Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-10-12
A WOMAN IN TIBET.
She Penetrates Further Into tho Country
Than Ever white Man Did.

Brief reports have been received re-
Gently of the existence OF young En-
glish woman, missionary In the wilds
Is at hand story Of her adventures
from the North China Daily News
On May Miss Annie Taylor, the ex-
plorcr, passed through Chunkong on
her way home having completed u year
of wandering.
Miss Taylor is n medium sized wom-
an Of Saxon build, with brilliant brown
eyes the complexion of traveller, and
the air of one who has suffered much.
Her bearing, her bright eyes and ami
mated expression show her Ia be n
woman of resource and imagination,
and in seeing her lively manner, not
withstnnding her present weak state
of health, one begins to understand the
influence she was able TO exercise over
the savage peoples among whom she
has been travelling alone with her life
IN her hand. She II full OF enthusiasm
for the civilization and conversion of
the Tibetans, which she hopes To com
municntc to the people Of England, and
this, we have no doubt, she will fully
succeed in doing Miss Taylor is the
daughter Of n gentleman Of means en-
gagged in business in London.
Her trip rivals In adventure, while In
difficulties overcome II excels the tray
els Of even Capt, bower and MIR. Rock.
hill with the help of one Christian
Tibetan whom she took with her from
Darjccling, she penetrated TO within
three days Of lhassa, and returned
alive to tell the tale. hut for the
trcachery Of Mohnmmcdan Chinese
woman she engaged In kansu, there
seems little doubt that she would have
arrived In l.hassa itself Miss Taylor
says that she first attempted TO enter
Tibet from the Indian side In 1887
SiklSim was not English then, and or
dcrs were given that no one should
serve heb So, though she had plenty
of money, she could buy nothing, and
wns often very hungry. Then she got
fever and had no appetite. But after
quinine her appetite returned, until
she did not know which was worse, fe-
yer or hunger Twice attempts were
made TO poison her, and for ten months
shc never saw another European.
'.hen she decided 10 try to get In
from China, and after spending about
year ON the frontier living very quiet
ly, not going out, but constantly re-
cciving Tibetans in her house, she re-
ccivcd various offers OF convoys TO
Lhassa. Before crossing the frontier,
about which she had no trouble, she
unhnppily engaged Chinaman whose
l..
tents, four servants, and tried 10 get
ten really good horses by promising 10
give them at the journeys end TO No
ga One Of her first serious adventures
was being attacked by band OF bri.
gands with white fur coats, leading each
n spare horse. Two were killed, eight
wounded, and five out of her horses
killed, besides much property lost hut
Lama called out TO the robbers:
"lhcy are all womonl All womenlr so
che was not pursued Among Mongols
and 2 ibe ans II is esteemed u dreadful
thing To strike woman, no that all
women go about unarmed, although
every man carries weapons As Miss
Taylor says by the Tihetan religion IL
IS forbidden to take life, whether
fca's n sleeps, or mans
ON September 20 the party crossed
the yellow river on yak skins blown
out with hurdles laid upon them
and drawn by horses These RATS were
nwash all the time, and the water was
Ice cold. lhcf then found themselves
IN the GololS district which Is peopled
entirely by robbers, Their chieftain is
II wonan,a laws are strictly observed
In her domains. and no brides are taxi
en-. The GolOks relate how tlyo Rus
slams came 10 travel through the coun-
try and they themselves went out TO
attack them i've hundred strong, but
could kill none, though twelve of them
selves were killed. Then came another
traveller alone with tin box, They
oil wanted that tin box, and still con-
tinuc 10 reproaoh one another that they
did not take il, but their belief was
TINT ON opening II an army of soldiers
would come out, and they thought the
same with regard TO Miss Taylor's two
en- cs Of chests Of drawers, besides
many other fabulous tales about her
ln every way people sought to pre-
vent her from entering the Lhnssa dis
trict by telling her of fighting going
on, but She found that an arrangemc- !,
had been made that travele~ sborIJ
not be interfered wit "a - 80
however that soga, after repeated
"s'' VI InsuLordination. began to use