The times., 1901-04-13
A BANQUET IN HIS HONOR
Paul Du Chaillu the Guest of Ma
ti0nal Geographic Society.

! s Brilliant tSsembIage Greets Him
The Noted Explorer and Writer
| Relates Personal Experiences of
His Travels The List of Guests.
Paul Du Chanlu was the guest Of honor
! at the annual reception Of the National
! Geographic Society, held last night at the
Arlington. A distinguished assemblage,
! representing all lines of research and in
vestigation in the arts and sciences, gath
cred TO greet him. The parlors Of the
Arlington were tastefuly decorated in
red. white. and blue, and an ample supply
of cut flowers. minglng with greere and
palms, heightened the effect in u charm
ing manner
Mr. Du Chaillu, at the request of the
President of the society. Alexander Gra-
/ ham Bell briefly addressed the society. In
Introducing him. Mr.. Bell remarked that
Mr.. Du Chaillu had consented to tell a
/ few things about his past. to which, on
rising, Mr.. Du Chailu demonstrated. My
past I keep to myself he remarked but
few of the things l have done l am
willing to tell you about.
Il was born in Louisiana. but I did not
stay there long. ] had the desire to
I travel, and when / was about seventeen
years of age ana weighed only ninety
seven pounds 1 made up my mind to go
away. and / did 50.
When / started for Africa in The little
ship Dolphin / had filed her up with pots,
kettles beads. and cloth, for / knew L
should need such things when ] got to
my destination / did. The chief whom
/ met on arrival thought I wanted to buy
slaves. but he became friendly when l
told him | only wanted 10 shoot few
wild beasts in his juugies and capture
a few butterflies. He became 50 friendly
that when / wanted to move farther on
into the country he offered to give me an
escort and send me to his best father-in-
law 1t took him nearly three days to
make up hts mind which of his half hun
dred was his best father-in-law.
Il was passed on from king TO king in
this way until l came to the cannibal
country, where / thought they were going
to cat me up. The natives had told me
great deal about a gina. which L
thought was a kind of huge elephant.
Later | learned il was the gorilla. and
then / wanted to shoot one. | asked for
men TO go hunting the 'n'gina' with me,
and they all seemed to be afraid. Finally
l persuaded three of them, but it was only
after they had gone through all sorts
OF bloody ceremonies before their Idols
that they consented to go.
we went three days in the jungle be-
fore we saw any trace Of gorillas, Dut
about noon Of the fourth day we heard
growls like thunder, and the sound of
great cracking Of branches. My gnldes
were off IN an instant. They did not wait
even to see what was coming But l got
down on the ground and waited. With
low growl the great beast with his beady
eyes set far back in their sockets, his
thin lips. his short legs, and his long
arms, came out through the trees.
Il felt uncomfortable when he sat down
a dozen or more yards in front of me
and inspected me. My only comfort was
my trusty sixteen-pound rife. loaded with
a steel-pointed bullet and held in my
right hand The immense beast rose and
came toward me with a roar that shook
the earth AS he was about to spring
fired and the bullet went right through
his heart AS he fell forward, his heavy
arm fell almost upon my head.
when they were sure the beast was
dead the natives came back. That was
the first gorilla killed by a white man
since the time of Hanno, the Carthage
nian, who 2,064 years ago is said to have
had an encounter with man-eatinG ape.
Mr.. Du Chaillu continued, relating in
teresting experiences in Scandinavia and
other portions of the globe, concluding
with few remarks upon his intended
visit 10 Russia and Siberia, where, he
says, he will spend about four years max
ing a thorough investigation Of the people.
from the peasant TO the duke and from
the lowest to the highest classes OF So
ciety.
Mr Du Chanlus remarks. which were
made with refreshing and most in
formal good humor. were received with
great applause. The guests were also en-
tertained with music. Refreshments were
served and dancing closed the evening.
The receiving party consisted of the Sec
retary of State, the French Ambassador,
the Russian Ambassador. David j. Hill,
A. Graham Bell, ). +. Langley, General
Greely. w J McGee. David r. Day. Gif-
Grosvenor Charles j. Bell, Mrs. David J.
Hill, Mrs. Foraker. Mrs. John w. Foster,
Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. Mrs. |
Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Greedy, Mrs G. H |
Hart Merriam, Mrs. Anita Newcomb Nc !
Gee Mrs. Henry Gannett. Miss Wilson, !
ard Miss Aieen Bell.
Those present were Admiral Higginson. |
Admiral Bowles Commissioner Macfar- |
land Prof. Wills l.. Moore, Miss An |
toinette Greely. Mr. Romero John Hyde, |
Mrs Hyde. and Miss Hyde. General and |
Mrs FOrsythe Mrs. Frank Hume. Miss |
Hume, Robert Hume, Mrs. Steele, Mr.. and |
Mrs Jules Guthridge, William de Cain
Dry Nh. and Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh, Ru-
IDIph hduIlluatlIl, MIS-. NulaH ana MISS
Nutall. Secretary and Mrs. Wilson Mr.
aud Mrs Leland Howard, George Totten
iifford Pinchot. Mr.. and Mrs Knapp Mr. !
nd Mrs Joseph Horn0lower. Major Simp-
son, DR.. ana Mrs. G. Hart Merriam, w J
McGee. the Turkish Minister the Swiss
l.. .. Howard 9. II. Gilbert
Marcus Baker and Mrs. Baker. W H
Jall. Mr.. and Mrs 0. T. Crosby. Dr.
George Wclch, NJ. T. Campbell, w II
Seaman, Robert Chapman. G. A King.
Prof. G. Il. Dewitt. NJ. II. Saville. DR.
Thomas Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs O. H. Judd. !
Ellis II Roberts Prof Si1weU and |