Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-25
TWO VIEWS IN AFRICA.
Capt. Dundas sees = District just Before an
After the Nasal Raided II.

Capt. DundAs Secs District just Before and
AFTER the Nasal Raided II.
From the New York Sun
When Capt Dundas went to Mount Eeuia In
east Africa recently he ascended tho Tsna
river In his stern-wheel steamboat q distance
of $50 miles. After he left his steamer and was
making his overland march to the great noun
tain he had an opportunity to get q vivid idea
OF the fierce Nasal on their raids. The country
he was crossing was wholly UNEMPLOYED. He
reached land called the Mbe country. beau
tiful region Of bills and cultivated valleys He
found the people hard-working and industrious.
and they evinced q most friendly feeling toward
the Europeans. The people were prosperous
and happy. The soil was rich and the fields
fruitful
Passing on to the adjoining di.tric. Of K,kuyu,
inc explorer met many natives who were ter
| ribly excited over the arrival In the eastern
part OF their country Of the dreaded Nasal.
They said the enemy was burning their villages
| and carrying of all the women and cattle
Capt Dundas could see to the northwes: great
volumes OF smoke, indicating the route taken
by the raiders. The explorer continued his
course along the crest Of q range of hills run
ming toward the grea: mountain. Suddenly he
came into view of tho Nasal who were in the
valley below. They were upward Of 800 strong.
1900 oAcaA opOaib kAAstcueu IN the sun, ana
they were marching in serpentine fashion
toward the region from which he had Just come.
AS his caravan numbered only sixty men, fifty
OF whom were porters and not available as sol
diers, he know that II he was attacked by the
Nasal his party might be annihilated
Suddenly the Nasal halted and plainly showed
by their actions that they had seen the e1-
plorer's party. He caused his men to spread
out in q skirmish line, thus hoping to deceive
the Nasal as to his numbers. His msneuver
apparently had the desired effect, as, after q
short delay, the Nasal moved on
week later Capt. Dundas returned from the
mountain by the same route. terrible sight
met his gaze when be again reached the fertile
Mbe country, which was all peace and sunshine
when he had passed through it few days
with fields Of grain, he saw only smoking ruins
and the bodies of old men. women and children
half burned lying in all directions. Here and
| there few persons were seen with
| their heads buried in their hands, pic
lures of hopeless misery, scarce MOTTO
ing the passage Of the caravan. When
Dundas questioned some Of these unhappy
| beings they told him that the Nasal had ar
| rived at dawn one morning and had begun
| spearing and burning all before them They
went through tho district like a whirlwind
carrying of some $50 women and large num-
Der Of cattle. Only . few of the people sue
ceeded in escaping to the mountains. One old
chief implored Dundas ito make medicine" or.
in other words, to prevent the Nasal returning
by occult processes, in which he supposed tho
European to be proficient. He also asked that
some of the whites be sent to live in his
country and help his people protect themselves
against further attacks
The Nasal raise many cattle. but they depend
for large supply Of their stock upon these
raids. There is no tribe in east Africa, except
the Somalis and Gallas, who can withstand
their onset They are the most feared of human
beings throughout the regions which they
periodically devastate They live entirely upon
their cattle, the flesh and milk supplying prac-
tically all their food. The women they capture
are divided among the warriors, and there is a
large admixture Of the blood Of other tribes in
the Nasal of TODAY.
One OF the reasons given for building the
railroad from the coast to Victoria Nyanza is
that the enterprise will put an end to these
terrible raids. 1t is asserted by all who have
practical knowledge Of white enterprises in
east Africe that the regions which are now the
scenes Of these cruel outrages will be entirely
freed from them and opened to European trade
as soon as the proposed railroad is built