The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-26

loads. beasts and through runaways But
full"
EXPLORED FOR THE FIRST TINE.
Leaving Calvin at Daitcho in Lager,
and sending runners to Mobasa for cattle
and men, Chanler and myself again started
out. on June s. to find the Rendili. We soon
crossed the Djambeni range, and afterwards
the Guasso-Njiro river, and then we struck
out in every direction to northward beyond.
The land was being explored for the first
time. 1t is studded over with isolated mount
aims, thinly populated and generally water
less. The highest peak is the Gargues. ten
thousand feet in height. 1t forms the south
ernmost end of the General Matthews range.
Another mountain. $500 feet high, Lollul<ue,
by name, has a billiard level plateau. We
explored there, and found twelve members
of the Wondrobo tribe and herd of wild
bufaloes which the plague had not de-
stroyed. The buffaloes never leave the pia-
teau, and the disease was not carried there.
AT last our efforts were rewarded, on
July 2, at Komi TO the far northeast. We
discovered the nomadic Rendili there. They
session, but they demanded such exorbitant
prices that Mr.. Chanler could only afford
to purchase ten donkeys. Only hope
now left There were still the Turkans,
living south Of Lake Rudolf, and they We
knew, had spare supplies of transport ami
mails. We set out for the Loroghi range,
which lies on the way. and arrived at
Sayaa, a place about one hundred miles
north of Mount Kenia- 1t was here my epi-
scde with the rhinocerOS occurred, Aug. %,
1893.
1--WE were out elephant shooting. Chanler,
with a black tracker and nine or ten men,
was about four hundred yards ahead of me
in the thick bush forest through which we
were following a spoor We were working
along straight, open line, and / had the
same number of men with me as Mr.. Chan
Ter. Signs on the track showed us that the
elephants were quite near at hand Just at
that moment heard behind me the hoosh-
hOoSh-hooSh' of a rhinoceroS, coming UP like
an express engine at full speed. On the right
side of the path, and close at hand, was a
big tree, and, as | have e. a great contempt
having shot ninety-nine head during our
expedition in 1SS6-S8-I resolved to spring
l did not wish to startle the elephants with
gunshot. The 'rhino' was q full-grown
cow, and her six-months-old calf followed
her. She came rushing along, with her head
down and her mouth wide open.
WOUNDED BY THE "RHINO."
Just as I was to make my spring aside
| found that the negroes accompanying me
were all jammed behind the tree 1t was
too late then. l raised my express rifle
in desperation to my shoulder, but branch
OF the tree jammed down my right arm,
and before l could put q finger to the
trigger the 'rhino' had charged my legs and
sent me flying ahead like a slIittle alley
pin. l landed on my back and saw the
two black masses go bounding over my
body. My rife was snapped across in the
small of the back. half raised myself
on my side, shaken but not hurt. and
glad at my escape when again In the rear
| heard the observation-disclosures of the
'rhino,' still bent ca mischief. She came
to a halt behind me and commenced to
soad nie with her horn. Lying on my left
side, raised my right leg to escape the
blows but at length she struck the fieshy
nq r. Of INV .lrix- tbn h.,r, ,.1
This seemed to satisfy her, as she and
her young one went off snorting into the
forest again.
'Chanler came on to the scene a. mo-
ment later: L was not aware in the ex-
element that / was so badly wounded.
The wound was five inches deep Mr..
Chanler gave me a drink of brandy and
supplied surgical dressings. l was placed
in an improvised hammock, and the march
my friend at Daitcho, and. under the care
OF George Calvin, set out down country
wounded condition to Lamu, at the mouth
OF the Tana river. as there were no med
ical men there. At the Scotch Presbyterian
mission at Kibwizi / was fortunate enough
to meet DIR. Charters. a young Scotchman
st1tioned there. He performed opera
5isn. ahd. eftss lying under his care from
of the same month at Mombasa- He was
Kind enough to accompany, me the whole
way. on Dec. ! | reached Zanzibar and
'As regards the ultimate result of the
expedition, | am afraid that, through lack
of transport Mr.. Chanler has not 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 fifty donkeys. These / understand,
arrived safely at Daitcho. Personally. when
leaving Daitcho in August, / advised him
to proceed to Turkana for ivory. What
have been his adventures since we parted
he will tell on his arrival shortly at Nom
basa Now l have told you a deal and
in return / wish you to tell through the
Associated Press what a clever, well-edu-
Gated, straight-minded gentleman Mr.. Astor
Chanler is His sense Of honor is great.
his faithfulness as comrade unswerviny.
and his generosity no less remarkable"