Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-18
TO THE HEART OF AFRICA.
Roy. 8. Phillips Werner Starts on an Expe
dlilon for the Worlds Fair
GTusoaloose (Ala.) Times Gazette, N,
vember 18th.

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fTusoaloose (Ala.) Times Gazette, No
vember 18th.
Rev. s. p. Werner, of the Stillman In.
stitute, will leave to-day for New York
to embark at the head Of an expedition
to Africa, sent out 10 secure an exhibit
for the chronological department Of the
Worlds Fair. Mr.. Werner was mis-
sionary to Africa for several years, and
his varied experience there, his kncwl-
edge of the people, their language and
customs make him an admirable man for
this work, and there is little doubt of
his being able to return with q wonder
that he secure o number OF the race of
dwarfs, Of which so much has been
heard, to return with him.
No person is 80 well adapted for this
undertaking as Mr. Werner, and it is very
fortunate for the World's Fair and for
those interested in the progress of oi7ili-
cation and religion in Africa that he has
consented to do this work.
The New York Sun, In speaking of this
enterprise, says:
"At it's head Is Samuel Phillips Yer
ner. of the Stillman Institute, In Ala
bama, and he goes to bring over COM
pany OF pyRmies for the chronological ex-
hibit at the World's Fair at st. Louis.
"The expedition was planned under
VIZ oPt toceon VI LIZ. w. y. pacGee, cn1ot
OF the department OF anthropology at the
st. Louis Exposition. This department
will consist Of six sections, of which the
frat will be that OF ethnology. In this
section DIR. MoGee has planned to ex-
hibit series Of living groups to illus
trate the primitive race types of the
world. AT the bottom of the ladder,
physically speaking, come the pygmies.
moro difficult to get. Not one of them,
according to DR.. MCGEE, has ever been
In the western hemisphere, and only
three or four individuals have ever been
out of Africa. They are extraordinarily
shy, so shy that it is difficult for the
native tribes of normal size to hold any
communication with them. They are
the aborigines of Africa, no larger than
their own, living hidden life in their
own villages In the depths of the forest.
Herodotus mentions them, and in his
day they, lived in the vicinity of Egypt.
They have been pushed southwark and
inward, until now they are scattered
| obscurely over an interior region of
Central Africa comprising, an area por-
are the least known of all aboriginal
tribes, and it is for this reason that DR..
MoGee wants group of them at the
exposition.
"Mr. Werner was a manual teacher
sent to Africa by the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions. He lived for some
time with King Ndombe, on the Kassai
River, one of the largest and least known
tributaries of the Congo.
Connected with Ndombe's tribe, as
with others, are certain tame pygmies,
from whom Mr.. Werner learned the
pygmy language. 1t is through these
| tame pygmies that the exposition hopes
to reach the wild pygmies of the forest.
He will bring over four pygmy families,
with their houses. In these they will
live on the exposition grounds, pursuing
their customary arts and occupations.
The expedition will return about the
middle of April.
From the smallest known humans
the exhibit will pass directly to the
largest, the Tehuelohe tribe of Patago.
mans, who average 6 feet in height. The
Tehuelche inhababit tho Northern
shore of the Strait of Magellan, and
have never been out of Patagonia since
the days of the early discoverers, when
one or two wero taken to Europe.
"They are veritable giants. The OK.
pedition for them has already started
and will bring back Chief Mulate, with
his family, and one other family, with
their houses and implements"