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parently did not remain ignorant of the
political side of the expedition. Hippo
petamus and crocodiles, lions and ante
lope, elephants and apes, were in numbers
as great as generations of undisturbed
existence in their native places of abode
might be expected to produce. But this
appetites of Marchand and his scientists
and civilizers. The human game was
even more in abundance, and it was
worth while to thin it out, if only to fur
nish fitting example of what white
civilization might accomplish if put upon.
Here is a somewhat extended picture
izers on native African village. as
sketched by Mr.. Cherry:
OF course the poor Baund-Jeau rushed
out of their huts in a panic For some
minutes the rifles were busy. The natives
fell in all directions. few managed to
reach their canoes, but having been too
much frightened to secure paddles. they
We're unable to get away from the leaDden
balls which our men sent after them.
full of dead or dying mon. Others
jumped into the water; being expert
swimmers. they hoped by diving to get
out of range before coming again to
the surface But our rifles carry well,
and wherever a Woolly head appeared
a dozen balls We're sped after 1t, one
or more of them taking effect in nearly
every instance. Some threw up their
hands as if imploring mercy, but no mer-
cy was shown. L could see streaks of
blood in the dark waters of the river.
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Only a small number succeeded in get
ting away to the brush, and of those
not a few were badly wounded.
Ten women and eighteen children were
found alive, covering in the huts. They
were taken to Fort Bangy. Upon our ar
rival there a brute of a Senegal seized
an old and wounded woman by the arms
and dragged her face downward, out of
dreadfully. l could see the agony in her
face. But she did not once groan or cry
out. She reminded me of panther
caught in trap. I shall never forget
the fierce hatred that blazed in her dark
eyes. A few moments later she Was
dead. All the prisoners were tied to a
the warehouses, where they were con-
tlied under guard for several days Then
we had a holiday at~the post. The women
were driven down to the river, where
the soldiers stood guard, guns in hand
upon the banks or in boats. As the SOL
diers led off their captiEes they We're
greeted with shouts and laughter from
their comrades; the women were almost
as merry as the men Four old and ugly
women, whom nobody wanted, were set
to hard labor next day. Hardened as |
now was to Africa life. I confess l did
rot like to look at these grandmOthers
carrying the bod or digging in q trench
while lazy soldiers guns on their shout
derG and smoking cigarettes. stood guard
over them.
1t was thought proper to take a num-
Der Of female prisoners during the prog
ress of the expedition. One night they
all escaped. Two of them were recap
tured. Here is the story of what body
Of French gentlemen and soldiers thought
it necessary and becoming to do to these
two unfortunate savage women:
The next night some of our N'Dri scouts
recaptured one of the women. She had
nor been able to make good her escape
because she had a baby to carry and
was unable to make as rapid progress as
some OF the others. AS soon as She was
brought into camp the officers held a
consultation. At it's conclusion orders
We're issued and the woman was taken
down to the river bank and placed with
hef PACK against an old Snag that had
stranded at high water. Her baby was
rudeiy snatched out of her arms and at
this she lost her self-control for the first
ana only llI]S curing the ordeal. Like a
Sfle panther she Sprang after her babe
but dozen big soldiers overpoWered her,
pInioned her arms and tied a bandage
over her eyes. From this on she was
,stoictSm itself. She made no outcry She
stood like a statue carved in black mar
bic. could not see that q muscle of her
body twttched. not even when eight SOL
diers filed up before her and levelc.l their
rifles straight at her breast She heard
the click of the guns, the order to fire.
yet she never WINGED: not a nerve flicker
ed. She fell. shot all to pieces. Next
morning another woman was reca Dtured.
She met similar fate
Well, indeed, might Chief Engineer
Cherry exclaim after his recital of these
hideous Incidents Zone cannot help
wondering what sort of an opinion these
poor African savages have of civilization
as it is interpreted to them by explorers
and 'mapmakers, governmental and
otherwise"
Such extreme measures might be DEEM
ed necessary. at least toward the fighting
men of the tribes, were there even a
show of ferocity to justify it, There
was not. On the contrary, the experience
of Mr.. Cherry throughout was that the
several races encountered were not war
like. Whenever he was brought in per-
sonal contact with them, he found them
invariably to be peaceful and hospitable,
notwithstanding their savagery.
The fame which Maj Ma-chand won by
his expedition and all the services which
he rendered to science through it will
be far outweighed in the scale of JUS
tice and humanity by the trail of huma n
blood and suffering which marked his
path through Africa