Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-04-16

who paid ior it. OF course the
rative mind cannot see it this way
cor all the chiefs contributed thus
the whole country would get the ben
eft. This is heathenism.
An epidemic of smallpox is sweep
ing through this country and many
deaths have resulted among the ma
| tives. 1t seems that the natives
are much more susceptible to such
diseases than the white man, per-
haps because of their unsanitary
mode of life, so unless they are prop
erly yaccinated an epidemic results
fatally | have had an interesting
experience helping Dr.. Lawrence and
/ Rev. Dysart yaccinate natives. Rev
/ Dysart and 1 did the scarifying while
| DR.. Lawrence smeared on the vac
cine 1t was interesting the way diff
/ ferent ones took it. Most of them
/ laughed and ioked but many were
very frightened. Two women went
into Mysteries and had to be carried
away. Chief Gogoyo brought along
his household consisting of 80 wives
and their children, and stood by vain
! ly trying to put them through the
mill without any trouble. They
talked and chartered and backtalked
to him like flock of magpies. |
think that in spite of his wealth in
wives the old chief is sometimes a
very henpecked husband.
We vaccindted nearly 500 people
only to find that most of the vaccine
was worthless. We got fresh sup
ply from DR.. Thompson at Mt. Sa>
linda but it was limited as the British
government wanted it used up in its
own territory, so after vaccinating
the natives close around the station
we hafto wait until the Portuguese
commandante sent us a new supply.
When it came we sent word out to
the natives to come in and be vac
cinated but very few of them came.
Chief Gogoyo sent word in that they
had been ''chekwa" tcut) once and
that they would take the 'ndaa" (af-
fair) to the witch doctor and find
out from him whether or not they
needed to be cut again. So you see
my future in the vaccinating profess
sion lies in the hands of the witch
doctor.
Some of the natives are beginning
to suffer for want of food. The corn
and mungoza grown last year is
practically used up and the dry sea-
son delayed the planting so much
that the new corps haven't come on
yet. Some of the heather natives
who drank their corn up in the form
OF beer must be having a hard time
of it, One OF our Christian natives
l and his family were in a critical con-
dition with not enough food for the
, nourishment of their bodies so they
7 were daily growing thinner and thin
ner | invited him to go out hunt
? ing with me. / shot bushbuck anC
. gave it to him. He said he would
/ go home to eat and bring his broth
: er's son to help him carry it home
8 in the afternoon. When he returned
e to get it he found that someone els
: had carried it away. The next Sat
: urday | shot a big waterbuck. HI
{ cut it up while I returned home t
get men to carry it in, and it tool
II six men to carry all of it. Madulan
Il was very happy because of all tn
It meat l gave him, and now he an
+ his wife and baby are filling out i
e their cheeks and beginning to loo
d like their old selves. When the na
n tives kill an animal they eat every
/. thing but the hair, hoofs, bones an
is horns, and / believe that if the
l. could chew them they would es
rs them also.
le f. d. ALVORD.