The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-02-22

times on that horrible march. As
he himself says, the man who has once
walked through this country can have
no fear of the hereafter.
The Fight With the pInkas.
The very first day Grogan camped
among the Dinkas he was visited by
at least thousand natives, but with
the exception of one or two small
| fracases with the servants they were
well-behaved. But on the second day
fully fifteen hundred arrived at the
camp and became very obstreperous-
Grogan ordered them away from the
pretty roughly.
One of them turned on him and he
had to knock him down. Then one
young blood danced a dangerous war
dance. brandishing his spear round
one of the armed escort, until Gro
gan took the spear from him and
broke it. Grogan had to spend the
rest of the afternoon with his hand
on his revolver. momentarily expect
ing general emeute, when no doubt
things would have gone badly with
him. They behaved after this and
finally made OF to their villages and
left the party in peace.
A week later they experienced more
trouble from the Dinkas. and this
time it was of more serious proper
tons. Fully a hundred Of them per-
sisted in following Grogan's little
party on the march and annoying
them. Grogan turned to drive them
off. when his followers were seized
with a sudden panic and threw down
their loads and ran toward Grogan.
calling out that they were lost.
The Dinkas thereupon killed one Of
the soldiers, and two more had their
skulls cracked. Grogan shot the chief
and another man with his double-bar-
rel rife; then turning round, he found
his servant had bolted with his re-
volver At the same moment Dinka
hurled his spear at him. he lodged 1t.
but the man rushed in with club
and dealt swinging blow at his head
which was warded on with no more
damage than a wholesome bruise on
the arm.
/ Grogan poked his empty gun at his
| stomach, and the native turned, re-
ceiving second afterward a dunn
dunn bullet in the small Of his back.
Then the Dinkas broke and ran, Gro
gan's army Of eight guns having sue
ceeded in firing two shots.
After dressing the wounds Of two
soldiers, who, with the trifing excep-
ton of two gaping holes in their
heads, seemed little the worse for
their experience, they all hurried on.
with the Dinkas following until night
fall out Of range of Grogan's rifle.
On to Cairo.
Finally they managed to win their
way through to the Sobat, where Gro
gan met Captain Dunn Of the Egyp
tian army. It was q lucky meeting
for Grogan, for all his followers were
sick; meat was non-existent and all
the grain was exhausted: and as .
final climax to Grogan's sufferings.
his hands had begun to turn black On
account Of long lack of vegetable diet.
The meeting between these two men
was characteristic of the British sto-
] ical dislike for displays Of emotion.
How do you do?" remarked Dunn
casually. as he advanced with out
stretched hand.
"Oh, pretty 1T. thanks; how are
you? Had any good sport!" replied
Grogan calmly.
"Oh. pretty fair, but there's not
much here. Have drink? You must
be hungry; I'll hurry up lunch. See
any elephant? Had any shooting?"
Dunn asked as he led the way to his
tent
This after travelling six hundred
miles. across swamps and deserts
and then such q greeting! Verify the
British are a strange people. quick to
hide their feelings. 1t was only after
they had washed. lunched and dis
cussed the latest news of the Boer
war. that Dunn thought to ask his
guest who he was and where he had
come from.
Gradually Grogdn made his way
down the Nile by gunboat to Khartum.
incidentally dropping the first trans
continental mail bag at Fashoda
which he had carried with him
throughout his entire journey. Ev
erywhere he was hailed with a hearty
welcome-everwhere as THE Tourist
from the South"
On arrival at Cairo he once more
stood in the roar of the multitudes
after fourteen months spent in the
heart of Africa. Here he was again
| in the prosaic land of certainty and re-
spectability. But he had won In those
long fourteen months never-endins