The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-22
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VIA shuIlas Of Soudan Kill Rivals,
Just a. "Civilised" Men Do, Says
Returned Missionary. N

xxUm0n udtuIS 10 PfctsJ Aha~A sa&~
same the world over. liz PARKWAY
Egypt the native men, wild and I'M
ctviiized 40 they are, . are jealous
X minded when IL comes to a love ar
mir and they kill their rivals with
shout az much regularity and dispatch
a n displayed In this and other civ
Ilised countries under similar circum-
stances.
This condition was vouched for by
e d. H. T. Mclaughlin, OF Topeka,
Kan, who, with his wife, has just re-
turned from Egypt, where he worked
y - medical missionary, and Is now
visiting In the home of his brother,
J. H. Mclaughlin, No. 1876 Grummond-
4 ave.
u DR.. Mclaughlin and his wife went
70 the Egyptian missionary fields
about ~ years ago, as representatives
\ OF the United Presbyterian church. In
Egypt they joined DR.. Giftin and his
wife. American missionaries, who
have been laboring In the foreign
deld for some years. The party or
four, the two doctors and their wives,
after getting a stock OF provisions
and builu materials together, start
ed on -. TO the district of the
Ghulla trice, a distance OF 1000 miles
\ beyond Alexandria Finally reaching
n their destination after many trials
and fluctuations, they built little
mnd house on the shores Of the Sobat
river. about six miles from the point
\ where the Sobat empties into the
White Nile. They were not given
very cheerful welcome by the Shullas,
\ 1or the reason that they were looked
!, On with suspicion. The Shullas. In
4 years gone by, had received similar
Waits from the Turks and were sorry
zor Il, for the Turks killed many men
';0f the tribe and carried away the
Z widows and children.
Just One Convert.
when we explained to a man, who
seemed to be the representative OF
the tribe, just what we had come
Tor" said DR.. Mclaughlin to The
4 Times, he said they would walt and
see whether we were just as repre-
4 nonted. He they told us of the way
they were treated by the Turks. Nat
urally they we're suspicious OF US In
/. View Of what they had suffered. How
ever. we don't feel that we have lab
ored among them In vain, for, though
we have had only one Shulla convert
IA the 10 years we were there, the
young men, who went about naked
when we arrived. are now wearing
some clothing. Moreover, the Shullas
sro beginning to. learn the value OF
money and are gradually picking up
other ideas of civilization. In mission-
AIRY work, we believe that civilization
shall come first, education second and
christianity third.
"The Shullas are located In what Is
now known as the Egyptian Soudan,
600 miles above Egypt proper. This
territory. though possessed by the
British, Is really governed by king
of the Shullas. He has power to ex-
orcise the old Shulla laws and he
Z seems to be able to control the tribe
pretty well. Yet there are crimes
among the Shullas, just as there are
In this country. For instance, trouble
frequently arises at the Shulla dances
over one man paying too much atten-
ton to another's girl. While | was
there one sutton killed another as a
result of quarrel over a girl at a
dance The father Of the man killed
demanded OF the murderer SO many
cattle for his sons life, which is the
customary way of atoning for crime.
The murderer refused to turn over
the cattle, with the result that ter
rible battle followed among the
friends of the two sides. Forty per-
s0ns were killed and many injured.
II was near at hand at the time and at |
tended some OF the injured.
Cattle Given for Wives.
Speaking % the matrimonial Gus
toms of the Shyllas, DR.. Mclaughlin |
said that the girls were courted In the
6oudan much the same as here, but
that no man got his bride without
psying for he~. He Is obliged to pay
the father of the girl from two to
eight cattle, the number being in &C
cordance with the quality OF the bride,
\ the doctor said.
MANY marriages take place. said
the doctor, lin spite OF the fact that
II is pretty hard for some OF the
4 young men to produce the necessary
cattle. Polygamy is practiced by the
Shullas. man being entitled to as
many wives as he can pay for. The
4 king Of the tribe has 40 wives. The
British tolerate these conditions In
order to keep peace among the tribe"
DR.. Mclaughlin says the Shullas
regarded him and his wife as pro-
phets or persons with superhuman
powers after they had been there O
while. and in one instance the doc
tor relates that his wife made good"
with the natives. One Of the men
complained to the doctor that the
crops were being destroyed for want
OF rain. ~
sYou must bring us rain" the ma
\ tive said to the doctor.
The doctor started to explain that
he was unable to bring shower, but
\ Mrs. Mclaughlin was more daring.
y She took q look at the sky and then
reported to the native that there
would be rain the following day. And
rain It did. as Mrs. Mclaughlin pre-
dicted. Needless to say. she was
'ssolid" with the natives after that
The Shullas live almost entirely on
durrah. which has the consistency OF
mush when prepared for eating. They
Also eat some fish. The diet Is not
very nourishing and for that reason
\. the Shullas are all thin and scrawny.
The ground in the Shulla district IL
capable of raising fruits, grain and
Vegetables, but the natives don't seem
q anxious to learn new ideas OF agri-
culture. The cattle In the country
are regarded as sacred by the Shullas
& and they never kill q head, except