The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04

ne ~ fhs ssplorashsa ~ th@ 'basM' .
/ w~afsrs auztrnlia. a " CsnninH. ~
bspas-uf nas n his prim-. hss cum
~ i.asssl,su 9, @a ~ . usll nissi,ssi holiday
IN tprtl - this v~ar NJ Csnnina sicc~~s
Y f'iIly eaaritlssi he tash ~ rnaHina
siucE rBpt. srru-s no miles - unhno~t
ruuatry. extending frnun The rputhSss
~ tks nortn@sua - s~us-rn Australia
/ Having tpiis-i sur nnath- In q t-snpsra
tire "a tso ,I-sr~~- w N. slsssi- and bs~s
forrest - place bio Trust in ,resrhsr'u'
nat vas the rsturns-i eSphT-r ssvs ~
ianslon lNsndfsd has noS ths ~ati-fsc
tern - having accomplished not "niV
What hal bs-n hithertp declared iInpu~si
bio IN anaiias srniri~nt water right arru--
Australia o. supply bath man and h'-a-'
but he has opsned ~ the WHIT" man q
country whirh may In zen years time -
regarded a. among the u,n-t valtinbl- IN
the empire
The rs~uilt - che sxpeslitiuu uas a cuun
pl-ts vinsliration 20 the thaory hsld Nv
the eSplorsr before hs started that there
must 10 supplies % water ~ easy stages
right acrosa the country Absfi9ins-
w~rs known - sni-t IN the centre. he
argus,i. and how couhl they live without
water Therefore, Mr. Canning. with
seven white men. -tart~d from Wilma.
In the sDuth. IN May. Ies To find the
water springs the party had 10 relv upon
the natives. tine man wouhi be obtained
from one tribe az family N take the sS-
pestit,on about fifty miles until another
native who couLi give Information 81 the
water in the new district was forthcom-
L.. NtEtN NEta InlNNI
though trearheroua and hostile AZ times.
There vas little fear % danger II the party
travelled quickly. - the natives. who
we're In every way exceptionally cunning.
were anxious Ia talk the matter over
among themselves before making an at
tack
we lost one of our men on tho pre-
liminaFy sxpsdition.' pursued the eN'
ploreg. This poor fellow was named
Tobin. He had gone IN speak to a native
by ono u the wells with regard u the
water and had told him that We we're
very friendly and wished him no harm
The native agreed 20 tell him what he
wanted 20 know But while Tobin was
talking he happened to look away for an
instant and ct that moment the native
thrust q spear into the side Of his face.
Poor Tobin fell but though dazed was
able TO fire his gun. Instead 81 aiming
at the native. however. he Intentionally
fired over his head IN brighten him The
native ran away. and Tobin scrambled
10 his fest and followed.
'when heard the report I was about
half q mile away without q rife. ran
10 ward the two men and shouted tn Tobin
tO halt. a. I noticed the native had his
spear poised Tobin could not have
and continued chasing tho
native. Suddenly Tobin stopped. realizing
the position. and put his rife In his shoulder
and fred A he did - the native hurled
HE spear. which tore its way right through
our comrades chest Tobin died next
day. Strangely enough. as hs was struck
by the spear he pulled the trigger OF his
rife and tho native dropped dead
When Mr.. Canning again visited the
spot STA miles from any town he carried
with him a marble croas inscribed in /
memory Of hts unfortunate colleague /
and erected II over the spot where the
body was buried
Other appearances 81 the treachero -
nature Of the natives were recalled b. !
MIR. Canning Once he crawled with a /
guide into q narrow cave in search OF !
water when he discovered that the native |
was evidently trying To wriggle hack to !
the entrance apparently for the purpose |
u closing in the exit. The explorer pre-
' ented this by seizing the natives foot !
and forcing his guide before him until /
The water was found
The remarkable charact eristicR about !
he natives Of Central Australia. Mr. Can
hing discovered. vas their ability 20 track .
BY foOtmarks A native could tell by /
whom a footmark had been made. even !
hough it's yossessor had not been seen
BY him for years On one occasion a hand
u natives had discovered the footprints
Il the exploring party and, fully armed.
waited the appearance Of Mr. Canning.
hy his guide, az one 81 the
natural springs Fortunately the guide
discovered that the armed hand were
members % his own tribe After con-
parley they appeared hesitant
IL to the attitude they should adopt
oWard the explorer
AZ that moment thrpe cockatoos flew
through the sir above them Thee Mr.
aiming brought down with one shot
The overawing enect OF this was soon
vident. and four ~ the armed men cnn-
ented 10 act a. guides TO the explorer
While he pIr-'Ied his investigations For
lnately. however. he was able IN obtain
~ their spears. but toward
vening the gIides became RESTLESS and
emanded their return Mr. Canning re-
used. whereupon n native quietly walked
asst where they were lying and dragged
ne Of the weapons with him along tina ,
round Another moment and u would
ave been in the explorers body Quickly ,
aising his rife Mr.. Canning ordered the
rIide 10 drop his spear The order Was
'illenly obeyed
How TO protect himself that night
ntil he could return 90 the remainder
the party from whom he was tempo .
arily separated was a serious question ,
Or the explorer Finally he ordered his {
,Iide~ into q small cave and commanded :
hem 10 STAY there until dAybreak In :
he middle of tho night neverthelesa MIR ,
aiming awakened Ia see one 81 them }
Keeping out % the cave and making
/ the direction NJ the sheaf 81 spears :
he explorer spranR "a his feet and so
iartlcd his guide by pointing the gun NJ Z
i'm that there was no further attempt I
! treachery thar night In the morning :
ir. Canning. having hidden the spears :
epart~d on his camel. leaving his diacon- 9
Dlate guides TO search for their vanished u
'eapDns v
The country II not thickly populated 4
nth aborigine=. for the expedition did I
NJ meet with morn than fifty native. 10
very hundred miles traver~ed Thar q
Ing,iage was noticed 30 differ ConsisIar- a
bly, in every forty miles IN latitude q
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