Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
cANNlBALs AWAIT ROOSEVELT.
Frenchman Tells President of Numer
Gus Charms of the COMO.

New York, June 26-Henri Gauliard,
former official of the French gov
eminent, has written to Secretary
Loeb Offering his services to President
Roosevelt as guide on the hunting trip
he has planned in Africa after his re-
tirement from the white house. Mr..
Gauliard, during his stay in the French
colonies, was himself something of a
Nimrod. He shot seven elephants and
many hippopotami altho he modestly
disclaims any great prowess, and
speaks gently of hungry cannibals who
prefer white men to feast on.
After leaving the French government
service, he travelled around the world
in the search of health, and is now in
the employ OF the Chateau des Beaux
Arts at Huntington, l.. I. In his letter
to Secretary Loeb he describes himself
as follows:
II am Q Frenchman. 30 years of
age, vigorous and fortified with q solid
secondary education. have made in
the French Congo and In the Haul
Oubangui (1S99-19O5) several expedi-
tons on behalf OF the minister of col
onies I have commanded one of our
most remote posts, Ouanguu M'Bomou.
I have devoted myself exclusively In
the course Of this last sojourn in Sui
fanatics to studying thefauna and in
fanatics to studying the fauna and In
hardly explored. The sultan of Bang
assou honors me with his friendship.
II have chased panther, Mppopota-
mus and elephant. In 1906 assembled
the Nile to Khartoum and visited Ably
ssinia and Zanzibar"
The letter concludes with promise
to be loyal in the service OF the pres
ident and the declaration that he
would be ready to embark at twenty
four hours notice.
Discussing the prospects for sport in
the French Congo Mr.. Gouliard was q
little dubious today as to the enjoyment
the president, really will get out OF 1t.
Asked for the reason for these views,
he said:
"Ah, well, he will have to wear big
hat-what do you call it?, The merry
widow, c'est ne pas?-because OF the
sun; and then mosquitoes-mon Dieu!"
Most of the game, he says, has to be
shot from canoes, as the forests are
impenetrabie and there are no roads.
cone finds where the elephants come
to drink" he said, land one Hes in
wait. Forty yards Is the distance at
which one takes aim and the animal
will not charge unless 1t is alone. As
for the hippopotslmi kill them as l
would flies. They are pacific except the
females with their young
Altogether in Mr.. Gauliard's exper-
fence the most dangerous animal in
this part of Africa is the buffalo. They
travel in herds and will attack q man.
AS for the others he said there was lit
tie to fear. But II there is not much
risk from the animals, there Is some
from the natives. In his district they
were all cannibals.
'.They eat human flesh every day.
he said. "They keep slaves and eat
them when they are ready. Have seen
them? Only once. It Is difficult, very
difficult to assist at their fetes. But
/ know that many white men have
been eaten. They prefer white man
when they can get him. II had not
had many soldiers with me they would
have eaten me-"
He was certain that merchant or
mere traveller would have a cordial
welcome Of another kind.
Apparently any such an expedition
as the president is thinking Of taking
will require a considerable force. 1t is
customary to organize q corps Of beat
ers and send them ahead of the main
party Of hunters. They scour the coun-
try around and drive out the game
while the guns lie hidden In safe places
and make a battue as the scared anil
mails fleet past them.
With regard to climate, too, Mr.
Gtuliard was reassuring.
1.-THE first year." he said, mo one falls
i'll unless he is afraid. He has a good
appetite and feels well. But when he
has been in the country two or three
years he gets the fever"