The sun., 1919-10-12
MIGHTY HUNTRESS
! SEEKS NEW TRAILS
e.. -
Lady Mackenzie Soon to De-
part on Her Third Trip to
African Wilds.
ASSEMBLIES OUTFIT HERE
Will Explore Tana River COun-
try and Endeavor to Save
Race of Nasal.
ASSEMBLIES OUTFIT HERE

Lady Mackenzie, mighty huntress.
said at the Hotel Astor yesterday that
she expects to leave for East Africa
within three weeks to renew her ex-
ploration of the Tana River country.
She has been in New York assembling
equipment and arranging for the dis
poeition in this country of nine tons of
trophies now stored ut Mombassi.
Many of these will be presented to the
Smithsonian institution, the American
Museum OF Natural History and to other
museums.
Lady MacKenzie's exploration Of the
Tana River, one of the most treacher-
Gus streams in the world throughout its
more than 1000 miles Of windinas
through dense Jungle and papyrus
swamp. was interrupted by the war, and
the camp she established at the juno
ton of the Tana and rheki Rivers was
taken over by the British Government
as a military base. Heavy equipment
will be waiting for her when she ar
rives
She will take as part Of her equip
ment medical supplies to be used In an
effort to overcome an eye disease which
threatens to blind the entire race OF
Nasal
Canadian Indians rs Scouts.
II am going to try an experiment in
guides and scouts" said the noted big
game hunter last evening. Leading my
safari will be three Canadian Indians
chosen by me because of their skill,
courage and endurance. These men will
be invaluable for canoe work and for
tracking. As always happens In such
explorations and big game hunts, the
black men will stand just so much hard
ship and then they will quit, deserving
II possible. / shall have to rely upon
my Canadian Indians when the pinch
comes, because l am going through with
the job this time
The coming expedition will be Lady
McKensie's third big venture in Africa,
where she proved her skill as a big game
killer and as an explorer. Accompany
ing her on previous hunts were Bill Judd,
who was Col. Roosevelt's lion hunter,
and E. Shelley. who was with Paul
Raney. F. Postna, another noted big
game hunter. was with her on two expe-
d!tions.
Tn 1916" said Lady Mckenzie yester-
day, ~ was about TO penetrate the Tana
River Jungle, and had established my
base camp at the junction of the Tana
and Thekl rivers when the British told
ihS Nouau nave W my project.
They considered 1t too dangerous at the
time. l realize the job that lies before
me In attempting to explore this little
known river and its basin, but feel tina,
the discoveries possible will be worth
risking my life for. One can only guess
what les along the turbulent Tana. The
somalis have reported many times too
much elephant meaning great herds OF
elephants, and they have reported
swarms OF lions. rhino. hippo and other
great beasts. / want to find out II these
stories are true and get specimens. AS
for snakes, 1 know they will be present.
They are tho emily things really fear.
Has Hope for the Nasal.
After have supervised the shipment
to this country of great store of tro-
phies l shall visit the Nasal, taking a
complete surgical and medical OUTFIT, in
Guiding a doctor skilled In oculism. This
race, branch Of the Zulu and one of the
most remarkable tribes IN Africa, Is
af'icted with an eye disease closely re-
semblinr trachoma. Unless this disease
is checked speedily the whole tribe will
be blind in few years. 1 am hopeful
Of success in another mission. The
Nasal women are practising a form Of
race suicide in the fear that their chill
dren will be made slaves by the whites
Something must be done to make them
understand that white people no longer
make slaves OF black people,"
When Lady Mackenzie was in British
East Africa. near the border of German
East Africa. in 1914, her party encoun-
tered war party of blacks that had
crossed the border and were preparing
to attack the natives under British rule.
she moved camp and back trailed. re-
porting the an(afr1far n Ut ieb
authorities at NairobL The authorities
assumed that Il was merely tribal war
out when runners were sent out 1t was
found that the German ruled natives
had seized all the water holes along the
border and that machine guns com
manded strategic positions On top OF
this within four weeks came the news
that Germany had gone to war. 1t was
obvious Lady Mackenzie said, that the
German Government in German East
Africa had received war orders from
Berlin at least seven weeks before
Europe was plunged into war.
Lady Mackenzie has Ave elephants "a
her credit and innumerable lions, rhino'
ceroses, leopards, cheetahs and zebras
She has had more than one narrow es
cape from death In her hunting expedi
tons. While trying TO photograph q
charging lion she took second toe
long to seek cover and the brute's rusf
knocked her down. Before he coulc
rush again she downed him with single