Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-21
PLUCkY ENGLISH Girl. .
Miss Taylor, Missionary, Visits Lass.y
IN the Interior of Thibet.

Miss Taylor of London, En-. the only
woman who ever penetrated The in
terror of Thibet, was an arrival mt Van
couVer the other day, coming from the,
f-ast' says the Seattle Post-InteIli-
gencer. She is small in stature. Her
hands and wrist are small, hes features
nne and her manner gentle and pleos-
ant. In spite of this fact Miss Taylor-
has travelled where a man could noa-
nave gone and lived. She was connect
eel indirectly with 4 China mission. but
having sufficient means of her OWE
'raVeled about us her fancy dictated
The trade of Tibet is held by China
and China is jealous of having any one
of any other nation enter the country.
because they know well that if foreign
devils ever get into the land of the
lhibetans the Chinese trade monopoly
Is gone The Chinese have guards alE
around the territory and far in the in
terror their spies are to be met
Miss Taylor started out first with
Tour servants, and among them was ia
Mongolian Mohammeslan, who coveteCE
her belongings, and thought it would bt.
neritorious thing to kill her anyway
This man gave her lot of trouble.
and his treachery at the end nearly
cost her her life and prevented hex
entry into LaSS;l, the sacred city OF the
interior of Thibet, of which SO many
strange stories are told. Miss Taylor'Ss
party was twice stopped by bandits
once they took nearly all her goods
away, but after discovering that her
party were not members of the faction
for which they had been mistaken,
some of her goods were restored to her
After many vicissitudes she reached
the Lassa district and got to within
Il few miles of Lassa city. Here she
found that her treacherous servant
had gone ahead and told the head mem
that if they allowed her to enter the
city their lives would be forfeited to-
the Chinese Government; so the au-
thoritieS, when she came up, told her
they were sorry, and would willingly
let her enter the city, but they dared
not. She was thus forced to turn back
within sight of her goal.
The 'rhibetanS are Il nOmadic people
but have one or two permanent towns,
Lassa, the capital, being the largest
The people are governed principally
by the lamas or native priests. They
practice polygamy to a great extent,
many women having as many as three
or four husbands, who in many cases
ara brothers.
The country is all very much above
the sea level, some 1000 feet in the
valleys, and she suffered greatly from
shortness of breath. The Thibetans
are herders, and many of them are
splendid horsemen. They use Il num-
Der of horses and the OK in this country
corresponds to the yak in Thibet. The
yak is larger than the OK, and has a
peculiar grunt like pig,
Thbet is wet in Summer and cold in
Winter. Miss Taylor has Il Thibetan
| man servant with her, who, she says,
has been faithful When she finally
reached the border exit was refused
this servant, but she said in the Thi-
betan language, which she understands
perfectly: "IIe goes or | do not. You
may kill me if you wish, but my man
must 90. See you thisE' and she drew
from her breast q small union jack
that she had carried through all her
uiciSSitudes. "Stain this flag with my
blood and the great mother, whose
sign this flag is, will avenge my death"
Strange to say, this obtained her not
only exit, but safe escort.