New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

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scrupulous honor integrity and devotion to the
highest ideals ever supported the TIE NOR" ia''"-
fully than Khama Of Eamangwato. This j. 10 eN-
cessive praise. Every Engishman who has come
in contuct with Khama, from the far-on days
Of Livingston to the present time. has haH
reason to speak Of him L. terms of uninr'--
ured esteem Khama has had a remarhamc
career. which IL may be- worth Whi" mere
to glance at lie t. now about sixty-hVe years
Of age but. says wr.."r 10 "rho London cone
as with many black men. his appearance "ouH
denote that he is rueh younger. Tall, rlm ana
well dressed IN European clothing. tha quiet 70
nned-,ooking Bechuana might very We'll ne taken
for AZ ieae, ten years younger than las real axe
His activity Is remarkable lie Is fine horsemm
excellent llASf OF ioiS'4i'''- an
earliest dawn TIL nightfall he may be- met with III
the saddle riding about his great spreading capita
OF Pllachwc. busted increasingly ID the WelaIe o.
his people and the affairs OF his country. 10
matter is too small too minute FOR his marvellous
memory and kindly nature. From the humoi~i
OF his tribcs-p sopie to the passing Englshmah-nr
whom Khama never seems TO be able 20 DO enough
every person in his town seems TO receive some
share OF his and attention.
Palachwe. the capital Of Bamangwato has
native population OF some 2)oo' souls, every ole
Of whom ls ruled by The direct personal influence
OF the King But besides paiachwe. Khama mas
huge territory. extending from the iampopo 10 tie
Victoria Falls and from the Matabe.e border o
far-oT Ngamiland. to look after. H. holds daily
court in :he 'kotla." or inciosure adjoining hs
residence receives reports from far-on parts ot ms
country. administers justice and listens to appeal
4 fairer-Ininded or more JUS ruler II would 70
difficult to ma IN all Europe. Years ago in IN,
hunting field and ln native wars khama pFoVe-
himself a man OF courage and resource For
,v.entv wears as paramount chief o. his tribe he
has shown himself also natural-oorn a4m.nls-
traitor reformer and ruler Of men. FROM an uh-
ruly tribe deeply sunk In barbarous ani oitca crne.
customs and suoersiiuons. khama has Jed MS
people step by step into Christianity and progress
From the wretchcd chaos and iIrmoi left 10y h!s
father and uncle Scomy and Machon. VINO for
wears were struggling FOR the chefteinship. knama
has evolved throughout his VIDE domains peace.
prosperity and order Where the "Fetched
Bamangwato people worried and harassed 10y
Matabele raids and intcrna. strfc. were. thirty
years ago. scratching a miserable subsistence from
the soil YOU may see thanks 20 knama fore
sight and enterprise immense fields OF grain fur
roved bv hundreds u light American or European
nlsughs OF modern make. Drink. that curse 81 the
African has been completely banished from the
country to the immense comfort and material wei
fare OF tn iribes-pcople. Great herds ~ hne
cattle and numerous hocks Of sheep and goats are
to be met with throughout large portions OF
Kharna's Kingdom The European traveller or
SPORTSMAN traverslng the country finds everywhere
a people who greet him with pleasant cordially.
and thanks to Khamas far-reaching influence. do
everything they 10 assist him. Briefly Il may
be- said that Khama has transformed harassed
and unru,y native state into The most progressive
and orderly community In all South Africa.
Bur not only has Khama taught his people peace
ful methods; he has taught them. also. to arm and
defend themselves from The attacks OF the cruel
NV the Bamangwato' they ar, born hunters;
many Of them are excellent shots' ana uiler
Khama's leadership they found themselves able.
long ago repe successfully the blOodthirsty raids
OF their Matabe.e neighbors In one OF these s.ir-
mishes, years since. khama wounded ms kreat
rivai Lobengula then younger ana more active IN
scar Of Khama bullet until that lay wheh. ae-
feated and discrediied by the Mashonaand settlers
NJ died mserably. a worn-out fugitive
The first impressions OF Europeans received ny
Khama were excellent ones. When quite 4 youth
he MDrAft Livingston
the course Of their mission WORK penetrated 10 the
then unknown Bamanswato country close upon
the heels OF the missionaries came a huHDer OF
bold ana enierprlsng brush nuhIei-, mn ol n,sh
character, from whom, well as from their pre-
decessors the young chleftain formed his opinion
OF British characteristics. Oswe.i, Murray Nardoh,
Gordon Cumming were the earliest or these great
cumming in those wonderful hunting expeditions
OF his in search OF elephants and the great game
cumming slew nearly all his elephants in the
Bamangwato hill country. and Khama and a few
testify 10 the prowess Of that most enthusiastic
ana fearless Nimrod. This between 1871 and
n S HoI IN the the interior Nowadays Khana has
but one or al most Two troops OF elephants left
falling away. The chief himse.f Is most daring
ana successful hunter. From his early youth when
game swarmed throughout the counir,, On foot or
on horseback, Khama has in hundreds Of en-
great English hunters whose ieats he h4i followed
with so much keenness Even no" ne Oh cnei
giraffe or the kodoo. Or semsook, or Others Of tne
desert country OF LAKE years. unfortunately, what
with the fear OF MataDeie troubles and the in
creasing vo.ume Of European traffic through his
territory. Khama has had little time to escape
Khama became Chrstianizel many years since
and n may be said without fear OF contradiction
he ha- remained ever since the most entirely salts
factory model OF the Chrstianized African. There
ar. thousands OF natives processing Christianity in
, Africa. there are. unfortunately, very few whose
standard OF ethics has been 20 consistently pure
and elevated Khama's. Khama early Chris
ranlty brought MIN into great trouble with his
IA and uncle both thorough paced Old heathcns.
For long time Khama's lie was In danger from
the Vaccinations " these iil-cOndtOnei relatives
But the CHIEF high CHARACTER strlily secured
him "a strong following ln the tribe In 1870
Slcomy AMI Machen. who had by turns been chiefs
OF the tribe. were deposed. and khama Was brought
into power. \ little Later Machen became once
NOR, too strong for his nephew. ana khana went
INTO exile IN the desert country toward Lake Ngami
In 1875 he once more elected paramount chief
OF the Bamangwato Since that time khama
has firmly hed the reins Of power 10 the ever
Increasing benefit OF his people. Large numbers
~ the BamaUgwatO are now chrlstianized. khama
allows complete liberation and there T. no forcing
into religion. II speaks well Tor The BamangWato.
nevertheless. that two three years ago the
sum of slJ 90 was subscribed and paid by the tribe
FOR the purpose OF building a new church IN
Paiachwe Ten years ago khama offered the
whole of his country under certain conditions to
he british Government That offer was, strangely