The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-21

men to guard me. The interpreter aid
this was not enough, but she refused to
allow any more. During the night. how
ever. the head man stationed twenty
armed men around my tent unknown TO
her. and the attempt was nipped in the
bud. We were afraid to stay there any
longer on account of this. and left the next
day.
HOW SHE "ExPLoRED."
"Mrs. Sheldon in her book tells of q visit
to Masai land and her experience with the
women there. This Is an absolute lie She
never went near Nasal land. It was our
intention to go there. but word was sent us
that fighting was going on, and it would
be very dangerous. Our head man went TO
the Nasal and asked if we could pay them
q visit, and brought word back that We
would be killed If we did. The furth est
point we reached was the TO OF of Mount
kilimanjar0, which is on this side of the
Nasal country. and between them and the
MoshI.
The journey back was one of terrible
hardship. We never had enough provis-
ions at any time. and for days had nothing
to eat except sugar cane. At the villages
we could get Indian corn and yams, but
the latter would soon spoil. IL was very
hard on me- Mrs. sheldon would not let
mo come near her sometimes for weeks.
and L had no one to talk to except the
blacks. and that was mostly by signs.
Finally Mrs. Sheldon took the fever and
was sick for many weeks. She wanted me
then and i had to nurse her through the
sickness at all times of night and day. At
the end oft she was terribly EN- acisted and
made me take her photograph naked so that
she could show her friends what terrible
privations she had gone through. l made
lots OF other photographs while on the jour-
ney. but she took them all away from me.
so that have nothing to show except few
trinkets and other cnriosities that picked
up and brought away without her knowI-
edge.
'About the most amusing thing in her
book Is her explorations on Lake Chain.
about which she lectured on her return to
England and before the Geographical So
ciety of Cardiz. 1 will give you u descrip-
tion OF the explorations. We arrived at the
lake in the afternoon and went into camp.
After eating canoe was procured. and Mrs.
Sheldon and two blacks went out. They
padded around for half an hour. in plain
sight of the camp. and then returned to the
shore. IL she saw any hippopotami she Is
the only one that did. We Immediately
left when she got on shore and that was all
her notes from to give the lecture don't
know. but 1t wasn't from personal observa-
tions.
"Our trip down to the coast was wearl.
some. but we finally arrived at Pangani ali
safe, and took q dhow from Zanzibar. and
dismissal the caravan. On the trip back to
England Mrs. sheldon would not speak to
me, although after l arrived there i re-
manned at her house nearly a week. She
told some awful lies about our journey to
the people on the steamer when coming
home but always took good care that
should not be present. She had already an
nounced her coming by telegraph. and sent
articles TO the papers. prepared herself for
q roy al rece ption, and told me on the train
that the Queen would probably send some
one to meet her. When we arrived no one
except her husband was there. and she few
into q terrific rage.
1--WE got back within three weeks of SIX
months, and az q fitting ending to the way
she had treated me three weeks pay was
deducted from my fl0O although she had
agreed to give me the full amount. / do
not know why she treated me in the way
she did, except that she wished the public
to believe that she had made the trip
alone. One thing do know. however. and
that ia that her book is a pack of lies. l
have not seen it yet-only extracts which
i have mentioned here-but if her book is
like her explorations of Lake Chala you
can take your cue from that"
Mrs. Rigg, after her return to England,
married Captain Hugh Oliver whom she
met on the way to Africa and became en-
gagged to. He did not wish her to 20 on
the journey, but she would not break the
agreement and babe him await her return.
They were married in England and have
one little girl six months old. This with
her boy, makes up the family. and they in
tend TO buy q ranch at Verano and make
California their home.
Mrs. Oliver tells her story in q straight
forward manner and has her notes to bear
out every statement