The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-04
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and then make the long railroa
journey to their first camp in til
game-crowded Kapiti Plains.
! After a wonderfully Successful
shooting trip in the Sotik country
the expedition camps for more hunt
ing at farm called Saigai-Sai. AT
ter several other trips they invad
the Guaso Nyero elephant countr.
The Roosevelts are the guests O
Lord Delamere ut Moro and thc1
are given a royal reception at En-
tehbe. When they set off for ;
long, jungle-land journey through
Uganda, Foran follows them two
days afterward. Foran lies i'll a
his first camp on Christmas night
and Roosevelt sends back word that
he wants Foran to come on aheaC
and consult Dr.. Mearns.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Naturally, l was very glad to avail
myself Of this generous offer, and
pushed on in my ricksaw to theil
camp, leaving native on the road
way to order my porters to follow
me there as quickly as possible.
l arrived in their camp at noon
and in time to join them at lunch.
was most warmly greeted by Colonel
Roosevelt and the rest of the party
and was much touched by the solici.
tous interest displayed by Roosevelt
in regard to my illness.
He left me in the care of Mearns
who made thorough examination
ii am in doubt as to what that
swelling is, said Mearns, thought
fully. He had puzzled look in his
eyes. Looks to me like case of
hernia, or else it's an abcess on the
abdominal wall. One thing is GER
tain, III have to operate; but it is
better to wait until we get to Hoima
I've got no. anaesthctic in camp"
That was that! Later, when Colo
mel Roosevelt heard that Mearns de-
cided to operate, he offered to help
in any way that he could. His in
terest in my welfare touched me
deeply, and was very grateful for
his insistence that l should remain
under Mearns' wing until the oper-
alton could be performed. ~
found them all very delighted
with their Uganda trip so far as it
had gone, especially Colonel Roose-
welt.
81 am delighted" he told me, Eat
having bagged so unexpectedly a
bull elephant here. His tusks
weighed .55 pounds each-not big
one, but in fine condition"
CHAPTER XIV
Among the Cow People of Unyoro
After lunch, Colonel Roosevelt
/! was persuaded to tell me about the
killing of his first elephant in
Uganda.
"Directly we had camped here
he commenced, "some of the local
natives arrived and begged US to
rid them of four elephants who had
been running their. crops. They told
me that one of the bulls had killed
a villager few days previously,
while he was working in his banana
plantation. They then told US that
the four elephants had been seen,
an hour earlier, at spot only Il
few miles from our camp.
KERMIT, Cunninghame and
started off at once, and less than
two miles from our camp we saw
the four elephants. The biggest bull
charged me at sight, but l managed
to bowl him over wit honl yone shot.
The others then made off. All the
time this was going on, we could
hear the noise made by our porters
pitching camp. So, can claim that
l killed my first elephant in Uganda
OIL the very threshold Of my camp"
\ And that was the first-and only
elephant they killed in Uganda
for they had secured all the speci-
mems they desired.
We had been travelling through
the Ankole country, whose people
have cattle with immense horns. No
cattle in the world possess bigger
horns than these sleek and healthy
looking cattle, with coats as glossy
Jas satin. Colonel Roosevelt had
been much interested in these cattle,
and Kermit had made a number OF
fine pictorial records of them.
shall always remember KisingO
camp for the reason that there
first tasted elephant trunk soup. 1t
was one of the delicacies provided
at dinner that night. It was very
rich and palatable, being not un-
like oxtail soup, but very much
thicker and stronger in flavor.
Six spoonfuls of this soup was Il
regular meal. The Roosevelts al
ways sampled dishes made from the
different beasts they had killed, but
they decided that elephant trunk
soup. and hippopotamus tongue were
the most delicious of all their
strange meals.
We struck camp at dawn and con-
tinued our march to Hoima. We
were now entering the country Of
the Unyoro people. The roads were
very muddy and sticky, for there
had. been, deluge Of rain in the
night, but we made very good speed,
Notwithstanding.
The whole nature of the country
changed here. We now climbed up,
by easy stages, through a regular
elephant country to- the top of a.
narrow ridge of rocky hills, from
the summit of which we obtained
our, first distant view of the hills
surrounding Albert Nyanza.
Kermit was the first to arrive in
the new camp, and was a good sec
end in my rickshaw, When halted
at the camp, l found all the local
Banyoro chiefs assembled, waiting
at, the entrance to the compound of
the camp to do honor to Colonel
Roosevelt. When he appeared in
sight, headed by the American flag,
man beating a drum, and q small