The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-02-22

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| The very first day Grogan camped
among the Dinaas he was visited by
| at least q thousand natives, but with
| the exception of one or Two small
| fracases with the servants they were
| weil-behaved But on the second day
| fully fifteen hundred arrived at the
camp and became very obstreperous
| Grogan ordered them away from the
| camp and had TO hustle some of them
pretty roughly
One of them turned on him and he
| had to knock him down. Then one
young blood danced 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 a general emeute, when no doubt
things would have gone badly with
! him. They behaved after this and
| finally made off to their villages and
left the party in peace.
"A MSSh ldlETs tuSS CApCilCUC6u MORE
trouble from the Dinkas. and this
| time it was Of more serious proper.
lions. Fully 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 sudden panic and threw down
their loads and ran toward Grogan,
calling out that they were lost.
The Dinkas thereupon killed one OF
| H. soldiers and two more had their
EsTills cracked. Grogan shot the chief
VI another man with his double-bar
reprifle: then turning round. he found
his servant had bolted with his re-
| volyer. At the same moment Dinka
hurled his spear at him, he lodged It,
| but the man N'ushed in vita club
and dealt a swinging blow at his head
which was warded off 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 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 trifling 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.
fail out OF range of Grogan's rife.
On to Cairo.
Finally they managed to win their
| way through TO the ;Sobat. where Gro
gan met Captain Dunn OF the Egyp-
ttan army. 1t was q lucky meeting
for Grogan, for all his followers were
sick: meat was non-egistent and all
the grain was exhausted: and as q
fina1 climax to GEogan's sufferings.
his hands had begu turn black on.
account or long lack Of vegeta bic diet
The meeting between these two men
was characteristic of the British sto-
tical dislike for displays OF emotion.
How do you do?" remarked Dunn
casually, as he advanced with out
stretched hand.
sOh. pretty fit, 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 swanps and deserts
and then such greeting! Verify the
British are strange people. quick to
hide their feelings It 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 Grogan made his way
down the Nile by gunboat to Khartum.
incidentally dEppping the first trans
continental nfail bag at aFashoda.
which he had carried with him
throughout his entire Journey. Ev-
eryWhere he was hailed with hearty
wI.some as .The Tourist
II m the South. -
VA 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 neyer-ending
fame as the first white man to tray
erse Africa from south to north
Surely, as he looka back through the
vista OF years. he will be proud OF
such an achievement. for he has full
reason to be.
For the rest of his life Grogan will
have the prefix Cape-to-Cairo" tackled
on to his name Not even death can
rob him OF his proud title.
After travelling through America.
Australasia, and Argentina. Grogan
has gone back to live once more in
Central Africa. He has tasted OF the
waters of the Nile. and. as the Arab
Swine vaas stIa who drinks once OF