The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-25
IN THE AFRICAN JUNGLE.
Roosevelt's own story of His Re
msrkabIe Adventures
Kew York Prcssl

From the HoutNteN- -
Theodore Roosevelt. Consulting Engine
of the Great Mombassa ENpedit'oii
through East Africa: All rights resei'e0
and trademark registered.
AZ 4 next morning. having got On.
rifles and aoahlr-barreled guns ready. We
sat down. awaiting the arrival OF vus
guide He came. after sundry nt-s s--,3
10 congress- mean 10 us ~ -
brought with him his Fldus AchateS- -
boad Of hair which this fellow hau uS'i.7
an description. Tt was CURED mt -. - -
sand little coTkscrews- eacn consiSe'i,S -
about twelve hairs ana varying II - at ali
to six inches in length. dartng out "a ~ -
angles from his head Ike the gums ~, -
the rretful porcupiEe- My notnet -, 70 49,
same effect in Georgia among the pm
.-'rhe excitement we felt cannot be oe-
scrfbed uhen we first got siSht q Vui
game feeding in a tank about qus. go
mile away. 1t reminoea. . ny y, the bush
of the District of Columbia iIlidsl,,s 80
herd of sixty or more spotted HeeL So So -,
in every imaginable way IN 3 eiasSs So
TOM some under the branches % ,To
II famarind tree some drinking AT w
edge of the water, some lying down. -,
dreaming that the Great Teddy Was liz. III
with his trusty rifle, eagerly anu 'ei''0'
or ~,1nbe9rers-I received from IN
gun manufacturers in My County thifty
four different patterns Of guils-uy9M a.
lee 81 This spIendid herd, and rev dhA
ious movements brought US again III s issS
of the deer and not more lhan ~ . -
from a stately stag, the ouliyIls p ,'rs We
their troop. Looking TO our reporters VI
now ordered the guides to retreat, az,
taking their places, began cAutlOus.is -,
advance The sun had not quite , fisti'
but the light was SUFFICIENT " e--s-s1f
r,1ish exerv twig and blade hundIS9
Yards are now passed. twenty more WIZ
make success certainty-,H ilel -. 81
went a dead branch UNDER s.t az .bei-
and the whole herd are aroused from ts ~.
careless attitude. The stag ! hsQ yus'
marked at once prepared Tor llleii T., ~ -,
sfonuinp to sniff the wind. fell uhdeI ~
first bullet from DStilolyt - n fine
friends Savage also orougnt uoH q = ~, ~
buck just as he was starting al 'he
port of my shot 90. ~. ~a.ss,-cd
when Grant was president ne l re- - 90
over a million cigars. but ne never
ceived a gun. ] got very lew elsais W
ring nv incumbency. refused Tory ~ 80
/ horses and sampled. as before ststeu, I'm -,
| f,--forfr guns. most Of which ! pfoueAl ~
/ Esirobi yyith me. 7 prefer guns to cigars
Grant was not a hunter. he never Nttit
! fishing Cleveland was great atter 0uchs
md black bass. Harrison could shVOt
! 4auvasbacks at ninety miles an hVut-
/ MCKINLEY was no sportsman. Arthur pre-
/ ferred the smoking room TO the iViest.
I s@The sun here between and IS TOO
I hot to allow of our being out 50 We iSau
and talked about Taft, Standard oli ~
/ long brownsville predatory wealth. the
I LIARS clubs, the Ananias association ~
/ q $4,000 other things, till the len tiiSn ~
1 shadow of the tent showed us tnat uie
/ time for action was again come tOo~
4 y STROLL with ray Jack Wright fOWhhe
! niece as a companion. and returned aeoge
o'clock with a fine doe. My frienos
had not shot any deer, but a Touhs pea
1 fowl and some hares made goouiE ShVNs
/ a. o,tr dinner As we had another KIM
/ Of snort for the night we did not waste
much time over this meal. ana W.
ready at p m to start after tns -,
I plants and take possession o. Jul Vi'9'
zach was provided with a bottle OF
very weak grog. blankets guns anu a
[ small piece OF amber, TOT the suiusS 81
I afraid to be out at night WithOht lhe
I to keep away devils. Thus iOrtllieu' "S
proceeJed TO the shore OF the tank anu
( found p round hole dug in she ground
between the waters edge and the lehsie :,
il was about two feet deep VIII tHe
{ earth il had contained thrown up as 4
breastwork and some loose Dranchcs
I strewn before il so as to screen the nun.
er from sight and make the grouhla l,l l1Os :
I natural This was to be my sleeping
Mace. so into it ] cTept and, curing my
. self up to adapt myself TO its shape. De-
gan meditatinE on the prospects Tor a
I .hird term. the comforts OF home ana
on the luck of my companions, whose
watching places were half mile distant
on either side.
Gradually my thoughts began to give
vas marching I'd San Juan hiil-shOOting
the bears In the cane0rakeS-cnasins
moose in the Notwithstanding with
I Mike Donovan-swinging the Big STICK
against Hartman and the rest of the
n1aiefactors-denoun the m0llycoddles
when Ami, Amir struck on my ear, ana
sure enough. there they Were-sfXteen
splendid elephants standing on the other
side of the tank drinking its thick waters
OF filling their trunks with the mud. jet
ting il over their huge backs But how &c
get at them, Kermit crawled through 4
terrible tangle and got an excellent photo
graph of the herd. | FASTENED to the othe'
side OF the tank ard found one OF my com
panions loading his Siebold hammeriess
/ A-oaliber for the attack. Down We wen
on our hands and knees to crawl nearer Is
our unsuspecting foes
| All went well at first. BY the moon
light their backs-now covered with Whit
mud-lOOked strangely Shost-hke. and
they doomed twice their natural size il
the hazy atmosphere. We were now with
in twenty PAGES Of them. and ! was still
, ! crawling on. when a scuffie behind M
! drew away my attention-my companion
gunbearer had got frightened, and. juds
ing that we were already near enough
, was trying TO make off with the gun I n
fortunately. as he turned he was caugh
by the heel. and in the struggle the gul
was discharged. ! saw u was of little us
firing, as the startled elephants were al
ready on the move. but. taking aim a
the nearest an old one with her punchi
had the luck to bring her down on he
knees Dclusive hopeI. She quickly ros
again. and in an instant the far-off crush
. ing of the jungle was all that told us q
: the reality of our late encounter
p "Austhematizing heartily our coward
, | follower, VIC returned to the oiies an
sought comfort in the sleep from whic
: we had been so fruitlessly aroused. som
/. hours afterward I was aroused bv m
/ companion. who pointed out two spiendi
, elks. doe and q buck. within sixty mace
Of my lair. To indemnify me for my las
2 failure these both fell before nv WI
: chester After a thirteen-nlile march u
! reached Nairohi with an abundance q
i spotted deer. wild boars bears chetas
eiks, mares. peacocks. alligstors and jungl
fowl Kermit has thirtv-three fine snsr
shots which he is developing tonight 3