Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-04-24

nifcance as he "buryins of The
; Ratchet" by the red Indian Of
North America. At any rate, thl;
particular whitened pipe came from
a man who claimed to be II brother
of Kalamba, and whose name is
Famba. He requested Us to come
at once to the village where he was
waiting, and assured US that the
light was finished" That was Oh
Friday. We had planned for spec
ial services the following Sunday,
hence We could not 60 till Monday
aud a member of the delegation de-
sired to wait until we could 60,
Early Monday morning we were
off, but not without protest from
some of our native Christians, who
said we were going into danger.
About + p m. we reached the vii
lage, where We expected to meet
the kings brother and Prime Min
| ister. lie was not there. Thew
said he had gone to another village
because we had DELAYED our com.
ing, but that they would send for
him. The second day we heard he
was in nearby village, but still
delayed his coming. We then con
cltded to go to sac him. Some
time after reaching his village, he
emerged from bit Of woods, evil
IDENTIFY suspicious that we might
betray aud capture him. Fambo is
long slender man of about sixty
years. and somewhat stoop- should
cred. His eye, deep-set and spark
ling, is overhung BY dark, heavy
brow. While polite and courteous
lie is evidently II man Of violent
anger and deep.seated hatred tor
an enemy. He carries with him a
breech loading rifle of large cali
Der. and a belt full of deadly look
ing cartridges.
The old fellow talked pleacantly
and long. and expressed the desire
to accompany US at once to the
kings capitol, at which, we were
again told, he was very inhuen-
tia! person, All our advisers said
to us: "No, don't 60 now; the peo-
pie up there haven't heard abont
you vet" As time proved, this was
wholesome advice. Fambo then
promised to 60 on alone, open the
way. and in two months come back
for us. We then returned to our
regular work in other villages.
Meanwhile. another chief of Ka-
LAMBDA, whose name is Kasonga,had
sent eight Of his people to Luebo
to ask that teacher be sent to his
people. As all the missionaries
there were not in a position to 60,
they sent us letters by two Of ka.
songa's men, urging us to 60 at
once into this territory before the
Roman Catholics could get there.
We had to obey orders. Our pur-
pose was announced to the men of
our caravan, of whom in all there
were about sixty. More than
tweni of them absolutely refused
to go with MS. saving: IF we go
up there they will kill US. We
cannot GO" Our luggage was di-
vided and everything left behind
that could be dispensed with; for
we had comparatively few men and
some Of them were boys.
| Upon reaching one of the Chris
tian village. the chief said he was
going along with US, because it
was not safe for us to go alone.
Two days Of travel brought US
again to frontier village, where
we spent Sunday and preached sew.
eral times TO the people-the first
gospel message the most OF them
had ever heard. Our old friend
Famba heard we we were again in
his neighborhood ard came to see
us, though we supposed he had
long since departed for the inter-
ior. Through mean busybody
a misunderstanding arose between
them, which resulted in an ugly
quarrel of a few hours, and would
possibly have been followed by an
ugly fight had we not been there
to pacify them. This was appar-
emily device of the devil to OBJ.
struct an entrance Of the Gospel
to the needy people, who have from