The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-28

Good Word Spoken for the Ex-
pIOrer.
VIENNA Feb. 25.-(Copyright, 1894 by
the Associated Press. AFTER an absence
of nearly two years. spent i'm exploring
East Africa, Lieut. Ludwig Ritter Won
HOhnell of the Austrian navy has re-
turned to Vienna, and now resides with
I'm sight Of the big admiralty building, in
Maximillian platz. Won Hohnell. on ar
irving last week at Fiume. was met by
his old comrade explorer. Count Samuel
Telekl. who accompanied him 10 Buda
Pest, where the still open wound. caused
by the rhinoceros horn, was immedi-
ately operated upon by Prof. Lumnitzer
and great relief given. Won Hohnell is
now rapidly recovering his health
He is u Hungarian, born at Pressburg,
in 1861 He was educated at the naval
academy at Fiume He joined his first
ship as midshipman in 1876, but as his
great desire TO travel found its partial
relief in cruising about the Mediter-
ranean, he gladly accepted Count Teleld's
invitation to accompany mis- expedition
i'm 1856 which after two years exploring.
resulted in the discovery Of lakes Rudolf
and Stefanio. i'm northeast Africa. Won
HohneI is a tall stalwart-built officer,
with determination stamped on every
feature. His physique is hardened down
to whipcOrd toughness through the eX-
cessive hardships of African travel. and
his face is tanned brown. He speaks
the English language with remarkable
fluenpV and a faint American accent.
He possesses n charming frankness Of
manner wishes strangers in his company
10 be as much at ease as he is himself,
and does not seek to conceal his pleasure
with the Englisn-sp peaking race.
You wish me to tell YOU about the
Cbanler expeditiOn?" remarked the eX
plorer. sitting with his charts and diaries
living heaped about him. Well we had
desperate ill-luck 1t followed us every
where. and during the time ] was with
Mr. Chanler rendered all our best efforts
resultIess But let me start at the be-
ginning of my narrative;
Forms ChanIer's Acquaintance.
Il made Mr. Chanler's acquaintance by
means Of a letter written to me from the
base of Kilimanjaro in 1891. The same
wear I met Chanler I'm Vienna. when he
.OId me his intention to explore the
Borana country lying east of Lake Ru-
dolf. The district he believed TO be fer
tile and interesting. / expressed my
great Willingness to accompany him.
Ne discussed llt IldllS u lilt iOuNtS fiih
determined to land at Lamu on the Zan-
zibar coast sail up the Tana river to
Borati, once called HargaZo, and then
strike northward through the Mt Kenia
district to Rudolf lake. After thorough
IL exploring the Borana country in that
ncighborhood we were to march directly
across to Berbera on the Littoral Of the
gulf of Alden.
IF ever success seemed to favor an
expedition at the outset it was this one
We started from Lamu on Sept 10, 1892
with 1S5 men, all in good health and in
the best of spirits. George Calvin, Mr.
Chanler's servant, also accompanied us
We were thoroughly organized, thanks
to young Chanler's marvellous admins
tration We had cattle. donkeys and
camels and ten canoes laden with food
were accompanying our caravan. The
Tana route to Borati is a very bad one
The banks are lined with thick jungle
and our progress was dreadfully slow
Nov. % had arrived when We reached
Borau, all we'll
III Luck Comes.
"Then came our ill-luck. Our beasts
of burden began to die at Borati, as if
stricken with a pest. This was a serious
plight for us. We formed a store camp
here inside the deserted palisade erected
some time previous by the British East
African company Ouf caravan mad
come to a dead halt from loss Of trans
port Chanler and myself determined to
proceed nOrthward To the Guassonjro
river, whose course and outlet / had dis
covered in the Teleki expedition / knew
the Rendili. a nOmadic tribe possessing
camels and donkeys in large numbers
lived near this river on the northern
side. George Calvin went to the coast
on a similar mission. Now from the
date of our departure on Dec. D. 1892 to
the day the rhinoceros charged at me
Aug. % 1899, we had explored without
success the entire district for transport
beasts. Four years ago a cattle plague
swept over the whole of northeast Af-
rica and. / assure you. you may search
for ten years where we We're without
obtaining cattle.
I'VE wished on starting out to strike
nOrthward Of Borati over the plains. but
they were sandy, stony, acacia-covered
and absolutely devoid of water We had
not gone far ere we turned back TO
BOrau and ascended the Tana rivers
banks to the Mackenzie river. and from
thence to the Djambeni range. The long
and broad plateau of the Djamben 720O
feet high. its bracing atmosphere ex-
cellent for Europeans, is thickly in
habited by the Embere, a very powerful
tribe, numbering 10000 in ALL They
raise in this plateau beans, sweet
potatoes, millet, etc. They possess very
rev Gdilltt BpdlS anu SHeep. InPX are
warlike. using spears slings and
poisoned arrows. The poison is vege-
table and weak unless when freshly
made The Embere refused 10 sell us
any cattle. but they did not molest us.
Seeking Transport Animals.
I'VE then struck the Guasso-Niiro. had
days Of weary wandering along its banks
seeking for transport animals. ex-
perienced cruel hunger. and. finally. ON
Jan. "a after a hopeless search again.
with seventy-hve men set out for the
Djamheni range with the intention of
onceNfsore crossing II at the extremity
lookii Z toward the slopes Of Mt. Kenia.
Before we struck the Djambeni we had
10 cross the country of the Wa-Msara, a
tribe with the reputation Of having de-
stroyed a caravan ten years previous
They numbered 1000 warriors and soon
showed us their intentions. We fought
a battle with them throughout a whole
days march. They appeared and reap
peared at every nook and defile. We
cut our way through however, and our