Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-17
MIGHTY HUNTRESS
SEEKS new TRAILS
Lady Mackenzie Plans Trip OF
Discovery on Tana River in
African Jungles.
REGION OF Dense FORESTS
Stream Broken by Rapids and Water
falls and Astounding in Big Game
and Snakes-Land Of
Big Animals.

New York Heading an expedition
to East Africa, which has as It's OBJ
ject the exploration Of the Tana river
and the hunting. Of big game, Lady
Mackenzie, the woman huntreSS, Is
In New York completing details OF the
trip and arranging to dispose OF tro
phies obtained in two expeditions she
already has made to Africa.
Upon her arrival at Monbasa, AT
RIGA. she will remain several days, SUI
perintendng the shipment of nine tons
of trophies she has stored there
These include many rare specimens OF
heads and skins of animals, and Will
be presented 10 the Bronx Geological
museum, the American Museum OF Nat
ural History, the Smithsonian instlfu-
tion. and other institutions.
One rare trophy is the head and skin
of a garanak, an animal with a neck
and head like giraffe, which is sell
dom seen in the open, according TO
Lady Mackenzie, who shot the beast,
In her forthcoming expedition Lady
Mackenzie said she would be accom-.
panied by f. Postma, who was with
her on her other hunting trips. Will
liam ("Bill) Judd, who was with
Colonel Roosevelt's hunting expedition
In Africa; f. Shelley, one of Paul
Raineys hunters, and Pete Pearson.
The Tana river, Lady Mackenzie
said, is one of the most treacherous
streams in the world. 1t is full Of
whirlpools, waterfalls and dangerous
rapids. At places along its winding
course the forests are so dense that
travel is possible only by literally
climbing over the tops of the trees.
The length of the river is estimated at
from 1000 to 5000 miles.
Land of Big Animals.
II am returning to continue work
that was interrupted by the war" she
said. I'm 1916 Il was about to start
the exploration Of the Tana, and had
established my camp at the junction
of the Tana and the Theki, when was
told would have to stop.
II appreciate the danger that lies be-
fore me, but feel the discoveries that
will be made will be worth risking my
life for. What Is along that river can
only be guessed at. The Somalis and
the Wanderobas have at times reported
too much elephant meaning a great
herd or great herds of elephants. At
other times they have told us Of huge
lions, great rhinoceroses, hippopota-
muses., and other great beasts / want
to find out If their tales are true and to
get some specimens. l know that big
snakes are 20 he found along the river.
for have seen them. They are what |
really fear.
AFTER I have supervised the s.ip-
ment Of the trophies. | am going to
visit the Nasal. | want to take with
me complete surgical and medical
outfit, including a medical man and
his assistants. This race, one of the
most remarkable in Africa. is afflicted
with an eye disease that closely resem-
bles trachoma. Unless it speedily is
checked, the tribe will become totally
blind in few years.
II also hope to accomplish another
mission. The Nasal women are practic.
ing a form. Of race suicide. They fear
that in time the whites will make them
ana their children slaves and servants
] saw only seven children in the tribe,
1t Is only question Of short time
less they are made to understand the
white people no longer make slaves Of
black people"
How Germans Prepared in Africa.
Illustrating some conditions she will
face on her trip. Lady Mackenzie told
of incidents of her expedition in 1916
She gave an interesting sidelight Oh
how thoroughly the Germans in Ger,
man East Africa had prepared for the
war. She said
1--WE were hunting lions on the Ger
man East African border when one
day we saw party of blacks mancu
vering, We could not make out what
they were doing until they crossed the
border. Then we thought they were
going to attack the British Africans
Things looked very serious and we De
cided to move camp. The rapid mp.
proach Of the blacks forced us to leav,
hurredly but we were able to hide
nearly all Of our supplies and equip
ment.
"Three weeks later we reached Mai
robi ana reported what we had seen
The British authorities sent out run
ners to learn what was going on. They
reported that the German Africans h0G
seized all the water holes and were
occupying other strategic points. This
was four weeks after we had report,
ed. A day or so later news reached
MARRIOTT that Germany had declared
war. Thus you can see the blacks in
Africa had had orders from Germany
to act more than seven weeks before
war was declared"