The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
EXPECT To TAME
AFRICAN ANIMALS
Expedition Will Leave Soon
To Create New Source
of Food Supply.

New York, March 11.-Major Fred
erick R. Burnham, who was chief Of
scouts for the British army in the
Boer war and who received the ID. 8.
O." for his services, arrived at the
Belmont from Washington and told
something about the expedition which
he is soon to lead into Africa. This
is not a warlike expedition, but one
which in a sense is scientific as we'll
as economic and the results it Is hop
ed, may be the creation of a new
source of food supply. with CONNER
cial profit to those interested in the
expedition. These include, besides the
major. John Hays Hammond, men
toned as the special ambassador to
the coronation of King George; Mr..
Hammond's son and persons in Cali
experiments in the domestication of
wild animals are to be carried out af-
ter the return of the Burnham expedi.
ton.
Tex Long In Africa.
The expedition Is going over to get
specimens Of African animals that 1t
is thought may be domesticated, al
though Major Durham pointed out
that there is nothing sensational about
this undertaking. There will be no
moving picutre machines taken along,
and there will be none of the features
incident~to the expedition of Colonel
Buffalo Jones, who used firecrackers
and lassoes in the jungle. Major
Durham knows Colonel Jones and
admires him, but as for lassoing wild
animals being q new stunt in Africa,
bless you there is nothing in that, for
Tex Long did that in South Africa as
many as ten or twelve years ago
Where the South Africans could get
hold of and brand only fifteen zebroids
during a hard afternoons work, Long,
who as the handle to his name indi.
Gated was from Texas and had been
reared a cowboy, got him long rope
and mounted on a jenny went into a
herd of the hybrids and threw down
two hundred in the course of q morn
ing.
Plans Of Expedition
No, it is not zebras that Major
Burnham is going after. He and his
associates are after wild animals
principally of the kind that the Beers
have proved. can be domesticated. The
major would not discuss the methods
by which their capture would be at
fected, but here is what he said about
his plans:
THE first members of the expedi
ton expect to be leaving early anc
then, when that is we'll under way
Harris Hammond, John Blick, my
brother-in-law, who is an experienced
traveller and explorer, and myself viii
join the first party in British East
Africa. We shall carry on explora
ton through various parts of Africa
One object of delaying our departure
is the fact that Congressman Brous
sard, of Louisian, expects to introduce
in the extra session of congress, bill
asking for an appropriation to be ex
pended under the department of ag
riculture for the very purpose of i'm
porting and demonstrating certain foi
eign animals that might be utilized II
the arid lands of the west and in the
great swamp areas of the gulf states
Mr.. Broussard has made a careful
study of this matter and certain of
ficials of the agricultural department
including Professor Irwin, have beer
lending all the assistance possible.
THE main object of the expedition
is to acquire or capture certain ami
mails and bring them back to be placed
on lands which we already hold il
California and Louisiana. John Hays
Hammond and several associates ant
friends are interested in this project
because they are familiar with all con
ditiOns in Africa.