Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14

soldiers that while peaceably inclined we
prepared to defend ourselves with white mans
guns and that wanted to see Mooraballyna, jr,
matter of business The head disappeared from view
evidently to carry the message to his chief; the others
remained the watch, speaking few words with
English from of the watchers behind the barricade
Hey, Daddy, you be Bolykl?'
"Yes, l answered in surprise. You know me?'
"Me you by Momorundoos town. and them
turning to interpreter, he told him that the
devil doctor who had nstigated the performance at
Momorundoo's town was there with Moorabalyma
making medicine.
This bit of interesting it threw much
light upon the of the outbreak and word was
passed in for the devil doctor to come out with the
younger MOOraballyma. In a few minutes word came
back that neither would consent to interview
Not feeling in mood to indulge in waiting game,
ultimatum was promptly sent in that the two should
appear at outside the gate should set the
town fire, surround the barricade, and kill every
who attempted to escape.
Hearing nothing from them at the end of three min
utes, an arrow bearing flaming torch sent flying
the barrcade to fall in the of the plaza
By good fortune fell right into the lap of the devil
doctor where he squatted the ground going through
bamboo grass girdle ablaze. Howng with pain, rage
and indignation, he beat out the fire, and, calling
of his play devils about him, started with Moorabayma,
Jr to wipe the waiting deputaon Oft the face of the
earth. This learned from cosby acquaintance
who palavering with interpreter. Scarcely had
we learned what was happening inside the barricade
peared, accompanied by huge dog and a few assist
ants to the devil doctor.
The Dogs of War
EVER since landing on the Guinea coast had been
- told numerous stories of the ferocious dogs
kept by the Whooras and other warke tribes of the
INTERIOR large green eyed brutes, with massive Jaws
and reputed to be in the habit of eating stray
occasionally to satisfy their hunger when other fresh
meat scarce. Consequently this canine attracted
my attention. He not so progressing as some
other dogs have met being tawny of color and about
the size and build of Great Dane but evidently bred
for savage traits.
of party, we had been doing most of the talk
ing, and when the devil doctor he must have
recognized the god doctor who had thwarted his
plot against Momorundoo and his With scarcely
a seconds hesitancy he spoke something to the dog
which evidently the idiomatic equivalent for
Sick em, Tige! for the dog gave savage growl and
lunged toward us. Appropriately a bulldog revolver,
or rather big chunk of lead from such weapon.
stopped the onrushing animal. With yelp the dog
jumped into the air and fell dead the grass while
the watchers along the top of the bacade gave vent
to many prolonged "Ah-ah-ahs" of amazement
1t seemed that this particular dog the favorte
of the devil doctor who had frequently and boastingy
proclaimed that the animal beyond the powers of
death, that could kill him, and by his many
repettons of this assertion had actually created the
impression in of the native minds that the dog
really was devil. 1t too that these savages
ignorant of such form of frearm an American
bulldog revolver, having known only the large, bulky
single shot, muzze loading pistols of centuries gone by
and the suddenness of the transition of the alleged
mortal pup from life to death had been rude jar.
The devil doctor raved and ragged but the revolver
kept plainly in sight and pointed directly at him he
made hostile movements. Moorabalyma, jr.,
apparently dazed and stood looking at the dead dog
Seeing that the monopolizing the center of
the stage to the exclusion of important matters
stepped to the body kicked it, rolled it over and
called to one of our party to drag to the creek bank
and throw it into the stream, procedure that acted
as last straw in breaking any superstous with
which the dog may have been regarded. This action
seemed to young Mooraballyma from his fit of
abstraction; for he turned upon and asked who we
white men were and what we wanted.