The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-18
INCIDENT IF LION
 HUNT IN AFRICA Natives Surround King of Jun
 gle and Kill Him KERMIT GEIS A BONGO There Are Only Two Cases on Record of White Man Capturing
 Young Bango in the Afri-
 can Jungle.

Nairob British East Africa, Decem- ber 11.-A long stream of porters came winding across the veldt toward Tthe station at Nairob looking for all the world like a string of ants. The Stars and Stripes was held aloft by a giant native, and the sound of blasts on horns made strange discord with the chanting of the weird and elusive saf1r song.
 Shortly Colonel Roosevelt arrived on the back of his favorite horse called Tranquility. It was the end of his last trip in the British East African pro- tectorate. This saf1r, which was the fourth to be made out of Nairobi, Colo nel Roosevelt and his party at Aehoys farm at Girgoi in the Guasu country, gave the opportunity of witnessing boxing exhibition of trained lions. A headdress formed of the lions pelt was worn by many of the natives, indicat- ing they had shown their supremacy over the lion with nothing but the lance in the hunt. The natives display ex- traordinary sagacity and courage in the hunt.
 The body of 70 men, almost naked, with their sharp spears and attended by the chosen spectators, the latter being mounted. proceeded down a long valley, where the grass was thick and thorn trees lined it's edges.
 Very soon lion was observed not more than 400 yards in front. Imme- diately the warriors gave chase and in less than two miles they had rounded up the king of the jungle. The horse men then approached and it was seen that the lion at bay was a full-grown black-maned specimen. The spearsmen began their task Of surrounding the quarry. Every man went to his allotted position and the circle slowly closed in on the snarling beast which swished his tail and kept up a continual roaring.
 The warriors drew to within 20 yards of the former President and the horse men soon gave him an exciting spectacle at close range without any sense of danger. Three times the lion made a savage charge at the warriors but stopped short each time with mane brist- ling and tail switching in impotent rage. Again the attacking party advanced to within ten yards of their victim.
 One last desperate effort was made and the lion received ten spears in his body In the brief moment the lion managed to drag down one Of the native hunters. He sunk his claws into the mans flesh.
 The death of the king of the jungle seemed to awaken all of the fire in the black men. They began to advance upon the body and waved their bloodstained spears vigorously. Each was bent upon securing trophy of the hunt Many of the spear handles were bent from the force of the impacts and in the ad- vance their shields were held above their heads. They sent up bloodthirsty yells in the joy of their victory.
 In the meantime the injured man was being given medical attention and he bore the pain of his wounds without s sign of concern. He who had first jabbed his spear through the lion joined in the dance at the end Of the hunt, but soon retired to a distance from sheer exhaus- ton. He sat down apparently indifferent to the antics of his fellow huntsmen, as he was now a leader of the muster and, therefore, must show no visible sign of his pleasure.
 The luck of Kermit Roosevelt has been proverbial While his father was hunt ing with Lord Delamore, Kermit went off with R. B. Cole and his Wanderobo warriors. The tribesmen are good at killing bongo, which are very rare, and only to be found in the forests. In a
 
 game and the younger Roosevelt had secured large and fine specimen of the female bongo and one of the young inn mature bongo. This was feat that many old hunters might justly be proud of, it Is said, and it is asserted no white man has ever stalked in the forest and shot bongo.
 There are only two cases on record of a white man capturing an immature bongo with the aid of the natives and dogs. So pleased was one of the resi- dents here with the success of the youth that he presented Kermit with fine specimen of the male bongo and he says the Smithsonian institution will have complete family group and possibly the only one in the world of zoology.
 Roosevelt Stands Trip Well.
 Butiaba, Uganda. January 16.-Com- mander H. Hutchinson, superintendent of marine who went up with Colonel Roose-