girl that was
intimate With was very fond other.
A man came and took her away. I
went after him to his house and struck
him." Tile did not say what he struck
him with.) "Two days after he
happened to die. Then the authors
ties tried to catch me, but was al
WAYS escaping out of the back door
and coming back at night. SO when
they found they could not catch me.
they put my father in prison, and
then my brother; and thought had
better 20 quite away. was for one
wear by myself about the mountains,
picking up what ] could get. Icould
not at first find any companions that
were any good for that sort OF work.
oThen came the time tor the con-
scription. Many ran away to escape
heing drawn, so l got some good men.
There were nine OF us, and was cap
tain, but we had no guns. There was
a forest with saw-mills. One OF the
mill-owners who was enemy to the
other told me that this one had many
rifles. We went to the house one
night and demanded them. He said
ne had not got any. Then we made
him sign bond to procure them; and
as the first mill owner had told US
wrongly, we compelled him to join in
the bond-soit was quite fair to both.
We cot those rifles all right and cart
ridges. / was brigand eight years.
never killed anyone for money; but
II anyone would not stop, or If he was
po,ne to give information to the au:
thorities OF course we bad to kill him.
"a man once asked us all to his
house to supper. Then he sent to
the governor to say that Bouba's
part was there: but we heard q noise
and got away. A fortnight afterward
we came back and slit his nose and
ears" This he said in q tone OF
righteous Indignation, and he would
evidently like to do it again. eve
used to stop merchants and camel
drivers, and the villagers gave us
what we wanted because they were
afraid. II a person had not anything
we let him co."
what was the best catch you ever
made?"
He grinned at this. and after think
ing q bit, said: eve once stopped the
imperial post and got $1,000. Then
they sent large number OF soldiers
after us. There was another band OF
brigades-eleven OF them. We helped
one another, but did not generally
act together; but this time we all com.
bined. The soldiers came up. but
we we're behind rocks. Wekilled twen-
ty-fve OF them, and not one OF us
was touched. We afterwards killed
seven more" For having won this
victory he evidently considered
that he had deserved well OF his coun-
try.
"But," / said, "they surely couldn't
have tried very hard to get hold OF
you" "Well perhaps not always. !
used to send money to the big officials.
but the sargeants and people like
that / did not care for. When
we ran short OF cartridges for Martin.
is sent ESQ to colonel in the army
whom knew and he sent me a guam
tity of army cartridges. When the
government found they could not
catch us they offered a free pardon to
all who would come in, and gave
myself up and was pardoned. latter.
ward helped to hunt down the other
brigands. Two OF my companions
were killed at this time, Others died,
and some are still alive. After this
another governor was appointed, and
because ! would not give him money
he put me in prison and charged me
with Sitting mans nose and other
thin!s. l was in prison thirteen
months while thegovernor was trying
to get case against me-"