Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-02-06
TELLS OF HUNTING
LIONS IN AFRICA
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next day he returned saying that he
| would kill the lions for us He sent
word to all the kraals in the valley
for all the men to come the next
morning for the hunt.
That evening l took my talking
machine down to the hut where he
was quartered to give him a little
music. He had with him two of his
30 some odd wives and sent one of
them to call his men who were in
another hut near by. These women
were typical of the heather women
with many rings on their arms and
| legs, ornaments fitted in big Sits in
! their ears, their bodies greasy and
| shiny, and their hair plastered down
J into hundreds of little greasy. Shiny
| braids with a mixture of red clay,
grease and ashes, This was the first
| time any OF them had ever heard a
| talking machine and they thought it
some sort OF a magic box bewitched
by some god. Mr.. Dysart was along
and after I had played a few records
| he read from the scriptures, talked
to them awhile and we. with some
of the Christian boys of the station,
sang some songs.
Next morning was bright and clear.
We heard the men coming from diff
ferent directions TO gather for the
hunt. After breakfast Mrs. Alvord
and | went down to see them leave,
but found that they were not yet
ready. AS we stood there we heard
the singing of many men coming
from down the valley. As they drew
nearer we heard another group COM
ing from up the valley singing also.
The two groups came into the open
at about the same time, approaching
each other from different directions.
When about 100 yards apart they
halted, and flourishing their spears
and axes at each other they uttered
a war-lke chant. One could easily
imagine that battle was about 10
begin. They then came on to the
hut where the chief was seated on
the steps just like a king on his
throne. Some sort of ceremony was
going on People were on their
knees before him or sitting at his
feet and there was systematic clap
ping of hands. Then a big half cir
Gle was formed in front of the hut
and into the open space before the
chief the different men came out and
executed war dance during which
they demonstrated by gesticulatiOns
and chants what they would do 30
the lions. After about 10 minutes
of this, Chief Gogoyo stepped out,
gave a short speech, in which he
gave directions for the hunt and
own. | then asked if | could take
a picture of his army, whereupon
he ordered them to line up, nearly
800 strong, of half naked heather
bristling with spears, bows and ar
rows, axes and etc, while l stood
upon a tree stump and took their
picture.
They went out in the direction
from which the lions were heard the
night before, hunted all day without
seeing any trace of them. and that
evening the chief sent all his men
home announcing that he had fright
ened all the lions out of the country
That night we heard the lions roar
ing about two miles to the east OF
us in the opposite direction from
where they hunted We have heard
them every night since. Last night
lions were heard in three different
directions at the same time, and to-
night as I write this letter they are
roaring only about quarter of a
mile away. I guess the woods are
full.
Well I must close to get this let
ter off by post boy. All our mail
reaches us from Mt. Silinda. Melset-
ter Dist, South Rhodesia, Africa, by
post boy. so when you write address
us there Will you kindly pass this
letter around to others of my Pull
man friends? With best wishes &c
ell of you for a happy Christmas and
q Joyous New Year, ] am
Very sincerely,
EMORY. D. ALVoRD