Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

ton from them. and nearly 10 a man
White and black. they believe / can snc.
eeed M time, and qnite approve most Of
~! pans OF prOeccdure We nrp now
W. SlEht OF Sirrre Leone. The sea Is a
iltle heavy and the shin Is rolling slight.
~. but the sky Is clear Doubtless "a Tor.
hudo has passed here some hours ago
and we are now crossing its track.
rus WIN assure YOU thBt am really
on my way 10 Africa. and before This
reaches You ] shall doubtless have reach
ed my destination
Keep a good heart aud an will be
l.. $. We are now anchored In tho
mafbor OF Sierra Leone nc quarantine
ihe health officer has called ana ordered
our yellow tiag raised. etc and none to
come ashore or aboard tll his report
we have had lunch and are waiting im-
patiently. The ship has fred second
gun and raised blue dag. with white
centre, which signifies that lac win clenr
Ia an hour. 80 II they do mot rop,r van,
may not get this letter for month
from date But don't be- uneasy. ID N
NOT SO hot here as | expected il. or
course this Is uo cxamplp of h. buf I
ihlhk ! can stand an the heat that "A mo-
gro can Stand, aud as other people live
uhu Keep lat | can too. Captain Just
sung OUT 70 me, mo signs vet ON
Nu're so III quit as ] may have am
oiher week yet 10 add to,ip this lptter. l
shall write more before rcnch t;nbonn
wen lll ~ UP on deck and look az The
town nnd hills. ! took n photo Of tho
town. hills forward part of the shin.
Win sailor casting lead and the MORT
gun bring ! have not DEVELOPED thrm
yet but ] hope TO get good view.
livery one is very impatient N cam
/ want TO Eo ashore and see the town
ana ifs UnNftIn 1
lI anything Now cOmea up
Our voyage along the coast has been
very Interesting and novel | have AL.
ready enough materials 20 make am In
ltIosung lecture. hut Of course Ii is NOT
thS KIND ] am hunting Tor. We were
htld go Accru In quarantine for twenty
Tour hours and there is a quarantine at
9ll The English stations along the coast.
nut When We stop at q native town they
thIohg Ike birds about our ship. and
uhNe everything To SELL such as Cocoon
nuts, bananas. alligator ppnrs. pn.pnyys
ana onions, they sell them very ohoap
Many OF the tribe that came ont ypstrr-
duN lu canoes were absolutely nude. moi
one thread OF any kind ON them. A
heuNy sea was running. and they were
Hl 'auoeS which wore tossed like fenth-
crs on the waves. / do not sre how
thN lived In such "a scu. am learning
l" count ~ the hroo language, which Is
considered one Of the hardest of an
AFRICAN languages 10 learn. I Thought
lt might Dc useful TO mo IN future.
Old Calabur. W. Az. Oct. 1O1Sg2
We arrived here this 20. M. at $3.50.
Accrn. but since that have NOT been any.
where else to mail them by fast line
w" spent two days go Buuney. and |
igade my first trip Unto tho bush."
iour OF us started ut Is o'clock iu the
umI tF.tt..a al.
~ boat rOWud 10y four krOo-mcu. We
diseulharkcd and started ON foot into
the bush To hunt some wild pigeons.
which are quite abundant here, but we
only saw a few and they were living
high After a couple of hours of duh
sport We concluded 90 pay visit to
Smoke Town, q native village about
three miles inland. and we started
through little narrow puth iu the Jun
gle. II was cloudy and gloomy. but the
trip was o grand one 10 me The most
gorgeous and beautiful foliage ! ever
saw, and some Of the most beautiful
birds and q few flowers. We arrived az
the village, where only few white men
had ever visited. Two Of .he party aud
the four kr0O-mon all live nj Benny
aud some OF the natives had seen them.
Mr. Miller led the way aud went right
through their dirty little mud houses.
and all of us followed one hy one. Ii
seemed 10 delight the natives and they
fairly yelled with laughter, and every
house we entered would add a few more
10 our procession. The inhabitants were
naked, almost aud they were apparently
unconscious Of anything out of the way.
All children Were entirely naked. except
the girls II or IL years old wore
strings of beads about their waists
They seemed frightened at first but
soon Joined In the irolic and seemed as
happy as lurks. We went through
about half the house IN the place and
then turned hOmeward The kruO-mpn
followed but never uttered word only
when spoken Ia py some Of ms. All tho
houses are built of sticks and mud. but
have no windows, They have dirt floors
and are covered with palm leaves.
There are mo- streets, only little narrow
winding i'm all directions. aud
no two houses set the same way The
same kind of houses are found I'm Bonuy
but they are slightly better and have
copied many of the whitemcn's Ideas
As we went ont tD Smoke Town. We
came go slough which was too deep
for our wndiug boots, and each one of
MS mounted negro aud rode across
with gun In hand One of the party Is
as large as ! am
While at Bonny ] called ON the Prin- |
cess Florence at her royal palace. II Is |
u quaint and queer structure with dirt |
hOor and bed M Il, She Is one Of the |
vciy few who have beds. ! also visited |
the present chief of BOnny and took a |
photo of him. Lieutenant Grant. Of The |
English navy was with ne, and we were |
very kindly treated 10y them. They are |
typical negroes and the prince was cdu- |
Gated in England and IL "sOmcpuHpkus.' |
A party of us started 10 the mission |
house az Bonny, aud when about half |
way IL began To rain and ruiued like a |
torrent After waiting for some time
under shelter OF tree we returned 10 /
the town. aud little later tO the steamer
n o perfect flood, but did not venture out
any more.
Nv American missionary friend was
along aud he got soaking wet from head |
10 foot. the others wire provided with /
.o foot the others were provided with |
There are five or six white men who \
i've at Bopny, and they kctp q small |
squad Of native soldiers for emergencies
But the BOuny negroes are quite pcHcea-
bic. anyway While we were there the
irst time n great uproar began. and we
uuld not understand what IL was Men,
women and children were running and
shouting ia a wild manner aud every one
was armed with some kind Of wcnpOn |
Every one rpI IN the same direction. |
.oWards grS f swamp IN the edge of |
hr town. After much inquiry, we found
L was q man IN the brush who had tried |
ID kin three men I'm Benny. and hc had
been discovered and they We're afcr him.
When they caught him they beat him
,oundly, aud the consul who had 10 send
bis guard 90 rescue the man from them,
Il