The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-23
ECKST TENS

that my mother bewitched one of our
elephants and made him Kill my young
brother. The Efromo then tied my
mother TO a tree, where she remained
without food until she died, when ha
burned her body on the altar. The Efro-,
ma was felt 4 inches high. and wore a
mask when he went In public. l never.
saw his face.
when / was l6 years old the Juka, q
priest named Ngwi. who lived In Sikita,
some distance away. took me from my
father and kept me as his servant.
fought In the battles with the neighbor-
ing tribes for a year or two along the
Kog and Nog mountains, and killed many
men. We had n fight for four or Ave
days every three months to get men 70
eat. once / got wounded in the side. buzz
got away, and got well after a month.
We fought with bow and arrow ana
spears. Sometimes we put uji, a kind or
poison, on the points Of the weapons.
I'VE killed the prisoners and cooked
them by putting them on a cross bar
back down, and roasting them over a
fire made in a square pit underneath.
The hands and shoulders are the best TO
eat, and the muscles Of the arm, wers
eaten 70 make US strong and brave. With
the meat was served "A sauce made by
boiling certain herbs. There is no bet-
ter eating In the world than that. 1t is
tender and juicy, and very wholesome,
nothing will take its place.
After the meat was all taken Off the
bones and skull were given to the boys to
play with. The skull was then dried ia
the sun, and the children found much
amusement in filling it up with sand ana
letting it run through the eye sockets.
THAT was nearly all the means OF amuse-
ment we had.
The priest who took me from my IA
ther sold me TO man named Ha1jealoti.
an African, who belonged to a tribe fur
ther west killed my master in his Camp
one night and ran away. Soon afterward
took passage on the ship Savannah and
came to the West Indies. couldn't speak
any English or French or Spanish, and I
was in the West Indies only about fifteen
days, when l got aboard the Tennessea
and went to one of the cities on lbs
Atlantic coast. Drifting from place to
place. ! finally went to Norfolk and som
after that l left Norfolk and was put 10
fighting
II was then a grown man, but couldn't
understand anything people said I oniy
know they gave me a blue suit and a el,n
and put me on big ship. / fired my our,
whenever the captain made the others
shoot, but ] never knew what they we're
all fighting about. For two years 1 vas
fighting, most of the time on board ship.
| was at Mobile Bay when the ram was
sunk there, and at Fort Fisher / was
shot in the chin"
At this point the man pointed to an old
wound on the chin, which had left an ugly
scar, and stated that he was struck there
by glance lick from a large ball. After
relating some further experiences in a
clearly Ineligible way. he gave an ac-
count of some of his voyages as a sailor.
and appeared to have accumulated a deal
of scattered information from a number
Of European and Asiatie countries. He
stated that he came to Richmond several
years ago, after many stormy voyages and
narrow escapes from drowning tsF
Antonio Frederick, as he is called in
English, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary in October, 1898. to serve five years
for assault. He is a quiet orderly prfs-
oner, and observes the rules of the insti-
tuition strictly. Assistant Supt White
stated that the prisoner had never been
punished since he was received at the
prison, and did his work well.
Antonio seems to care nothing for
money and appears to be anxious to please
the prison authorities and guards. He SAYS
he has been offered much money to write
history of his life, and description Of
his native country but doesn't care for
money so long as he has something to
eat and comfortable place to sleep. The
prisoner has attracted much curiosity at
the hands of feliow-prisoners by his odd
manner and queer foreign accent.