| Show T o MONUMENTS 1 g t L fr f They rIe Are the Tomb of a ait it and a Christian ChristianA Cathedral t t A A Visit to the Grave of Mu esa and ard a t LooK LooI int ot it the Death Watch of His IHs Widows A Funeral Which Lasts Last JI n Lifetime How the King Was Buried r Ins Human S Sacrifices and His Terrible Treatment of His Hi Wives Religious r Changes Going On in Uganda A Million Christians Ch and an d Their Th Clr Fifty F 1 f ty Thousand Th d r I Native Preachers How Stanley Brought Iq I 4 in Christianity A LooK at the Great Nam l Cathedral Built by the Natives Special Correspondence C y Ug Uganda There are arc two 1 MUNGO I monuments here nt n t Mong J J which ins mark tho the changes now iiii going on Oil in lit Uganda Ono Ones Is k tho ho tom ot the tyrant trant who was wali r ji l g these millions ot of t I natives when our Stanley came cume It t Is guarded by b a II score or nora more of or o his hili bald widows who are arc fated to w h his coffin to the day of ot t their J other is the mighty thatched cathedral l pf or put iUt tip Up by b the natives nil that forms torm the tho lie center of ot the tho modem model Christian hll movement that has converted this nation it Is the largest church on the thc African continent and thousands of ot o negroes arc nrc worshiping t In It 1 THE TOMB OF OP KING KINO But come om with mo me first to take taka a Il look nl at the tho Lii tomb It Urn lieH hero here a II few tow miles mil OR from Irma tho the Victoria Nyanza on a great hill hilt opposite Kampala and anti Is like no other oilier tomb nb upon earth I have visited the graves graes of ot tho the Pharaohs The great greatest greatest est of ot them were 10 caged up un In the Pyramid and It Is only within recent years ears that they thea the have havo been heen brought forth to light Ih ht Others were yere laid away 4 In II dug out of tho the mountains far tar farup tarUI UI up tho the Nile valley hut for they were ore vere covered by b sand ond and ind rock 1 I have hae tho tombs tomb of ot the Ming emperors ors war near and onel below the great wallIn central and north China Chine 4 They are arc guarded by h giants ele ale elephants alet t camels camell c meis and lions cut out of I stone I have hae nl III also so o Keen the th Taj Tai at III Agra Agm India that structure of mar marblo blo bio whoso dome floats like u n vast hub bub bubble ble hie In i tIo tho blue sky Hit It t Is the most beautiful monument over ver el erected and put up ul by h I a Mohammedan sultan out nut of o his hili lovo for his hili wife Among tho the other great tombs lombI of ot the world orld are arc the enormous structure In Java known kroWn as CM II tho the near which stands s the Che stolle goddess go of the tho beautiful hips the thu th wonderful decorated temples nt at roldo In III which lie the Kho Sho Hh Kuns gulus ho Hotel dos lM In Paris laris 1 where w rie Napoleon rests resit In a 11 or III reddish 1 brown gran granite f itt ite II l IW h Hie Irl apostles UrH look train fl the thc dome overend tu I This of or It Is III like Ww none of ot yet et In many respects It Is moro nura 1110 ami lilt moio wonderful It con consists consIsts conc c of n z 1 hut shaped liko a n lilLy hay stack stud and o ru III big 1111 I the TwIn main tent of at a cir eh circus vhs cus cu It II J X an all high UK HII i a It I house and fully feet CI Ct In f once elude It JH Is n a great tent of thatch s to a 11 from work ork of oC roods and uphold by Or Poles pole The Thc reeds are tied up In III bundles l i mo are woven In and out us Ll II Intricately as nH the tIle of bus bas basket ba busket ket work In 10 name they lucy thc look like m IIII I They rIlo rho were 11 while hut the which ail CH eH from fl Jn tho thU perpetual fires tIres within ha hll lIne turned them n IH as us the tile skins slIns of tho tilo Mil 1111 te widows u for whom the tomb forms Int a t home Thu TIL TI of tile the tomb is 18 I il will i firn cut ut for tOl oC till tile purpose and tind S Pl 0 ii l Illicitly t Ii iy It II I t Tho poles which the roof loot lire are KO Co s arranged ed Id that Wc Is III a L wide pathway till tho center and right In he ho middle Hi I ti d it ii nil er tho thu tip tIll of I f tho ti tO cone 11 C ll lIs l s tilO It IH is by fi V vil uptight on each cach cc s III Id a tC a r C It II I I Them Ii 1 ore arc shields of ot copper antI bruin brass In front Ii and H Oh at tit the tl butch back are ure aI huge cur UI of ut bark cloth cluth the rnino nomo v hi eb lol Ins tim tho lIl clothing cloth i of ot 0 f the tho I lu e kings I I CI TUB Til l f Accompanied by IJ my guide anti and a t native soldier I i mudo mv fly m way woy o Into Irto th sunlit At first It seemed 1 at R 11 lark dark n I night but an as I my ow eyes grow Html tn lu the tle gloom I could see sen about I m SliU t Uld a ran nil he ho coffin and ti ii t I and atud there on the gross In III carts of or the tho hut wore WOI 01 UI nt union ages from fro 31 3 up ill upward ward i All AI iI had blankets of lit bark Jalk their I I t I III II but Jilt ln th I I arnus mid anti necks baro Inna I Ii hey C were barefooted iou I ad it n 1 und ont 14 with it two t VO their Ii ie Wire WI close Ioe lei tu LIla iho scalp Some Home of ur Iho thu 3 r linger women n were vere 11 good looking but all 1111 w WI r l a dark brown ir tor Mack and of II tt negro Matures Jt By Byth th t II 0 aid alii tji ti ot tit my lIly 1411 I ti e 1 I wm WH abl a h le to I git gita I a St 1 number of ot them outside In tho sun nun and nn by paying a 11 little money had haI them peso poso IJ I for tor a photograph Tho The widows havo boon bean so long lOll In darkness 9 that their eyes wore were almost by the light and It was wall only ani after a number of o trials that I got sot a IL good picture 1 These women were all nil wives of ot King and upon his death lIe by b cuts cus custom tom they thoy tho took their places ls about his coffin to guard his body for tho rest of ot their natural lives live They have havo ir In allowance o from rom tho native govern government government ment menu and arIti receive so po much h food and drink every r day ilay da I 1 understand that are n a score or more moro Of tit similar tombs In III the country about each ellch con containing the bod ho v of a kins who reign reigned ed long lung ago tOld and nd each cach guarded by b widows who are nrc thus doomed to a liv living 11 ing log I spent toma time around the tomb Tho Jho women were vero Interest Interested ed Id In III me tIlE for tor or a while and then went wont hock hack to tu their seats In III the tho gloom Here Hell one sat tat and rocked to and fro there them another crawled 0 11 the tho It out on tho door and ant fur lur thor Ihor over Oel a 1 third stretched herself tint nut told and slept A sadder sight ht I J have never seen ellI Every E cI woman l a n petrified figure of ut despair Ile and the tho whole recalled called Dantes Inscription the tue gates of ot hell All hope 1 abandon ye yc who enter here herd HOW flow THEY rIlEY BUlLY BUHY lONGS KINGS IN UGANDA I have hll vo learned of or the tie funeral of or King from the missionaries It was moro mOlo civilized than titan that of o his predo predecessors There no human sacrifices at Ills hH luI death deuth and ho lo was hurled burled with his ills under Jaw Intact In Iii tho tim past tho under Jaw of ot a 11 dead king was cut cutoff cutoff I off and Uld laid hIlt to one side rue Tho body hody In Iho tIto meantime had been beell wrapped lr ill bark cloth by h the prince who ho was wn to succeed him ami the Iho prince l the tho and tho keeper of lC the tho tomb carried the Iho body bod to title this region where whore lies Hero thu tho executioner cut off ott tho tha Jaw and laid haiti It care caro carefully fully hili away aIa In a It wooden bowl bawl After that tho tim grans graas tomb wits was built and Rut earth banked up It to pie 10 vent the tho surface water flowing In III Then the body bOlh us tho the Jaw JIW wrapped III II bark cloth cJ lh was wan wu laid on a n bedstead In iii the 1110 center coni of tho tim tent anti the door was closed Immediately following till came cume tint tho sacrifices Three of ot tho the kings icings chiefs nail and three women ot the tho MUno tank wore seized und and slaughtered bred In III front of o the tho door doar and their bodies hodi were left le there thelo to bo Ito In devoured by the hue Tho Tile three thred e men who vho were killed ero usually the tha Icings rook Ilk the man limn who luau hail charge of ot his Isis heel beer mugs and the tho boss boas of oC his hili hi cow cowboys hOI boys After this tho Jaw II was Willi placed In a I hut built nearby ami WId a chief was waH mado guardian ot of U it Another chief chlo of ot the tomb Itself It cIC and lie he pud nip ltd the thc th widows tool took up UI their resi residence deuce dence In It to watch over it OF KING When King tiled died he ordered that the tho human sacrifices bo be done dono away with and ami so Isis his hi cook beer man stud and chief cowherd went free Cree but Jut tho thu iut ins remained and they the aie ule still 11 on m mho ho tho lob Job This was urns so although King had Homo you years is previously killed ki 2000 Innocent I ii Il men loon ell women and children in iti one une duy to U celebrate a 1 tomb tom which he lie built In honor of ot his hll father lied Had It not been for fat 0 tho tim ork of ot tho the Ill ll his hl l own death would liil have been b ell accompanied by a II shill liar lar slaughter The rho present king kin of ot Uganda whom I 1 have hao described de III In a It letter tetter Is II a II grandson of ot out old Ho lIe vas IH baptized a U Christian It d was Willi then given tho lie nellIe name ot of otI David I hl which is s 11 here spelled a 1011 01 Tills This boy bo 10 kips luau has hl a iu 1 Christian tutor nail me his hili Ii is prime minister Ill Apolo A Fati k Ito III s a n Christian who wh J as ml a Ii boy ho was tor tOI tortured tortured I for tor his Ills religion I have heard many stories about old otti since I 1 camo CI to Uganda lie was a 1 mighty tui monarch and was wan gov governing go O u it i million or HO 10 11 1010 at lit tho thu time Stanley came Ho lie held 1 his hi court hero bore at ul Kampala a and the tho neighboring 5 recognized Isis his power anti and paul paid him tribute I 1 havo lune already written of ot tho tito blind musician who lust lost his eyes ceS because u he lie could not hot play 1111 y to t please Urn the king IcIng slid and of or tho hu royal whoso whose ears aIS were sucre cut ut itt off ure because ono one of Mil Mu daughters happened to spy HP him In iii I Under King 1 It was Indelicate Indelicato for tOI or a IL t man to it show any allY part of or his liia parson except his fare nook nock and toot feet and und If ho Ito happened to lift In his hili dross dios a U I hit bit high anti and a IL I section of ot nib hiM hl l calf III In till the loyal IJ al presence ha be 10 wait lal linIo 10 to execution This was Willi wasso Is so Sc notwithstanding Ii nd I rig thi th maids 1155 ItIS of tt honor i tho ho palace went and SlUt the iho king 1111 was waited upon by b girls In a still sim similar list ilar lUI stale SAt SAD A OF OP AN A UGANDA P A DA EI I tl ll hUll hail 1 1 of If wives du ri ii g bin hili Ii is vei go but t the I b s two to or ii I 1 dornn that am toe now watching hi lib h tomb lInh au 1111 It I nil III ci I the that I remain i u is During lu ring tho use I part of ot his bin life litt 11 III ha lieu hud n is playful way I oC ot his whenever ho lie drunk ti II luk At A I such times t I ius H lie hI hi would Id take IlIk up lit his slIest Kur and stub ul lIt lil hl his VeIl right and shut left I 1 wan Willi vt told h hili 1010 it of or II a picnic lui hI once alice guvo ul U I which all tIl tile the buttes of ut the th were we pr I One Ulie 1 nf of HIV t I hI he of nf the girl In tilt the put lt ly I thought to curry Iun favor with hill her royal after th the manner 11 I ot ur tt Kv Ev She plucked a II JIo of or tine and offered It to him Fils king there thereupon upon her bel lb for tOl 01 her hl und 1111 an I J KHU to b h bat nt t her hll to It I I i WI his hili h flub 1111 when the till il la tl 10 bo iS III run rita In and 1111 v 01 herI her herAt At I 1 that I time tiles th till king ki tug hUll lie I I tin th It viM itt tu tn I any 1 fl In III I ii th I us evil and alit I no IC ICI I Ins I I r how ho IllS Il the u waN kept full IIii ni j nty was to 10 murry berry only hue I daughter of III i ll fH hilt but l tit If Ir he tie funded irIs h hi had tie the chiefs hiers thom them nd III In hits ihU way WI they thoy w i Into hub the thu Ihle to h hi W a lIi Sal il of If a P C pot IlOt lr r V beet 01 lo to Ills ilm Ih futh sitter r of nt ofa a It 1111 gli l WAit n ns an eli Indication th the king HIli d one of nt hu hi tIll 1111 h and anil the at lit onee to 10 IliO If I r bhe till IS proved t I rue rUI tn to hl his I ii lid hi l did d It I I not I It Mil h Iii hr hir In I n on 1141 of or his iiii Us fliR of r she he HH on ott tin tIll tIlla whole a hole fairly fIt well u I uin Ill It I who w lw lie Imd hul t III hiti lt of i i lift I I long g II sIt I hi w 1 I II uil tIll nii I in II ln tIt t th Ii bund huml if lh Ih I M t II i i Lull lie to Mul Mut tI U 14 it 4 1 ami it 5 se d ti tt aliI n it tn ti 1 H J Th T 1 V I 4 ij t f 4 1 I Ir t k i r t L l j 4 I t I II r 4 tA 1 fY II jq WM THE TOMB OF O KING KINO AND HIS WIDOWS Another nothel I lover she WitH was terribly pun punished The rho old aId penalty for tor such n iu crime that troth both offenders should hould bo chopped up olive alive somewhat after litter the slicing process which until recently was common In China hlll Alt All 11 such Much penal penalties ties tics tI s have hae now ably been trait done dOno lI no away uway with and Infidelity Is III by y tho native courts which are arc directed by the Brit lint British BritIsh ish officials As Is to cruelties Apolo Kati the tho present prime minister de 10 describes descrIbes scribes how one of his wives was killed for tor or speaking too loudly In the royal ro al presence The rho king was wall angry at lit her herfor herfor herfor for her hr presumption and a straightway ordered that lien her nose and ears elus be cut cutoff cutoff off ort and antI finally her head This sentell co v i i carried out In iii the midst of or orthe the tIle court crowd and alel the soldiers laugh td ls as they tIlt did It IL TUB TIlE KING KINGAn KINGAn than old An even more brutal beast 1 who suc succeeded succeeded Mutes WIth WIll king ot of him He Ito reigned ned after t tilO tho a Christian missionaries s had In and ana when the tho country countr was wall to a I large lareo CX ex extent tent converted to Christianity was at times much opposed to and he ht tortured the Chris Christians thins among umon tho the natives cutting off oft the tha arms and teat feet of some and roasting others to death over oven slow tiles flies He lie killed several of or the white missionaries and acted so that he brought about IL a civil war wal among his hi people In this tins war Will the native natle Catholics end and the tho native fought with each other und for tOI a I time limO the country was under tho the control c ot of t the nR The aha king himself Wits was notoriously ly weak and notoriously bud ball The Jho orgies orIes of uC his palace were so disgraceful that they cannot be printed nod the theT o them themselves selves were When la lit ii was deposed posed as II they tho reared feared he Ito Would loum Corrupt and ami wipe wille out tho the nation li I The Thic h hat at last threw him the throne anti and chose Chill Chuu who ha was then thon a baby buby as all king That 1118 about n out 12 years eurs ago and 1101 in tho thib lI meantime tho the country countr has been ruled by b this boy 1 th a n re no regency gency gelly of If o natives naties and a n council of or the tho chiefs |
