The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-02

Embo is a model station--onc small, three.roomed
house tor the district eommlssi?ner' one for the mill
dressed stone; two Indian shops in corrugated iron,
and seven or eight long of hcehive grass huts
for $50 soldiers and police.
Two young white ollcers--a civilian and a soldier
preside over this entire center of authority, far
from the telegraph, over the peace and order Of an
area as large as English county and regulate the
conduct and fortunes of $4,000 natives who have
never previously known or acknowledged any law but
violence terror. They were uncommonly surprised
10 see four horsemen come riding up the zigzag path
TO their dwelling; but their astonisbment was bar
10 their hospitality, and we rewarded for
had Just time before the darkness aoodcd tho
land aud botted ont the mighty mountain and its
tiou. The jail consisted of a single room barred and
6ed brs sde @ mot was to S6 be seen @ s IN
groups seated round fires in the open They
a bard day miscellaneous work about the station,
they chatted peacefully they cooked and ate their
evening meal. The prison was only their shelter Tor
the night.
European Hospitality in the Jungle.
On our homeward ride in the early morning we
passed Swah village. These Mohammedans hayc
in the eastern parts of Africa. Armed with spe
roF religion and with Arab blood loo s they
level than the pagan aborignals among whom they
anca a over tbs par Of the world As traders
they arc welcomed; as fighting they are respect
Their khan had supplied with bananas the
previous day, with many expressions OF apology that
Today all this was repaired. The men Of the village
the number of perhaps fifty, walked sedately out
tras to Naked painted barbarians who surrounded
them, The khan led up white Arab stallion Of
pony, and then produced tea and familiar TIN OF
mixed biscuits. which he had overnight sent runners
proaeb. pr piHlD''' '''''
While or we rrsd eating & snd T'1S knv 11s
chief with chair, umbrella, KHAKI helmet. and other
feather In order to show their respect, they began
at once their war dance, and we left them quarter
fro: with quivering spears and noddlng plpnes to
their monotoDous chorus while the white sTa
ulgui6cd manner of the east.
After Lions Once More.
Our journey TO Embo had been delightful that
B" when we droVe to the hEs as
the setting tired out by fifty miles of road
skin spread out upon the ground and Colone Wilson
in spFp3gd od it n. with bs5 ec
that they driving long reed bed when the lion
ers Wilson fred and the lion bounded back into tho
reeds, whence stones fires shoutlngs shots S and all
after two hours being impatient and venturesome
they had marched in upon him shoulder to shoulder.
Nv fricuds ondeavofed 10 console me blythe new.
that lions had been heard of in two other places,
and that should be sure TO lind one in the morn
ing and the next day after we had driven three miles
a doi go e
swiftly TO and fro, under cover, and everyone de-
AT last only one patch of reeds remained to
beat and we took up our positions finger on rigge1T
he heaters, raising an astonishing tumnlt with yes
and the beating of tin plunged boldly in. Par
yurunt montes-out rushed two enormous wart hogs
Let reproach the courage of the pig. These
great fierce boars driven from their last shelter
charged out in gallant style-tnsks cleaning, tails
met fate prepared for king
With these and another which galoped down and
oistoled the way home had to be content; and
IAN now, far ] am concerned, sadly write, no
ions 'bagged -
Copyright 1909, by Winston Churchill.
rIn next Sundays article Mr.. Churchill will de-
cribe his journey along East Africa backbone from
Iairob 10 Lake Victoria Nyanza. Among his other
,ivd recals will that Of his truly perilons adven
urcs at pig sticking. Mr.. Roosevelt when be leaves
Iairob for tho lake. will travel and hunt along
his same route taken by Mr. Churchill to reach tho