The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-18
BY FLETCHER MARTIN
Representing Negro Newspaper Pool


SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA
The natives here are remarkable
people. II pays TO treat them
friendly-like We stood Oft dis
lance and watched one native guide
knock a bottle off limb with
rifle a, rs yards Using MI rifle
ike a revolver he then changed
The rifle over to his left hand and
repeated the phenomenal shooting
Yes. IL pays to treat them friendly
like.
Not only arc they remarkable at
shooting. but they are the best
scouts in the business And they
can build a house in a few hours
and eat bully beef out Of the can
Any anyone who can do the latter
is not only a character 10 be reck-
oned with, but man 10 be admired
Not casting reflections at the tasty
bully beef but without onions and
other seasoning it too is something
10 be reckoned with.
Make Quick Work Of Enemy
We were told by an intelligence
officer recently that months ago the
enemy made a landing on one OF
the islands in the Solomon group
They lasted exactly % minutes. The
deadly head hunters made a quick
job OF It. Andthey play no favorites.
They would do>the same for any
group Of foreign soldiers. The officer
added that they have a gluttonous
lust for heads.
Further north on this island q
group Of natives approached an
Australian camp for food. The
officer I'm charge criticized their
daily work. saying that OF late they
had been laying down on the job.
Food was promised IL they would
show more interest The natives left
Soon they returned with IS Jap
heads. Those Australians who sat
at the dinner table left Immediately
When the annals OF this war are
written. they should include much
about the black, fuzzy-headed man
here who has done so much for the
cause. He Is a fearless. muscled
soldier whom the enemy fears. per-
haps more than the Allied forces
with their weapons Of destruction.
The natives use knives.
Only seldom is bad one met. On
this island those whom we have
encountered are most friendly. But
not such a man was Embogi, the
native who wanted to be king
Embogi, who is almost legend
here. was ambitious and not unlike
the power-crazed men in this pres
ent war who will get il in the end.
Native Conquerer
The story goes that with az fol-
lowers Embogi set out to conquer
all the natives in this section OF the
island. This started one day early
last June. He managed 10 get an
Australian revolver and several
rifles. Others OF his band we're
armed with knives and some even
with bow and arrows. Marching
into one village. and then into an
other Embogi let IL be known that
he was "king" by assembling the
villagers and declaring himself to
be the supreme ruler Who was
there to deny him? No one dared
Did not the ambitious one have his
band who were armed with live
ammunition This announcement
was always followed BY a riotou:
party. Embogi being the host.
The villagers didn't mind very
much having him king. Embogi wa:
big and powerful. and quick with
the words. He would select severa
village beauties. regardless Of Their
marital status. and entertain them
This party lasted from dusk unit
dawn. Outside the king" posted hi:
guard 10 keep back those who nigh
interfere.
In one particular case Embog
snatched two girls and took then
TO the next village One married
the kings" lieutenant She escaped
after two weeks and made il bach
10 her village. She told much abou
the practice of the gang. Embog