The National tribune., 1899-11-02

to pay my respects to the powerful Chief
Mareale, the only chief who. during the
rebellion on the Kilima-Ndjaro. in the
early COS, when some 10000 Wadschaggas
stood up in arms, remained loyal to the
German Government, and helped van
quish the rebels.
CHIEF MAREALE.
There was a small military post at Ma
rangu, the seat of the chief, and | met the
officer in command of that place on the
road. He had heard of my arrival, and
had come 10 welcome me. He turned
back with me. and l was soon introduced
to Mareale. whom | found uncommonly
intelligent for native. He and his akldas
(underchiefs) made much OF me. | found
his settlement far superior to any | had
seen before, and his people seemed to be all
pretty well off, having large tracts of land
under cultivation, numerous banana for
ests, and possessing small herds of cattle,
sheep, and goats.
l was also informally introduced to
some of his wives, but ! can not say that
any of these dusky beauties touched my
heart. He ordered some of his young
girls to dance for me- The music was
1ulDlSIlGu ny III W li' lNl va
native drums with their knuckles. The
girls wore large and small bells round
their necks. wrists and ankles, and per-
formed a most monotonous, and by no
means graceful, stamping dance. Their
chief aim appeared to be to make as much
noise with the bells as they possibly could.
The girls when young are well shaped,
but after marriage they age very soon, and
by the time they are 80 they mostly look
like old women.
There is an abundance of bananas IN
this district, which form the staple food
and are prepared in various ways, besides
being used for making ''tembo," " the native
drink. On our journeys in the kilima-
Ndjaro district we sometimes marched
for miles through banana forests.
SHOOTING LEOPARD.
We soon collected a small herd of milch |
goats, to which the several chiefs had con- |
tributed, and we kept them close to our
tents, our camp not being surrounded by |
a thorn fence, as there was no danger. |
On the second night of our stay two of |
these goats disappeared. / first suspected |!
the natives, but the Sergeant-Major Of
our native troops took me to the spot where
Tue SOdtS ndu rested over IlSnt, anu SuOWeu
me the footprints of large leopard.
That night l had young goat fastened
at the same place, and after everything
was quiet in camp, / sat down on camp
stool in my tent, where l could easily see
the goat, and awaited further develop
mentS.
The night was clear enough for me to
get pretty good aim. The distance was
only about % yards. Long and patiently
/ waited. AT last saw a large form steal
ing out from the shadows of the banana
forest, and, crouching down, slowly make
Its way to the goat. Cautiously L raised
my gun to the shoulder, but before l was
ready the leopard made great leap, clear
ing at least eight yards, and was on the
goat; but before he got away with it he
received bullet in the shoulder Howling
with rage, he rolled over on his side, but he
quickly scrambled up again and went off,
badly lamed on the left front quarter. l
knew he could not go very far, and as did
not want TO have his skin pulled to pieces
by hyenas, / got few soldiers with fire
brands and lanterns together, and after
letting few minutes elapse, to allow my
comrades to join me, and that the leopard
might get weak by loss of blood, we started,
with out rifles ready
We found heavy blood trail. and had