The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15

Cant. Dunan.'s Pluck Uunirned In q Grove
OF Threatcninz Natives.

n IUuuuS -
or Threateninr Natives.
Cant. r. q. Dundas OF the Royal Navy. who
has lust returned to ENGLAND from his ex-
ncdition up the Tuba River. tells of the DANGER
no faced among tta Somnlis, WHO arc perhaps
the most invoteratc enemies 81 the white race
In Africa. Tho CAPTAIN asecadcd tho river ior
$50 miles on the little steamer kenia. IL 9
first time this journey has tecn made since
August. 1855. whom iaron Won der DecRen
attained the same point. His vessel was
wrecked there. and the Baron and i've oil MS
European colleagues were murdered py the
somalis. only two OF the party escaping.
When the British Admiralty was conducting
snuudings and mnrting the coast line OF last
Africa the indoinitnblc Somalis sat by the
thousands nlorg the beach. silently Watching
operations and making no hostile movement
unless the Waite men undertook to land. on
such occasions the So'nals plainly told them
that II they landed they would DO killed TO q
man. 1t was the Same people whom Dundas
and his little party encountered ns he assembled
the Juba liver In July lat. When he reached
Bvrdcrn, his furthpst point. he !hund the whole
lane swarmina with natives. His crew. In
terrot. begged Duniis 80 turn ack. lie made
tie boat fiat, however. 20 the right bank and
sent a Som,.li ,intcrni'ter 10 'aiS WIN tne *
cited crowd. Tile nHttNUS rushed uown 10 tn0
landing place, btnnllshirt thri spears and
threatening TO kill the intei prefer u ho came
p 1sn yEs.r 10 Dnn""s o'dr'e' him to return to
That. might the explorer hc,rd that a large
holy III natives was to nt.ack III. vessel ~ 9
few hours. iue accordingly rained big vessel
on, from RI ff'GTrc IN! 9Ssnpysd !, IN WM ND.
trees: suddenly ,hey dashed, into tho river
were clamberinE on board, intending doubt
less to XII every man In the party; bpndhs
hopci would intimidate tho savages. The
signal was most effective, II burst in mid
FOR FOR W tne b"n 'Gsf In terror tsrror. anu '"e natives ""''
Next morning Cap: ,Dundas adopted an ex.
1 Hsa1.nt n S.'; M5d EG5r s,4s y not ssl Hne o %sn II IL % ssa.
town: The In,errr9ter vas with hin and both
! mrs He'f s"S SrowI, TO he .sheik; expssstins
hall dozen sIe!rs through his back eyery mo.
who appeared too nstonished for, words:
'..neacc.'". lie told his Interpreter to. tell the
e. that he meant him no harm and wished
sid No shelf. s%'sr"iy. 10 vow NOT Enov
thst You r." n"pn,HiG y y II N.Y. nGTer and that
thr,. Dnn.4s %i"iiic,I M, he might do SO Il
h" liisi D. ',, he hn I'd 1 mhr m,,,G shit tS1v and ndt his lis
FRIENDS. If the Imperial Last Africa Comlnny
ht.d desired to solz. the honaii country he
.",The chief' was apparently d%amtou,ded By
Wv w Ut Nl~ttOts NM u Y il'u-
utcs lac said there should be peace. at least un-
Ill he hni consulted his chiefs. Nn bade Dun-
das go on beard MS vessel and await the ra-
suit. At the emf Of five hours the thief sent =
present on hoard ns II token that they would DO
friends. Ne said he did not like white people.
but he. rather iined Dundas personally. After
some days il"y lccarlc great friends.
Capt. Duntas went up the river u few miles
to tho rapids wli"ra Baron Won der Dickens
iii-talcd vessel. tho Guelph. hal been .wreoSed
twenty-sevtn wears before. He found her lying
on her starh"arl side, the funnel still stsnd-
ing and two trees growing TIP beside It. Dun
dnS snvs the Ho;nali people are extremely
proud and thut they 10 not on any account
show the slightest establishment ut anything.
Not even WHEN til" cngtne. and Maxim guns
were, shown TO them did any expression ~
wonder cross their faces. They were MI armed
with n long spear. "A short stabhinE knife. aud
a small shell.
Cant. Dundns says tho climate la excellent.
and no regards the country ~ admirably
adapted for cultivation aud European enter
prise. The population alon. the river has In
creased to an enormous extent. Whera for
nierly there were only n few hamlets there arc
now small towns with 600 to 1000 people. At
ono village he saw cotton growing md men
sginning it with n wooden loom and shuttle.
The SomaliR are very strict Mohnmmedars.
Tho younger gir!s aud women arc mostly
pretty. with large black eyes. -TheY are jenl-
ously guarded by the mon. and Eurol cans arc
hardly !tted to look NJ them.