The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-15
IN SIANLEY'S STEPS
Mr.. Albert BushniII Lloyd
Has Trodden.
GAINING GREAT GLORY
Among Pygmies and Can
nibaIS--British Gossip.

African travellers and geographers since
the time Of Henry ". Stanley's expedition,
as has Seen caused by the arrival this
week of young and hitherto unknown
! EneEshrnan. Mr.. Albert Bushnill Lloyd.
| from Central Africa. after journey OF
three months from the heart Of Africa 10
London, travelling over Stanley's route
down the Congo TO the West Coast His
journey was in one respect more remark
( able than SANKEY'S, 1nssmuch as Mr.
! Lloyd Travelled alone, SO far as Europeans
were concernedf. being accompanied by
only two native bands and a small num-
! Der Of carriers. Moreover. although he
! marched three weeks in the pigmy forest
and then traversed the whole length OF
( the Ar1lwir river. the banks of which are
lined with wau.ike caunto4ls, ne never
/ once fred a shot in self-defense. On the
! contrary, he was on cordial terms with
/ bith pigmies and cannfDals. Mr. Lloyd is
! already coming to be a celebrity and has
/ received a number Of lecture offers Pos
st6ly, later in the year, after the publ
cation OF book based on his experiences.
| he viii lecture in the United States. His
/ journey west along the almost untrodden
Z :
/ His OWN friends tried 10 dissuade him.
/ but he persisted, and on his arrival at the
! Congo the Belgians could scarcely be-
| Heve that he had successfully run the
gauntlet OF pygmies and cannFbals. On
entering the great primeyal forest Mr..
Lloyd went west for five days without the
sight Of a pygmy. Suddenly ne became
aware Of their presence by mysterious
movements among the trees, which he at
first attributed 70 the monkeys Finally he
came to a clearing and stopped at an
Arabian village. where he met a great
number Of pyg1nies. They told me-" said
Mr.. Lloyd, that unknown to me they had
been watching ne for five days peepsng
through the growth OF the forest They
appeared very much frightened and, even
when speaking. covered their faces. I ask
ed chief to allow me 70 photograph the
dwarfs and he brought "A dozen together.
was able to secure a snap shot. but did
not succeed IN the time exposure. as the
pygmies would not stand stHL Then !
tried ii measure them and found not one
over four feet in height. All were fully
developed, the women somewhat sllghter
than the men I was amazed at their
reaching halfway down their chest. They
are very tinid and viii not look a etrang-
or IN the face, their bead-like eyes shift
ing constantly They are, il struck me.
fairly Intelligent. had a long talk with
a chief, who conversed intelligently about
their customs in the forest and the num-
Der Of the tribesmen. Both men and wo-
men. except Off a tiny strip Of bark, were
cutie nude The men were armed With
poisoned arrows. The chief old me that
the tribes were nomadic and never slept I
two nights in the same place. They Just
huddIed together IN hastily thrown up
huts- Memiries Of a white traveIer-Air
Stanley, OF course-who crossed the forest
years ago. stiH linger among them" Mr..
LLOYD then proceeded through the canni- |
bal countries 70 the coast. He found the /
cannibals warlike and fierce. but open and |
straig htforward. and had 10 trouble with |
them. At one place he put together nj /
cycle he had with him and rode about 1
their village. A remarkable scene FOL !
lowed, thousands OF cannibals. men. wo- /
men and children turning out. dancing /
and yelling at what they described as "a
European riding a snake"
There was an Interesting ceremony AZ
Osborne House, Isle OF Wight. this week.
Queen Victoria presented medals for dis
tingGished service IN the field 20 a group
Of Omdurman warriors, most OF them
70n-commissioued officers. Her ma iastv
was wheeled into the green room. where
the soldiers were drawn I'D and sa,ute.1 !
her. Then each recipient kneeled and ths |
queen pinned a medal on his breast. She
also questioned the wounded concerning
heir experiences Colonel Matthias. tha
hero o. Dargai. where. after stirring
appeal % his men. ne led his Gordon
l1ishlanders 20 storm the heights. has
been given banquet BY the CaIedouia1
Tub IT which the Prince Of Wales WIS
present and IN e neat speech warmly en-
i0rsed the admiration expressed by Colo
- Matthias FOR the Indian troops. saving
e regretted never having had the pysvi-
eye Of serving with the Indian soldiers
n active service. but had often seen them
2 large bodies, and vas confident that the
queen had no finer soldiers.
The opening O, the rev year has beer
marked BY most unreasonable weather
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