New-York tribune., 1906-07-29


wish Just here to acknowledge nv - M i
Almighty God for protecting me fro-- 80
tude OF dangers. seen and unseen N-l
persuaded that nothing but the migb,,' ! ''-l /
OF Heaven could have given me 49, - --..a
through the many diverse. but an - -
savage-infested regions traversed duri,,.
last years
My inland journey in New Cuinsa -.
yatorata- 7 had been at the marine -.
Just of the coast. and had visited several -.
huts perched on piles over the water. A..
Venice. so here the inhabitants go about in -
not gaudfly decorated in this case. .buf 49,
out OF tree trunks. ! suppose the roari,. II
lagos came into being % avoid surprises h -, ~
The hygienie conditions are certainly en-.
% the land settlements. At Vatorata Ig = o.r-
for Papuans The MOtu tongue. which Z. -
for trading along two hundred miles OF m. -
coast. has been selected for teaching ro.-
ex-cannibals were engaged in their studie. ~
i called The curriculum includes s,-~.-
and associated trades. with book Iearufnq =
students are doing cTeditable work shown, -
the black Papuan head is not too thick IA 49,.
light After attending service in the va,o--.-
Memorial Church. built in memory OF seor.. :
South Sea islanders who came to Chrigti,,.-
the natives, and in the doing OF their che.
work lost their lives. my caravan wound slo,.-
through double line of pupils and other a..
skinned natives. out into the bush TO begin /,
journey inland
Il was headed for the Kemp Welsh Riv
The first mile was government road. after vs,s
came a narrow path made by savages IN SIM,
file .ramping it with their bare feet The Nh.
grave River. which We had - ford. neariv e,.,
some Of US our lives. The horses got into Iot
In the riverbeG and were rescuedsWith danger an
difficulty. No sooner were We out Of that tbs-
lawyer vines. suggesting a string Of fshbo,t.
tore of important portions OF my shirt and fur,
the white headgear in which I had some prit
into a muddy pool. which necessitated nv 90.
ting OF into the pool TO get it, Soon We fopls
a deep. narrow brook. humping against sBs
merged logs and from this the caravan ene-rs
into a burned tract. The savages set fire Ia ,s
grass and foliage to catch the kangaroo. T5u
we passed on hour after hour. sometimes on tts
slight fOothold along the very edge Of a sfss-
place where d misstep would mean fall OF hun
dreds of feet Not stopping to relate further e.
periences en- route, ! hurry to tell Of meetrs
SchIencker.
Schlencker is a hero. He is great man. h
is the man fer the job. He is a missionary q
the London Missionary Society. and was the fix
to establish work in inland New Guinea
found him On Christmas Day, dressed Ike
Texas cowboy and having all the appearance n
face and fixtures of a vigorous. fearless explorsi
He was spending his Christmas hard at wors
His mission contains three hundred acres. Iyns
on a fertile and rolling plateau, nine HUNDRED
feet above and overlooking the Kemp WeG
River It gently slopes toward Mount Douglas
but is steep-to on the other sides II Occupis
the top Of the hiH Naguragolo. and has one q
the most enhancing views these two eyes havs
ever seen
Schlencker gave me hearty greeting and a
invitation TO food We sat down. he said grau
and then passed thick bean soup I asked 70,
bread but he replied: I have no luxuies.
Later asked him if he was afraid to accom-
pany me into the Mount Douglas country. Ani
ne smiled as if he were not afraid Of anything
and yet, mind you. this absolutely fearless mn
did not give me the impression that he had prds
on the subject It was simple innocent Ian
nOt-afraid-of-cannibals sort Of smile. Let ne
relate at this time. one incident Of that men-
Orable Journey.
We had been on the march long time. stop
ping occasionally to permit me to make sesH-
tifc observations or to write down in my diaT
an important happening when. emerging from
bamboo jungle, we came suddenly upon al
group of cannibals. They were powerfully built
SavageS, accustomed to the taste Of human
flesh. But il was such q surprise 70 them C
see US, and Schlencker said my huge size helped
to scare them, that they ran like frightened
antelope.
The missionary shouted to them: '0lissi0naFyl
Missionary" WheFeUpOn, to my amazement, they
halted and returned. spent my time studying