The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-25

VIZ hubANtS W Wbtu Oh CONW huu. tue IhtNhohh
had long since tanned my .skin, out Of all
way more than once. Tdespaired Of ever making
my real character known. Two or three weeks
tracks OF aman whom she. described as a white
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up these tracks. we did find a white man alone
s SeSr dying from T1Hsd th MTsS nh He ~ was 81 h0pslsssly I'm.
Gus ineumbrance. ant. never regalned his in;
telllgenee until Just before he died He asked
member Of the Giles expedition. The place
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ert.' and 1t lies in the southeast Of Western
After qlbson's death 1 made up my mind to
end my days IN solitude, and the reae2n for this
ment every time an, opportunity, offered Itself
to return TO civilization, and partly. also. on the
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thing like twenty years I made my home with
centre Of the continent. where ultimately be-.
eape King or ruler over q number Of large
uuent long journeys and trayersed at one time
or another a great part Of the Interior Of the
Once ! followed on the camel track Of a white
party with the tribe for the purpose OF picking
| UP IIpl1 llll5 hlu lOT OlI6 InlIKB useful TO uH,
and l came upon an Australian newspaper. I
remember It was the Sydney Iopn and Country
i iSs77fq and ffssa4E G. I. d &ss g sHsprisc In SSSsSSe'q
Sead It ovsT and. over until L had learned II by
e eeSsf' S anti / Il p Tss fitefa il IN worm an TO Sp Sisce1, skin
tanned puzzled me greatly. and I nearly. yor;
ried myself, into insanity over a statement that
the deputies Of Alsace and Lorraine had re;
fh% ad walked IL yp oet in t hsre Gf Il T oHsr PbS oW 7 %Isb Sn4
could not understand how the representatives
of two great department., in my own country
knowing absolutely nothing. OF course. Of the
The tribe over which I reigned was composed
Of beings who, were certainly low down In the
human scale. but at the same time they. have
precisely as In the case OF civilized people.
Ihey are savages. repulsive In appearance, who
ton as to have permanent houses. addicted to
cannlpausm. and altogether OF a very degraded
have many good Qualities. and that their heir codss
OF honor would bear comparison with that Of
While my natives did not, as q rule. paint the
body on great occasions. such rs corroboEees.
and even a geometricai design for each cere:
and black. Ordiparllythe only clothing known
Charcoal r u T f6Is''a Serves " sre mSn Slay pu m,asa WIFI IL
keeps Greisc on the ns eGId during tbd gGTid1Efss r; and Is also a
| pTOleCllOn dBulnbL Ine AIUucKB OF insects. In
keep of insects. and this material Is scented
with a kind OF pennyroyal.
t SSs s Il f2y Tirtims H IN B% nttIss t 5nlss are E ssfsn 81 4 tb is
to acquire the valor and virtues OF the person
eaten endeayored TO wean the tribes from
made bracelets. anklets. and necklaces out Of
the dead mans hair. they would achieve
the ah6S"S6 beast .So q lip'f baird emu tue Unable ne'n to esrrg
be- e dubbed ( and G"pe eaten. 'n This hs'P how e g Is IL en no
tirely actuated by love. as the natives have q
children are also killed and eaten. Women and
people who die a natural death are never eaten.
grand corroboree. The natives are notashamed
TO confess cannibalism, nor is an individual con-
sidered Hnelean after Joining in a feast;
tiyes were not a pleasant people to live among.
But found the reverse to be the case. They
IN their manner. and many times did / owe my
life to the care exercised by my faithful native
tons, which were at least sufficient to pass the
time. Tor amusement l used to search the
a great many ofthese wa~tercourse 1 found both
coarse and fine gold. and in some instances the
some, cases q bed Of cement or concrete was
found at the bottom of q creek; in which, gold
there, was q large proportion Of that precious
metal in the concrete; l frequently picked up
largo nuggets. but hau no use Tor the metal save
to make ornaments for my wife; but these she
did not appear TO value. and promptly. gave
amnse them. AIiHVisl t gold was ToeieT to the
north OF my mountain, home and reef gold to
the south. the richest deposits Of all occurring
l found great quantities OF. gem stones OF
every, shape and color. which could be dis
In some cases the prevailing coloro OF the stones
would be various shades Of red. in others blue.
lively to be ruby, sapphire and emerald. On oe-
casion | came across q, range Of granite hills
creeks contained large Quantities Of pieces Of
broken reefs and lodes and w~ater-worn peb-
sand. which / supposed to be iron, but which I
now know to be tin. In another district l found
large Quantities OF native copper lying about in
My wild life came to an end at last. Al cpl,
denis 9f i9fnenZa swept over the county and
were, also swept away, Thus left alone. with
out the old interests that had made life toler-
able; l determined to make a last effort to
tain home i set out Tor the southwest. on this.
able 70 take a direct line. but had to 90 hither
and thither with the tribes among whom l was
Forrest, the name Of the explorer who had
passed that way. and turning south at length
Mount Maffgq. the nearest camp:
Taught by bitterprevious experience. ! knew
should have. t., get some OF my natives to pro-
cure some clothes for me by any means known
70 lneHl; Nnen ut letgtn L presented myself
before the white men l am afraid they did not
ut first look with favor on their guest. ! an
swered their questions, and when they heard l
was without mates and had been journeying
they were convinced was a person Of weak in
tellectt. question Of my own. What year is
were right in their conjecture. However. in the
end | obtained help and work. and in 1895 I
reached Melbourne. whence by slowstaRes and
not without many difficulties / got back this
year to Europe.
UNKIND WORDs TO AyIM4Ls.