The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-10-22

many ornaments OF yellow metal.
Their spears were tipped with 1t, as
were their arrows, and they cooked In
vessels made all Of solid metal like my
armlet.
They lived in a great village in huts
that were built of stone. and surround
ed by a great wall. They were very
fierce, rushing out and falling upon our
warriors before ever they learned that
their errand was a peaceful one. Our
men were few in number, but they
held their own at the top OF a little
rocky hill. until the fierce people went
back at sunset into their wicked city.
Then our warriors came down from
their hill. and after taking many orna-
ments Of yellow metal from the bodies
of those they had slain they marched
back out Of the valley. nor have any
Of us ever returned.
They are wicked people, neither
white like you or black like me. but
covered with hair as is Bolgani. the
gorilla. Waziri, our chief. was there"
Ttplleu DuSull. ne Noo u very youhe
man then"
So that night Tarzan asked Waziri
about it, and WaZiri. who was now an
old man. said that it was a long march,
but that the way was not difficult to
follow. He remembered it well.
For ten days we followed this river
which runs beside our village. Up to-
ward its source we travelled until on
the tenth day we came to a little spring
far up upon the side Of a lofty noun
tain range. In this little spring our
river is born. The next day we cross
ed over the top of the mountain, and
upon the other side we came to a tiny
~rivulet, which we followed down into
a great forest. For many days we
travelled along the winding banks OF
river, until we came to a greater river.
into which it emptied and which ran
down the center of a mighty valley.
Then we followed this large river
toward its source, hoping to come to
more open land. After twenty days Of
marching from the time we had cross
ed the mountains and passed out Of
our own country we came again to an
other range Of mountains. Up their
side we followed the great river that
had now dwindled to a tiny rivulet I'M
til we came to a little cave near the
mountain top. In this ave was the
mother of the river.
II remember that we camped there
that night and that 1t was very cold.
for the mountains were high. The
next day we decided to ascend to the
top of the mountains. From a fat
mountain top we saw, not far beneath
us, a shallow valley. very narrow. and
upon the far side Of it was a great
village Of stone, much of which had
fallen and crumbled into decay"
II should like to 60 there and see
this strange city," said Tarzan, "and
get some of their yellow metal from its
fierce inhabitants"
1T is a long march," replied Waziri.
land | am an old man, but III you Will
wait until the rainy season Is over and
the rivers have gone down l will take
some Of my warriors and go with you"
And Tarzan had to be contented with
that arrangement. though he would
have liked it well enough to have set
off the mex morning. He was as i'm
patient as a child. Really TarZan Of
the Apes was but a child. or a primeval
man. which Is the same thing in a
way.
The next day but one a small party
Of hunters returned to the village from
the south to report a large herd of ele-
plant some miles away. By climbing
trees they had had a fairly good view
of the herd, which they described as
numbering several large tuskers. a
great many cows and calves and full
grown bulls, whose ivory would be
worth having.
Immediately the hunters started to-
ward the elephants. Tarzan stalked
after his own fashion along the leafy
way Of the middle terrace.
AS Tarzan moved silently through
the trees he saw the warriors below
creeping in a half circle upon the still
unsuspecting elephants. Finally they
were within sight Of the great beasts.
Now they singled out two large tusk-
ers. and at a signal the fifty men rose
from the ground where they had lain
concealed and hurled their heavy war
spears at the two marked beasts. There
was not a single miss: twenty-five
spears were imbedded in the sides OF
each Of the giant animals. One never
moved from the spot where it stood
when the avalanche of spears struck 1t.
for two perfectly aimed had pene-