Show S W t J 1 k f AN ACCOUNT r TElL AFRIC j y tX 1 A 1 or OJ AN AMERICAN l r r rr r i 1 I f. f M tf ff jj v t 9 I. I 1 j. j 1 v I t r I fhe J 4 A On Kapili m mF F H. H i Adventures A es That Befell Colonel Roosevelt on His First Exin Ex- Ex Ex Expedition P edi tion in in Search of the n f III 1 Monarch of the African Wilds rt i rj obits of Tawny Beast De- De Declared Declared De De- char ed b by Many Experienced t I 4 Hunters as Most Dangerous of All Hunters All Hunters Hunters' Escapes t f le I. the second of the fourteen n grent nt 1 article of African lug biff hunting 4 and adventure nd li b by Theodore Roose- Roose h volt velt that are appearing exclusively ely ely every everT Sunday In The rile n. Herald Bean lican Those articles from Colonel Colonell l Roosevelt's elt own on account of his hili African African Game Trolls Trails can caa expedition African 1 One one of the greatest book of big game hunting Dud and adventure nd ever er 1 The The Republican Herald-Republican has 1 pub pub- I secured cured for exclusive newspaper In the t territory tor It serves Berres S i through p special arrangements with TUh I Charles s Sons The first of the articles b by Colonel Roosevelt was published last lost SunD Sunday Sunt Sun Sun- t day D and It described the railroad ride through the worlds world's vastest natural zoological g garden the block black men menTho who Tho bo made up the Roosevelt caravan nn Us its equipment and the authors author first hunting In the thc heart of Africa nt at atthe the end of which bleh the party part became the be visit peat of Sir Alfred Pease calle nt his bin farm arm fn In the hills bills It was while he be was a. a here that the lion Hon buntIng buntt huntIng bunt bunt- lt Ic- Ic de describes t Ing log which Colonel Roosevelt d scribes In toda today today's article took place i B By special permission from African African Af A rican Game Trails Troll by Theodore Roosevelt Cop Copyright 1909 1910 by Charles Scribners Scribner's Sons Copy COP Copyright r right 1912 by Charles Scribners Scribner's Sons All rights reserved IncludInG Including ing that of translation into foreign languages Including the fI Ian na 1 THE HE dangerous game same of Africa are aret t the lion Hon buffalo burtalo elephant t and leopard J J The hunter who ho follows any of these animals alwa always s 's does so 50 at a 0 certain i risk to life or limb a risk which It Is t this his business to minimize by coolness caution good Judgment and straight shooting The Tho leopard Is In point of pluck and ferocity more than the equal 5 of Hof the other four but his small email size always renders It lIkel likely that he will merely mere maul and not kill a man My friend Carl Akel Akely of or Chicago actually killed handed bare a leopard which sprang on him lie He had already wounded j-wounded the beast twice crippling crippling- It r. r one ono front and one ono hind paw whereupon whereupon where where- upon It charged followed him as he hc 4 tried to dodge the charge charse and struck I I film full Just as he ho turned It bit him t jn in one arm biting again and again as it lt worked up the arm from the wrist to to the tho elbow but hut Akel Akely threw it H holding hold- hold ing its throat with the other hand and flinG flinging InS InS' Its body to one ono side It luckily fell on Its Hs side with Its Us two iwo woun wounded led legs less uppermost so 80 that lt it could not tear him Ho lie fell forward with It and crushed In UH its chest with his knees until ho k distinctly felt ono one lof ot of Its rIbs crack this said Akel Akely was i tho the first moment when he felt he ho might conquer Redoubling his efforts cUorts with knees and hand he actually j choked and crushed the life out of It li although his arm was badly bitten A will charge chare at least as readily t its as one of or the big beasts and Is 18 rather more apt to lo get his charge home but buty 1 the Is less to lIfo life y risk than han to limb s WHEN W ES HYENA InEN TURNS runtS MAN EATER II f There Thera are other animals often or ort t occasionally dangerous to human life I which are arc nevertheless not dangerous to the hunter Crocodiles are arc far greater great great- ri j. j or er r pests and far more often otten man-eat- man era than lions or leopards hut but their ft Ak shooting is not accompanied by th the thu F smallest clement of risk al V I Poisonous snakes arc are fruitful sources S ot of f accident but the they arc actuated only by fear and tho an anger cr born of or fear Th Tho 0 t hippopotamus sometimes destroys boats l and kills those In them but again there thero lo in no risk In h hunting un him Finally the hyena hena too cowardly ever to be a source of danger to the hunter la Js a sometimes a dreadful curse to the tho Ii weak and helpless The hyena Is 18 H tt Hf beast of unusual strength and of or f enor- enor fi cl mows power In his Jaws and teeth and Jr thrice cc over o would he be dreaded were j fang and sinew driven b f by a n beast with t the lne U crUel courage of the tho leopard 1 J Hut glut though the tho creatures creature's ro s fm foul and V cull ll ferocity Ity has no such backing as I i. i the t yielded by the nn angry ry daring of oC thet the tho t l' l t spotted cat it is yet et trou fraught ht with a a. t terror all till its own for fOI on occasion tho the h hyena cna taken to man eating after his own fashion feeder Carrion-feeder though It Il b. b In certain places it t will enter native huts and carry away children or oven i Bleeping adults and where famine or disease has worked havoc among a n People the hideous spotted beasts b be be- be c con come com e bolder and prey on tho the survivors cg LONG 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I LIST 1ST OK Ol TEns HUNTERS SIu SLAIN During the decades in lit AfrIca AITi ca hundreds IU ds of whito white hunters and I anc thousands of n native hunters Bunters J have bce been r. r l t I Y l w t a 4 r S Ti of d' d Se w 1 rK i rt t t d t N S. S J f I Si i ir b r d r r i p v x Y y ik l. l tC y yit it Q k ii s C SHOT B f A i. i y n y 15 1 fi V S' S J MR f I g f J. J Piloto 0 f 1 OA f III-i III S. S 4 f t p p lJ i. i J T Ji ti I u 1 ki L' L 4 q k fl rj 1 t t f J lr l h i A t e ys' ys I f fi i r 4 Hi Y r r S n t r X t n. n t Via t r I ro rot Y 1 r. r x d f y lt- lt w Q y r r e t Q r 1 Y orY J 1 4 b br Y v V a Tf ft r 1 l J. J Ss J Y r J 1 1 c f f j I J. J r a Y rJ Mfr 9 t ii Ii r IS I'S r x t p Y J ft H t t 1 l 1 2 ii I n I a aw v P lt I w r PA t j- j jt r t i ROOSEVELT LT 7 r SIR AT OF If T killed l or wounded b by lions Hons buffaloes elephants and rhinos All are arc dangerous danger dang ous game each cach species has to Its credit a long IonS list of mighty hunters slain or disabled Among Among- those most competent to c express Judgment there IB is the widest difference of opinIon opinion opinion ion as to the comparative danger In hunting the several kinds of animals Probably no other hunter who has s ever lived l has combined Selous's experience experience ence with his sl skill In as aa a hunter and his power r of accurate observation and narration nar nar- ration He Ile has killed between three and four hundred lions elephants buffaloes buffaloes bur bur- and rhinos and he ho ranks the lion lionas as much the most dangerous and the rhino as much the least while ho he puts the buffalo and elephant In between and practically on a par l F. 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C Selous tho British big game gamo hunter nl also o accompanied ac nc- accompanied companied Colonel in the first stages of his African trip Governor Go Jackson of British East Africa at nt the time of or Colonel Roose Roosevelt's velt's veIls visit has killed between eighty and ninety of or the tho four animals and he lie puts tho the buffalo unquestionably first in point of oC formidable capacity as asa asa asa a foe the elephant equally unquestionably unquestionably second the lion third and the rhino last Drummond who wrote a capital book on South African game g who was for Cor years cars a n professional hunter like like- Selous who had fine opportunities opportunities op op- for tor observation but hut who was a much less accurate observer than Selous put the rhino as as unquestionably ably the most moat dangerous with the lion Hon lionas Honas as second and the tho buffalo and elephant elephant ele elo- nearly on a n level Samuel linker BaUer a good observer but with less experience experience I ence of African game than any anyone one of or the tile above put tile the elephant first tho the rhino second the buffalo seemingly third and the lion Hon last The experts exports of gren greatest experience thus absolutely absolute disagree among themselves themselves them them- selves and ana there is tho the same wi wide do divergence dI of or view among good hunters and trained observers whoso whose opportunities ties have been less THIC LiONs LiON's MANY Y VICTIMS A man who has lias shot but hut a dozen or ora ora ora a score of these various arlous animals all put together Is not entitled to express an any but the most tentative opinion as asto asto asto to their relative prowess and ferocity yet on the whole It seems seeing to me that tho the weight of or opinion among those best bent fitted to Judge la is that the tho lion is the most formidable opponent of the hunter under ordinary conditions At an any rate during tho lio last three or four years f m rn i German and British East Africa and Uganda over O fifty white men havo have been killed or mauled and hurt b by lions buffaloes elephants and rhinos and tho the lions have havo the tile largest est list of or victims to their credit In Nairobi church yard ard I was shown the tho graves of seven en men who had been killed b by lions and ancl of or one who had hand been killed b by a rhino Tho The first man mon to moot moet us on the tho African can cnn shore was WIlS Mr Campbell Governor Jacksons Jackson's A. A D D. C. C and on only I a year eal previously previously pre pre- ho had been badly mauled by hy bya hya a lion We c met one gentleman who had been crippled for life h by a lioness Ho lie had marked her Into sonic some patches of brush and coming up tried to lo put her hor out of ono one thick clump Falling Failing he thought sho might have ha gone into another thicket and walked toward It Instantly that his back was turned the lioness who rho had reaH really been In the first clump of brush raced out after him threw him down and bit him again ng-aln and a again aln before she was driven oft off A STRANGE GI TRAGEDY ln One night wo we camped at the very crY spot pot where a score of ot years ears before a strange tragedy happened It was In Inthe inthe the tho early carly days das of or tho ilia opening of the thc country countr and an expedition was going toward Uganda one ono of the officials In charge e was sleeping In a tent with the tho flap lap open There was an askarl askari on duty yet ct a lion crept up entered the tent and seized and dragged forth tho the thoman man He Ile struggled and made mado outcry there was a 3 rush of people and the lion dropped his hla prey and bounded off ort I The Tho mans man's wounds were dressed and I ho lio was nut put back to lied bed In his own tent tent but but an un hour or two after aCter the camp again grow still the tho lion re returned returned returned re- re turned bent on tho the victim of or whom ho he had been robbed Ho lIo re entered the tent seized the tho unfortunate wounded man with his great fangs f and this time limo made made- of off with him Into tho rho surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding rounding- darkness killed and ate him Not far from the scene of this tragedy tragedy e- e d dy another had occurred An English officer named Stewart while endeavoring endeavorIng endeavor endeavor- Ing Ing- to kill his first lion was himself set on anti and slain At yet ot another place we w were ero shown where here two settlers Lucas and Goldfinch had been one l killed mcd and ono one crippled by In a lion the they had been hunt hunt- Ing Ing- They rhey had hail been heen following tho the chase on horseback and being men of or bold natures and having killed several Be lions had 1111 become too daring They hunted the lion Into a small piece picco of brush hrush and rode rodo too near It It came out at ot a run and was on them before their horses could get ot underway under Va way way- Goldfinch was knocked over and bad badly bitten find and clawed Lucas Luc went to his assistance and was In hl his turn knocked over and tho the lion 1101 then In lay layon layon on him and bit him to death Goldfinch Goldfinch Goldfinch Gold Gold- finch In spite of or his ills own severe wounds crawled over and shot the great Greul beast as na It lay Iny on his friend nd CHARGED CIL fir A A LION Most of the settlers with whom I was hunting had hall mot met with various arlous adventures adventures nOven- nOven tures in connection with lions Captain Shatter had killed a big malo male with a 3 mano mane a few tew months previously previous lie He was hunting It In com company pan with Mr Humphrey tho tto district commissioner commissioner commis commis- and It gave cave them some excitIng ing moments moment for when hit lilt It charged savagely Humphrey had harl a shotgun lo loaded cled with buck buckshot h t Slather r his hilS rifle r I I a 1 t i r r jo 1 I k- k kiT iT Y I rh i I T 1 w. w I. I A fo i tr I 1 t f A II j U. U R I J y I 0 f p Y t 1 I r if-r J- J 1 v f k Sf J. J r. r r. r x r. r h A t t It fF i 1 y i l i I Kf c t tt N t f fi t W YU f f if Ii oMy U l AA 1 t r If r BEATER Bc r R RNA o o G GlY rN o RJ ti KER IT os T TP P o o 6 eel o po 9 R Al' Al T x T C HOT t 1 By B y I When wounded tho the lion charged I straight home hit hll Shatter knocking him flat and rolling him over and over In the tho sand and und then lion went after aCter the tho native who was running a the away vay the worst possible course to fellow follow tollow fol tol- low with a n charging lion Hon The mechanism of rifle rIlo was choked by the tho sand and as he rose to his feet ho saw the lion overtake the fleeing flee rlee- In ing man moan rise on his hind legs less like a R rearing hor not nol e not springing springing and and strike down lown the tho fugitive o Humphrey Humphr fired into him with buckshot buckshot buck bucl shot which merely merel went through h the skin and somo soma minutes s elapsed before was able ablo to got get hl his rifle in shape to kill till the tho lion Hon which fortunately fortunate fortunate- I ly had begun to feel tee 1 tho the effect of or his wounds and was too sick to resume hostilities of JU own Its own accord The gun bun un- un hearer was badly but hut not hot fatally in In- In A LION TO DEATH nl While hUe a 3 magistrate In tho the Transvaal Trans Trans- vaal Pease e Sit Sir Alfred whoso whose guest Colonel Roosevelt elt was during his lion hunting on Plains had under him as aa game sarno officer a Boer Doer hunter afine u a fine follow fellow who underwent an extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary experience Ho IIo had hail been off ott some distance with his Kaffir bO boys s 's to hunt IJ a 3 lion On his hisa a way was homo home tho the hunter was hunted Jt It was after nightfall Ho Be hind hall reached a region where lions had hall not he been en seen for a R long time and where an n attack b by theme them wn was unknown Ho Ito was riding In the tho darkness big l along a to trail II his boarhound trotting ahead his native boys s some distance behind Ho hoard ft n. rustle ustle in the bushes alongside the path but paid no hoed heed thinking It was a a a. reed Immediately afterward two sons llona came camo out In t ll path h behind and ond r raced after atler him One Ono sprang on him hum tore toro him hum out of ot tho the saddle and trotted trolled off oft holding him In Its mouth while the theother theother theother other continued after tho the frightened horse The Tho lion had him b by the right |