The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-08
TULSANS REACH
MISSION SAFELY
Workers Get to Destina-
tion After Braving
Many Perils
lIFE WAS IN DANGER
+ Russell Morse and Family
We're Threatened Many
Tines by Enemies

Ar.r long hazardous Journey
and perls both from the elements
and human enemies, there is COM
n,raf.,g comfort even in a rude
Tibeian mission station such as that
which will for eight succeeding years
be home TO j. Russell Morse, Ger
trude Morse and baby Eugene OF
|. Tulsa.
Tho mission grounds are located
outs.do Eatang on "A hill across a
beauuul mountain stream and con-
ast O. "a hospital, school building
ktsnl two houses with grassy lawns,
according TO the most recent letters.
The church is in the city. Two
walls OF the Morse home are the
walls Of neighbor houses as well.
Tho walls and roof are made of mud,
washed with lime on the inside to
give an appearance of plastering. The
flat roof has two rooms. Drinking
water is carried from a mountain
stream and wash water obtained
from a small irrigation ditch rum
ming near the house. The wash
house is down in the court where
there Is a large open fireplace or
native stove made of mud and
large iron basin for water heating.
Servants are necessary because of
the primitive accommodations and
equipment, such as brooms consist
ing Of light weeds, but they are
hopelcssly unframed.
Few Americans There.
The few American missionaries in
! Batang are the only white people
within hundreds of miles and the
late arrivals can neither speak the
language nor understand what is
spoken. They have now started Ian
guage study, which is to be contin-
ued as their first concern for two
years.
An account of the So days journey
with as days of actual travelling is
given by Mrs. Morse. The first
nine days we were in great danger
Of the Chinese robbers; In fact, we
had little hope of escaping them en-
tirely For over two weeks we had
very dangerous path along the
Mekong river. Many times the path
was less than a foot wide with the
roaring Mekong canyon on one side
and the overhanging\ rocks of the
mountain on the other. 1t was too
dangerous to ride in my chair or on
horse. Russell carried Eugene and
either Doctor Shelton, the head
chairman or our guide took my
hand. Many times when | was in
my chair | was suspended over cam
yons a hundred feet deep and then
on down a thousand feet to the
river. some times thousand or
more feet deep. Many times ] just
relaxed ana trusted, but sometimes
4 was agony. To look out of my
chair and see nothing under me but
the great deep canyon leading very
steeply and directly to the roaring
river, was really somewhat 'scarey.'
II my chaih- had never slipped.
had never let my chair fall. IL would
not have been quite so bad, but they
often did so.
Several times in dangerous places
'"my chair started to go down. Many
times the rocks of the mountain
stuck out over our narrow path so
that the chair-men had to tip my
chair over on one side and there
would he nothing under my chair
Tor hundreds of feet. / had to just
stick to my chair. sit perfectly quiet
so that | would not overbalance II
and hold Eugene in and keep him
rom moving. Going around very
sharp corner the chair-men have TO
Just creep along to keep the Jagged
rocks from knocking my chair into
me canyon Is real agony sometimes.
], The last few days we were in some
little danger of Tibetan robbers, hut
God protected us so wonderfully
from all dangers. Doctor Shelton
says that It has been one of the most
successful trips made. When we get
TO Atuntze and the official there
sad we could not go by way Of the
Isali pass because of ice over the
mountains and also because OF the
I!betan robbers, with his guarantee
or protection and responsibility, we
hardly knew what to do. IL we took
me other path by way of the Me-
Kong 1t would be just as dangerous.
Many, many places on this path the
road consisted of bridge made by
ofaclng a small pole on a rock. put
uhg branches and limbs of trees
across this and rocks and dirt on top.
Just little knock with a stick would
destroy the props and let you so
thousand feet below. The official
said horses absolutely could not
cllmb Tsali, so we went by the Me-
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