The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-01-12

bound. While others were neaplng luel
ON the fire. Feeling sure that can
nibals were about to make repast
upon human beings. ! drew near
enough for them to discover my pres
ence above them. They seemed to be
paralyzed with establishment. Sinking
to point about fifty feet above them.
/ shouted to them to unbind their pris-
oners. Not understanding my Ian
guage. they were all the more fright
ened. ! seized my photograph and.
pointing the horn at them, turned on
the whoops Of American Indians.
Hearing such sounds from the throat
of an enormous bird seemed to put
vigor into their legs, and they ran in
every direction.
Descending, unbound the prisoners,
who as soon as their limbs were loosed
dropped on their knees before me and
buried their faces in the dirt. l raised
several Of them. desiring to communi-
cate with them, and. in order to invite
their confidence, gave them some
trinkets. Then | took my photograph
from my aeroplane and set 1t going
with a darby song. One of the ma
tives pointed to himself, then to the
monograph. as much as to say. There
is man in there" Going to the box,
he looked down the horn to see him,
then put his finger in, drawing 1t
quickly out to prevent its being clutch
ed. Not seeing or feeling anything. he
looked at me and put his hand within
a few inches of the ground to denote
the height of the pygmy supposed to
be in the box.
Having amused the simple creatures
for awhile with the monograph, took
up toy gyroscope and set the wheel
going. This to them was far more
wonderful than making man sing in
a box. They could conceive Of mite
of a man being in the box, but they
could not conceive of a wheel revolv-
ing with but one axis, supported at
any angle chose to put II. Every one
Of them dropped on their knees before
me. and by the motion Of their lips /
knew they were worshiping me. l
tried to stop them. but, finding it I'm
possible to do SO, | gave up the job
| and, dragging my aeroplane to a slope
favorable to getting a start, rose over
their heads and flew away. Some OF
| them gazed after me in wonder, while
others kept their faces on the ground.
| circled about, the wonder OF va
rious groups of natives. Finally l dis
cerned two lines of men engaged In
| combat. They were so intent on kill
| ing one another that they did not see
me till l was nearly over them. Then
| one after another looked up at me,
and. forgetting the human enemy In
the monster bird, they took to their
heels, gradually disappearing as they
| obtained cover.
1t was now beginning to get dark.
| sailed over different parties, but too
| high to attract their attention. Final
| ly, seeing a dozen men tied to stakes.
! descended 20 get a nearer view
They were evidently prisoners taken
In battle. who were TO be roasted alive
and eaten afterward, for under each
was a pile of wood, some Of which
was already lighted, small flame
curling up near their ankles. 1t was
too dark for them to discover me. and
the ground was not favorable to alight-
ing, so. taking up a roman candle,
lighted it and bombarded them with
the balls. Looking up and seeing the
dim substance Of huge bird lowering
over them vomiting fire balls, they fell
on their faces.
| called to them till they looked up
and made signs to them to unbind
their prisoners, which they did, and as
soon as the last man was loose l
drove the would be devourers away
at the point of another roman candle
Then | rose. firing rockets as l ascend
ed with a view TO striking terror into
them, hoping that they would con
slider themselves forbidden by the god
bird from further returning to Their
captives.
| then returned to where l had left
my supplies and after partaking OF
supper rolled myself in my blankets
under the shelving rock and went tt
sleep.
The next morning after taking II
fuel and oil ! sailed away again. BY
this time some Of the natives mad go
sufficiently accustomed to me to con
slider me amenable to attack and made
attempts to bring me down. Suddenly
while making some adjustments which
took my attention Il great stone pass
ed within a few feet Of my aeroplane
Looking down, | saw tribe who Wer'
working a machine that looked like
Roman catapult They were directl.
beneath me and about to throw an
other stone If it hit me it would
break my aeroplane. Not daring Il
risk taking time to rise out of range
picked up a stick of dynamite ant
dropped it on them. l saw dust. smok
and fragments. and after the two frs
had cleared away looked for the ma
tives and their catapult. Where the.
, had stood was a capacious hole In tn
ground.
+ Observing a native village beneatl
d, me, | determined to descend amon
them and remain with them till the.
had got used to me in order that
/, might commune with them. When we
+ some distance away l could see then
t standing together watching my aE
proach. The first evidence OF thei
solicitude was when ! came near Their
q and began to descend. Then they a.
Q ran away. But when | had alighte
| III thny GlQul