St. Paul daily globe., 1894-02-26
HORNED BY A RHINOCEROS.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE or EXPL 0RER
vow H0HNELL.
MARROW ESCAPE FROm DEATH
Believing Her Young in Danger
the Beast Gives Chase co the
Explores and Injuries Him Seri-
ously = The Wound Dressed,
e and the Explorer Now on the
Road to Recovery.


ously = The Wound Dressed,
and the Explorer Now on the
Road to Recovery.
| Copyright 1894, by the Associated Press
VIENNA. Feb. 25.-After an absence
OF nearly two years. spent in exploring
Northeast Africa, Lieut.. Ludwig Ritter
| Voh Hohnell, of the Austrian navy, has
returned to Vienna, and now resides
within sight of the new admiralty
building in the MaxninhainI Platz. Won
Hohnell. oil arriving last week at
Flume, was met by his old comrade.
Explorer Count Samuel Teleki. who ac-
companied him to Buda Pesth, where
| the Still open wound caused by the
rhinoceros horn was Immediately op-
Grated upon by Prof. Lumnitzer, and
| great relief given. Won Hohnell is now
| rapidly recovering his usual health.
| "4ou wish me to tell you about the
| Chanler expedition" remarked the eX-
plorer. sitting with This charts and diaries
lying heaped about him.
! well, we had desperate i'll luck. Ii
| followed us everywhere. and. during
the time / was with Mr.. Chanler, rem
dered all our best efforts fruitIess. But
let me start at the beginning OF my
| narrative. made Mr.. Chanler's ac-
| quaintance by means of a letter written
| to me from the base of Kilimajaro in
1891. The same year l met Chanler in
vienna, when he told me his intention
| to explore the Borana country lying
eastwards of Lake Rudolf. The district
he believed to be fertile and interesting.
| L expressed my great willingness to
| accompany him. We discussed the plans
| of the routes, and determined to land at
Lamu, on theZanZibar coast, sail up the
| TanaFiver to Borati-once called Har.
| gaZo - and then strike northward
through the Mount Kena district to the
Rudolf lake. After thoroughly exploring
| the Boranl country in that neighbor-
hood we were to march directly across
to Berbera. on tue littoral of the gulf of
| Alden.
'On July q at Komi. to the far north
| east. we discovered the nomadic Rem
dill there. They had camels. goats aud
sheep in their possession, but they de-
manded such exorbitant prices that Mr..
| Chanier could only afford to purchase
ten donkeys. Only one hope was now
left. There we're still the Turkanas.
| living south OF Lake Rudolf, and they
we knew had spare supplies of trans
| port animals. We set out for the
| Loroghi range, when lies in the way.
and arrived at Savaa. place about 100
miles north of Mount Kenia. 1t was
here my episode with the rhInocerous
| occurred. We were out elephant hunt
| ing. Chanler, with black tIacker and
nine or ten men, was about 400 yards
| ahead of me in the thick bush through
which we were following 'Spoor.' We
| were working along straight line, and
L had the same number of men with me
as Mr.. Chanler. Signs on the track
showed US that the elephants were
| quite near at hand. Just at that
moment heard behind me the 'hooshs-
hooshs-hooshS' of rhinoceres coming
upllke an express engine at full speed.
On the right side of the path and close
at hand was big tree, and as have a
| great. contempt for the rhinocerous.
| Count Teleki and myself having shot
ninety-nine head during our expedi-
tlon'ln 1868. l resolved to spring side
ways under cover of this tree. Besides
L didn't wish to startle the elephants
with gun shot. The rhinoceros was
full-grown cow, and her six months old
calf followed her. She came along
with her head down and mouth wide
open. Just as was to make my spring
aside found that the negroes accom-
| panylng me were all jammed up behind
| the tree. lU was too late then. | raised
my rifle In desperation to nv shouI-
der. but a branch of the tree
| Jammed down my right arm, and before
L conld put my finger TO the trigger the
rhlnoceros had charged my legs and
| sent me lying ahead like a pin. L
Landed on my back and saw the two
% PACK masses mas go bounding. over my
| body. My rifle was snapped across the
| butt, l half raised myself on nv side.
shaken, but not hurt, ana glad at my
| escape, when again in the rear heard
| the 'hoosh' of the rhlnoceros, still bent
| on mischief. She came to halt beside
me and commenced TO goad me with her
| horn. Lying on my left side l raised
! my right leg to escape the blows, but at
| length she struck the feshy part of my
hip, driving the horn upwards. This
seemed to satisfy her, as she and her
| the forest again. Chanler came
on the scene a moment later. I
| was not aware in the excitement that
L was so badly wounded. Mr.. Chanler
| gave me drink of brandy and supplied
| surgical dressings. [ was placed in an
| lmproviSed hammock anu the march
back to Daltcho was commenced, l left
my friend at Daitcho. and, under care
| OF George Calvin. set out down country
to Mombasa. 1t was useless to 90 in a
wounded condition to Lamu, at the
0f
| no medical men there. At the Scotch
Presbyterian mission at Kibwiz [ was
fortunate enough to meet DR.. Charters,
young Scotchman stationed there. He
performed an operation. and after lying
under his care from Sept. Is until Nov.
| l, l arrived on the 18th of the same
month at Mombasa. He was kind
enough to accompany me the whole
way. Dec. l reached Zanzibar and
entered the hospital there.
LAS regards the ultimate result of
the expedition. am afraid that through
lack of transport Mr.. Chanler has rot
been able to advance to the Borana
country, the goal he desired to reach. /
know that on Oct. Is, 1898, a caravan
from Turkana to Mombasa sold to one.
of Mr.. Chanler'S agents sixty donkeys
These, l understand, arrived safely at
Daitcho. Personally. when leaving
Daltch0 In August. L advised him to
proceed to Turkana for ivory. What
have been his adventures since we
parted. lie will tell on his arrival shortly
at Mombasa. Now | have told you a
deal. and in return | wish YOU to tell
through the American press what a.
clever, well-educated, straight-minded
gentleman Astor Chanler is. His sense
OF honor is great, his faithfulness as
comrade answering, and his generosity
no less remarkable
Movements OF fsteamships.
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