The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13

drew nearer it was possIblc TO make out
black figures dancing, leaping and run
ming in and out among them. When We
mad come as near as we could without
danger of being seen we began TO hug
the shore very closely and at last dis
emhsrked, The party that went ashore
consisted of four white men and fve
black policemen armed with the best
rifles.
Carefully We crept through the bushes
until we came to the edges OF the forest
nearest the fire, and there n terrible sight
| met our eyes. The canniballstic ce5e-
hundred blacks were In the open space
| and ii was very easy TO make out the
grim figure OF old Ugnodo sumbah.
Near to His Death.
| Stripped and tied to a stake was young
| Harris, He was stlll alive. for we saw
tain defiance in his attitude that sent a
thrill through every white man there,
! He was facing death as white man
| should. The men dancing about him had
| their weapons. and even as We watched
| one dashed forward and made 81 fresh
| wound In the arm with the point OF an
| assecai. Ono of Harriss friends raised
his rifle and would have fired if Undele
| had not repressed him, and signed 10 us
10 remain where we were. Gathering
| himself like a runner starting from a
| mark he dashed full into the circle OF
| demonds drunk with palm wine and hemp
smoke. hurling them right and left with
| his mighty arms. and. facing the old
| chief addressed him in the native tongue.
"Ugnodo Sumbah. Is this the way you
would treat a friend of Undele2 Have
you forgotten that you and have eX-
changed blood and are blood prothers;
You have sworn to all That J have held
safe. Periurer' Dog OF liar! why
did you do tlns?'
All tho blacks knew the old man. His
spectacular appearance had startled thcm
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but they stood glaTaS angrily al nm
with weapons ready FOR instant use
Crouched in the long grass, We held our
| rifles ready for the crisis
| ITonodo Sumbah advanced with great
dignity and he was certainly barbarously
| impressive.
'.This man you call friend would not
give food to my children when they @ were
| hungry and when they took IT he Killed
| one OF them. There stands the father o!
| OF the dead man 10 bear me witness.
| They seized him and brought him TO me
We Will punish him and then VIC WIZ eat
| him You have spoken true when you
said You we're my blood brother. but now
YOU must go You must gor'
"No. L viii not go, Cut him loose at
once"
! The old chief grew very angry now and
raised his voice till 1t had the precise
sound of the roar of maddened beast
| go. Go. Undcle. OF / Will XIII you
| too!''
ITndcle threw his rife half up. pressing
| the rnuzc OF il against The black chIci-
! tain's breast. and pulled the trigger. The
| hody was literally hurled back IRON the
/ weapon as he fell dead,
Now pandemonium came, Undele emp
tied his magazine into the crowd that
rushed him and then whipped out his
| Lugcr AND put its nine bullets into the
| bunch OF them. We were little hn-
dered In our lire by the fact that both
| Harris at the stake and TndeIe fighting
| for his life were in line OF our bulleis.
The roaring volley from our guns. how
ever caused diversion The blacks split
into two parties. Quite number hed
toward the river. and the others. rushing
between Undelc and the stage 10 which
Harris was tied. forced the hunter back
| several PAGES. seeking 10 get inside the
guard OF his cluobed rife. with Which he
was lavins about him right and left
We were so heavily outnumbered that
II was hardly the part Of wisdom 10 dis
close our numbers as long as W" were
firing effectively from Our cover ano tho
guns sounded like several times their
| number Something had 20 be done at
once. however. as the men who had flrd
toward the river had turned and one OF
them was rushing on Harris With an m
lifted spear. dropped him as nc ran
and dashed into the open. drawing my
hunting knife.
able TO cut Harris partly free when at
tackled by three men from behind. Par
/ rvInr tho blow of ones club. ] ripped the
fellow from bis waist line down into his
hin with my knife and sprauC out OF the
y-av OF another's spear thrust One OF
my Soudsnesc came running To my res
cre and we got Barris loose. There Were
some big stones at the river brink, and
We literally dragged the weakened man
. in among these and dropped down there
under their scaniy cover,
Nv rifle had become jammed and
began work with my pistol on The blacks.
7.ho had fed toward the river and Were
now returning slowly 10 attack us,
!. thinking that We were 10 more than
three Or -FOUR in number. Codele Was
having The fight of his He and was con-
triVing to retreat on my men IN the
grass Once he was under cover OF theiI