The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1898-08-12
ENGLAND DEisf SCOUT.
The American Who Killed the
Great Mas-5elo Doctor.
He D. Fig inter from Texas Engaged In
South Africa-.a LofS Ride ON Hos-
tile soI -.T.,c ;.iiooting of
a'iino.


Wherever you GO you find the Ameri.
can, and he is never in the rear ranks.
The best scout in the alaiabele war $
an American, Burnhaa, q Texan, who
wears Texan sombrlro and rides
Texas saddle lie iignss for the pleas
ure of fighting. ~His education and his
natural powers of inductive reasoning,
says an English newspaper corresponds
ent, raise him ct once to Il high rank
among the scouts of this or any other
countrty.p .Burnhams eyes are the won
der of all beholders. They are small,
rowing, blue eyes Women fall in love
with them. Cecil Rhodes says they con
see right through mountain when =
Matabele is on the other side of it. An
other orrespondent3 declares the sin
ewy little mamie is only five feet
four in height-to bea veritable pocket
edition Of Hercules Then he adds,
most imprcssiyely: t.And withal he is
modest and truthful" which is some
thing wonderful and unaccountable in
South Africa.
Burnham's gredtest feat was the.
shooting of M'limo under circumstances
that would have done credit to Davy
Crockett. M'Iimo was the great witch
doctor of the AfataheIe. He started the
rebellion, saying that he could turn
away the bullets from Uncle Hiram
Maxim's patent music box into water
il his fellow countrtymen would only
bring him presents in return for the
favor. His throne was in cave which
was the center of pilgrimages for the,
natives far and near. Burnham deter
mined to kill him. The British officers
laughed at his attempt as sfool's
errand." But he enlisted the assistance
of sturdy young Englishman named
Armstrong, and they started for
M'limo's cave. The hills were fairly
swarming with natives, and Burnham
and Armstrong travelled by night and
| slept by day. They led their horses, 30
as to make as little noise as possible,
and also to keep them fresh, as they
knew after M'limo had been killedsit
would depend upon their horses wheth-
er they would be able to return to the
llaager or not.
When they arrived in sight OF the
cave they found hundreds of natives
about, but were Disguised to find that
M'limo himself was not there, being two
or three miles away. They sent the
negro servant whom they had brought
with them to tell the witch doctor that
some natives We're waiting for him with
! great quantities of presents. Then, like
the good scouts they were, they moved
on some distance from the place where
| they told the servant they would wait
for him, so as to be on guard in case he
played them false. Butin doing so they
ran plump into a body of Kaffirs. Had
the,Kaffirs been AIata9bele the two scouts
would have been killed then and there.
Burnham pretended they were ngreat
fear of M'limo and wanted to make him
presents. The Kafirs persuaded the
Matabele toleave the scouts alone until
M'limo came and decided what should
be done with them. So they started
down the road from the cave to meet
Mllmo. when they met him Burnham
saw that if he shot AI'lifno the whole
crowd of natives would be on them in
2 minute. After going through \
long orgy, M'limo invited them into q
cave alone and told the natives to clear
out. No sooner were they in the cave
than Burnham sent bullet through
M'limo's skull.
''We didn't wait to lay the body
OUT says Burnham, shut we ran for
our horses with all our might. The Mig
| gers followed and shot at us repeated.
| ly, but their aim was bad. We put our
horses to It for all they were worth.
Itseemed TO me that our horses jumped
over some rocks as high as their heads,
and it ism wonder to me that they didn't
break their necks and ours into the bar
gain Though the killing of M'lim0
did not haye the effect that was ex-
pected, this detracts none from Burn.
hams daredevil cleverness.--N. Y. Press
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