The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06
asst important Stage of Roosevelts African Journey

, In this, the seventh and last Of his ayu-
end other experiences that bcfelf 1,;e vs
the route which Col. Roosevelt is now
Afrca Sir % caareni HmHaSs dsas wt iG a5FG iSa our
neg down the White Nile TO civilization
asain And besides being a most Inter
esting account OF river travel in Africa S
heart. the article brings out wildly the
big game hunting and the perils, from
the very last day OF his sojourp in the
African Interior.
We fingered lovingly around Hippo
camp (Wbeie oar first full day had
given us such remarkable bag of
big game) for two days more. moving
TO other 1eoo1s and oyerhows OF the
river with the launch, and striking out
inland in search of the great herd of
elephants We had sighted the after
noon Te landed at the camp. But al
all sides proclaimed By snapped off
trees and trampicd ground, and broad
lanes cut through the grass We saw
none of them. ard tribe OF natives
who had helped 20 carry home a va
liety OF buck Que afternoon, informed
us upon cxact authority that the whole
herd had been alarmed by the arrival
of strangers and tie sound of iriug,
and had retired three DAYS Journey
from the rivers bank.
These natives of the Lado Euclave
(BelG an cCuEi.T) were gcutlemen-hke
. JOIN. lEQ j nGGlP''cu lOiS NlIH IneIn
upon their aFa;-s, They were stark
naked and Very dignifed, with grace
1ul. athletic bodies, long. tapcring,
we'll bred hands and bright, keen eyes
I The local chief exhibited all these
characteristics IN superior degree.
and his natural pre- emincncc was rec
ogn;zed with instantaneous obedience
by his followers.
We loaded them with gifts. First. !
quantities of meat and hides; then
chocolate all round--thev loved sweet
things-three pieces of sugar for each.
st least one empty bottle per man. and
tin pots and cardboard boxes almost
without limit. The chief showed n fac
taste in all these things. and annexed !
st cnce IN his imperial style whatever !
took his fancy, TO whomsoeVcr it be |
lonped. east about for some means
CT doing him special honor, and luckily |
remembered that I had bought jap
aresc 6imono for q dressing gown in
passing through Port said on tho Jour |
ney ext. With this he was forthwith |
enrobaG, ana | must say he assumed the |
flowing garment with that easy grace |
and natural self-rossession which are |
the gifts Of a wilderness life. Thus /
The fabrics of Cathaay We're by. the en-
terprise Of Europe introduced into the |
ncart Of Africa.
OF for Civilization,
we left this attractive place and !
pushed off detcrmincdly into the White
Milo again 10 cover the last important /!
stage Of our African journey, we lost |
no time in making Nimulc. Stcaming /
throughout the night and all the next |
high and healthy slopes-Dow clothed |
with forest. now with waving grass
we approached. at about four IN the |
afternoon, the mountains beneath |
which is The administrative station OF
Nimule
Hitherto. the course of tho Nile, |
since il left the Albert lake. had been |
smooth and open-a broad, steady |
flowing river everywhere navigable to |
vessels OF not moro than four feet !
draught But at Minute, after n reach |
OF moro than q hundred and seventy |
miles of unobstructed waterway the |
river turns q sharp right angle and |
cutters a long succession of gigantic |
gorges. through which IL plunges III
ceaeeless cataract for a hundred and !
twenty miles. II is here at the head |
Of these rapids That one of the great |
reservoirs of the Upper Nile must some
dav he constructed.
The change IN the character of the |
river separated lis finally from our 40
tila. From Nimule TO Gondokoro VIC
,nust again proceed by land, aud the |
swift and easy progress OF the last
few days must be exchanged for the
steady grind Of marches. II was this
stage which had always been painted
10 me as the most dangerous and un
healthy in our whole journey. and |
had pictured TO myself eight days of
toll through swamp and forest amid
miasma and mosquitoes. These antici"
pations were not sustained, Of the
disadvantages of the track along the
river bank | cannot speak; bnt the mp
per road over tho hills is certainly eX
cellent and healthy, and runs through
out over firm, dry undulatlons of a
bright, breezy, scrub-covered country,
Spell Of Africa.
AT Nimule we touched the telegraph
wire again. and ] learned that parlia
lnent would not meet as soon as
had expected, This gave another ten
days more rope, and ! began 10 realize
how much the spirit of these wonder
ful lands had taken possession of me-,
for it was only with the greatest re.
luctance and difficulty that / forced
myself TO continue my homeward jour
ney without first turning back with
the launch and circumnavigating Lake
Albert.
NO eXertion OF inconvenience seemed
too great 20 win a few more glimpses
of these enchanted seas and gardens,
on which l may perhaps not look again,
but from whose spell ] never can he
free. Porters to be fed from day to
the Soudan frontier, public meetings
looming heavily in the rolf distance,
drove me onward; and with feelings
of keen and genuine regret we ad
4 dressed ourselves to the march to Con
dokorc.
This was accomplished uneventfnlly
4 in six stages. three of which were