| Show L Leer People of the Great l I it MONG E MAS AI A Rift Valley in the Heart of t t f it I t mii i 4 I It Itt British East Africa I A A Nation 0 of Stock Raisers and Odd Customs of Marriage Marr age e Maidens Loaf and the Old Women Do f the Work W ork They the British Are Civili Civilization Civilization 1 Evolving a in the Heart of Black Africa American Colons f and Quaker Mis Missionaries t I IN IV AHA British East gast AfrIC Teb leb 3 In the healt of ot the N Ui t African highlands ns fill cc FI ot of the Mediterranean Me s sea oa oan n aF New Nell OI Is s distant fn ocean n fn nr f west est of ns liS N Is west t of tho Atlantic I 1 nm tn this letter for my m Amerl Amerlan can an m I 1 am a tn tho Guat Grat a mighty which runs north and south through this part vart of tho continent It at atthe atthe the and nd truces of It aro still to be found In It Is suo cd to be formed by b the earth half folding up after a 0 mighty volcanic eruption whIch left tho craters of Kilimanjaro Igon mouth In tho clouds clO ds at of from 11 0 Kio 10 to D feet This great groit Milley narrows anil wItt It rises and falls and It has many great lakeN speaking nil all tho lakes lukes of East 1 Africa are ure In It or In III Its Spurs North of hero aro and Rudolf and still further north In Abyssinia Aby Is Lalo Teana f the S of oC the tho Blue Nile As 1 write I 1 am nm looking out on Lako a 11 beautiful sheet of or blua water over which white cranes arc aro lly Ily Ing 1 can cun see eo zebras zebra and ante feeding not fiu from tho water and with my m glass can watch tho ugly black head h of or hippopotami bob bol bobbing bing up and down like giant corks upon tho surface Tho shores here b re arc swampy and lined with 1 masses of reeds Just back of them the ground rises Into rich pastures which aro protected sportsmen by the reservations allotted I 11 ottell to tho Uganda railway and fairly swarm with tig game A FUTURE STOCK STOC COUNTRY Tho weather hero Is delightful Wo Vo are so near the tho equator that one can call almost straddle It but the tho altitude Is fuch that blankets are needed at nt night nn It lt Is hot hat during the day IB 19 a 11 higher up lathe hI the nil air than tho top of Mount Wash Washington ington and Ind the climate of tho valley Is said lold to bo bc suited for I I 1 A CUSTOMER FOR OUR AMERICAN COTTONS THE WAIST CLOTH IS OF AMERICAN SHEETING Photographed Photograph cd for Cor tho News by Frank G Carpenter mon This matter la Is being tested by h settlers settler tracts of land III nit been boen taken up ur In different places aces not far Car from the and thero aie many English who lira Ire going Into stock raising near tho lake tho gov government of British Kast Enst Africa linn started n experimental farm and there are largo large ranches In tho Imme vicinity There aro no no tsetse flies hero here and tho zebras which ono sees by tho th hundreds In almost any ride over tho valley uro an evidence that horses will Thoro are many and In wo we may mn ostrich farming Hero ro as us they have In South Africa Tho average height of oC tho valley Is ts something feet fot and the grans grus Is said to bo be luxuriant lint ant o cry THE JAD OF THE MASAI MASI This is ono of tho stronghold of the tho Mitsui race who luo 11 been noted as 16 warriors and stock raisers raiders 1 nee Heo them about and not a afew 0 few Cow still curry carr spears and shields They rhoy have many man towns nearby and their settlements aro ure through throughout out the Rift valley They IIvo In huts about four feet high six feet and nine nIno feet Ceet long The huts look ok like great bako ovens Thoy aio 10 made of or branches woven woon together l with mud Sometimes they tho lire are l over with cow dung ami that material often the floor It nil sInn slin arc 1110 laid over the tho io to proton Tho houses houe me built Ui Uin n u dulo Ie about an un In which K l aro alO kept at ut night Tho gouts lire are allowed to run In out OUI tho houses of the towns hll VI fences of round thorn to out tho wild b AIM I tt n eo 1 I 1 hl men are tall straight anil t hc walk Ill k as I though they owned the coth When thoy th h thelt WUl t on thoy th ui 11 a 1 of or ostrich f which surrounds inU mt 13 Is upp l to curry terror to lu tho of ot their men are areu III u baio to tn tho waist and nut not In Infrequently frequently have a bullock hide n nipped mound thom them MASAI WOMEN I 1 u l Ish h 1 could show ho J ou of tho They are re ni vain vall an n p and loaded with Jovi r of them havu hl great ring of or brou who hc colled collell mound tho in irli circles 1 el wire nUN after wll until the whole extends out OUI as II fill far us nil th 0 lel They Iuie brims bm wire I about their nuns the u lists l to till I bOw from the to till al o greal reat colls of o wire by to 10 the I Ib b of their oam Aside Al lo this th th u ar Jut but little A cloth wrapped at und tho Iho body bot and falling to the Ui IW cs or below belou them being about tl tI lr clothing Sometimes this thin cloth i If i i stencil over the Ih shoulders s under the th armR tho tho Ih breasts b ir Masai lu I aio 1111 by II no means pule i 1 glo ro s They fhe belon to thu th Bantu n anti and their skin skim lire are dark l 1 r 11 r f Ir 1110 und hi Ir not vcr cry thick AH At to tn their hall ball I 1 on Jant nt toll you Olt whether It Is h wool woolI l I or not 1101 Tho shave It close to thi th scalp u razors of Iron or ai ind they polish their theil with grease rello si s they fairly shine In tho Hun lIun HunI I 1 stand they pull out the hair from nil 1111 of their Indies bodies that i cn tho babies are aro shaved Many Iny of or tin men about of Iron tc If pull the hairs from thi lr chins chInN cheeks chck and nostrils und and they tho themselves until they are uro old enough nouh to bo he warriors Tills conies olo aIO about tho time they man mall manhood hood They The then let ht the hair of or their lit ids grow and a 1111 plait It Into pigtails A common way wa of sealing these Is down over tho forehead It Is often with oil and red clay ela In with a anointing of or the rest ot oC the body hod The Jho warrior often ars a l lions head and mane In III addition to the tho circle ot of ostrich the fate flo His arms lire are area a 0 sword and club Ho has hll a It spear with witha a 0 very ve long blade hlade and an oval oal shield bearing which Indicate his clan QUI QUEER EH CUSTOMS Of 01 MARRIAGE These hese people buy their wives Girls aro an looked upon an II merchantable com commodities and aio paid r for tn In goats and cattle After the tho cattle CliWe aro handed over the girl goes to her husband und slie may not come back to her alone ala no thereafter but always have hae hOI her husband with her A I Ican can have as IlS many mallY us all ho can pay for If ho Is rich ho he Ins has a It hut for ItCh each one olle If It not he may keep keel two or three In ono hut Tho first wife Is IB ul Ill WO II tho Iho Chief wife and Is supposed to boss bos the establishment al although though the tho favorite fa sometimes super supersedes sedes lIedes her Such marriages however ore aie not n t supposed ed to take place until tho Masai becomes em elder that is until bo reaches the tho age of ot about 27 or 30 This la Is after his wan lor days arc aro over and lift Ill is II londy lenly to 10 ottlo down 1101 as It wore Tho Ill warriors and the tho young girls of the tho Iho together up to that time In a l tho of tho people In II order to tt man malT 5 a It warrior hi hito to a k of the elders of Mio 11 tribe If I till this IB h Klen KIvell hn ho buys his hI wife und It Ie Mini Mho l I u 1 nile Hue looking tn lit will cost him two cow two two and stunt goat tikI skins II Thill IHS to tho n lT 1 of the tho ho hohns hns II who wh mn lower lowr tho pi Ice If ho will Divorce may mil bo had rl lt mi aid 1 bud temper on tho part of If tho und In such a 1 pan nf If the thc fee In III l 1 lI marry murr U If h hor r dies the woman back Inel to her m or 01 to hor broth brothel el eI If her bo dead THE HE OLD wo m PO no TUP JUE WORK AH AI fill far a all 1 can 1111 l these theve Irl a IL snap The Ire are re 1 to do 0 until they 1110 married lIe thoy tho play with Iho warrior time tI l 01 In dancing anti and I II about Tho girl Irl often dim not do hr cooking Till continued for n 1 long lon time alter uI o and up UI until nil all the babies of the family are Ill fairly grown An as that l h tho r i r I tod begins hnot nil all of the tho hard labor of nt tho tube IB hi done Ione by b till tho women Thov collect the lire 1110 wood build tho th mud houses hou and ami gath ti tr tin Ihl cow cou manure with which walls smeared When hen the ho I me Are muted place to place pIneo these withered wItherell 1 taKe Ine till tle ot the donk s bullocks In la carrying tho burdens s They rhe 01 CIet the new huts and they th lire as a a It rule I Ie mere mer of wood and drawers of water A NATION NATIO OF 01 STOCK RAISERS Thos do 10 fanning Thoy uro 1110 a nation of oC stock raiders und own herds of cattle and goal which they drive drle about from tn tu The cattle of tho humped Ill tho 1 of f India many of them fut tut leek and line fine looking Some of or bo the animals branded and nut not a u Cew have havo rude bells of If Iron 1101 In order they may bu be traced If they stray 1110 most ot tho cattle cuttle are watched by b boy bo I who drive them with sticks place to EVIr morning and Ind evening the cows aie brought Into luto the villages to bo be milked and nearly ery town of mud huts hut him Imi Its oo OW v house The women do tho milking This Is I contrary to the tho custom In III parts of Africa where It Is thought tho cows lJ 1 If am female touches them The milk Is in which aio lO afterward cleaned with handfuls if burnt graM The calves cales are brought alongside mothers at III milking time and the tha cows will not let down their mill milk without they are 1110 present ent If It a calf dies it Is hi skinned and with straw und under tho cows cow nos for milking Tin Tho peo people always drink their milk fresh but this method of ot cleaning the tho gourdi elves Its a 1 smoky THEY The Masai aio aro blood Their country count has hu practically no salt and I nm told that they keep in health by blood Thoy consumo I 0 11 all IllI tho blood of the they kill 1111 and sometimes bleed their in the tho neck and then up the tho wounds i so o that thoy grow well u Sometimes a t strap is tied around an animals throat and ond an all airow Is shot ahot Into tho Jugular vein As An the tho blood gushes forth it is III caught in gourds and drunken warm Tho people eat cat hut but few COW vegetables and they the do no fanning whatever Their cooking Is I done dono in or of burnt cloy varying nt from eight to 20 Inches In III height Tho larger pots lire aro not placed over the tho fire 1110 but at It atthe the tho side aldo of oC It and ore ILIO turned around now and then in order that they may 1111 bo b evenly heated The most moet of my m Information Inform about Ih e comes Capt CIP Sidney the famous explorer and lion hunter He Is 18 now ml loner of oC this colony und 1 met him himat at It on all my lilY WRY way hero Capt born In Canada not fill far from Niagara Falls Ho He received an excel extel lent medical education In Gormany and England but began his life IIIi a 1 eKI Mill tain in tho colonial service hili slay he explored the th upper and uther rivers 1111 and wrote n a book entitled Tho 1 of the Congo Arabs About ten tell or so 11 ago ho hu came over ner into British East Africa and look too part purt in the nt oC Ihl country for the English He lIc lived lIed with tho Iho Masai and otner otnel na and made a study stud of them When hell hellI I mot met him he was acting as liS goer IIII I nor 1101 at nr British East Africa In the th nb nh of or the his hi home was ono one of tho residences a 1 beautiful ful cottage on the tI rocks overlooking tho Indian ocean The rhe Is II decorated with the tro secured bv by Mr Hindu 1 hs hl wife wIC their stay In III Africa Upon Iho aI tho skins skin ot of lions Ilona and leopards Js on the walls me 1110 the tho heads of giraffes antelope gnu ot other big hI game and 1 thero 1110 native spears and weapons of every kind 1 standing about A largo lar number of tho skins I am Irom rom shot by h Mrs Sho hns killed several lions no end of ot S and and ono huge rhinoceros In my talk Ink with Ir Hinde he told me 1110 much about the Masai saying thAt thoy were now quiet and 11 becoming be Thoy The paying the annual hut hilt ot of about three iu each to the tho government f Throe menus menns Jl 1 American It seems hut but little until one that IhM It takes a n nathe about a n month to earn that much when It becomes a 11 great greM deal ABOUT DOUT MOUNT KENIA A great gront part of or Mr OIl work has hns been neni Mount enla In a 1 loun t 1 which he hI says IIII Is phenomenally r Ih He Ho tells mo me that Uganda railway goes ROOS through ot or the tho poor out l nd In Enst Africa and amI that the territory hall Ims great possibilities I III Ho Bc predicts that the tho railroad which Is I now to be 1 built from Nairobi to Tort Fort Hall under tho shadow of Mount will pay from tho start and that will eventually bo cov covered CO ered with rich forms Said he hehn When hn Mrs Hindu and 1111 I 1 first came Into tho the country was waR In Inthe Ini i the name condition It halt bad been heen for lIgos We 1 found that It contained about a Il million people who lived 1 In vil villages JI lages lage each ea h containing about ten huts ot 01 so 0 There were no gloat chiefs Each village wan Independent and al almost most mORt nt at war with the tho neigh boring villages The Tho citizens ot at ono one settlement know Imo nothing ot oC those of or the other settlements about A man not venture morn than limn ton ten mills miles his homo he had Im 1 little knowl edge NIe of the country that radius There were no roads ex ox excepting trolls trails which wound this way und and that over the land Tho only on I meeting mellIng places were at lit the markets which were held nt at certain fixed points on certain days 1 of the week or month It In 18 a 1 rule throughout Africa that an 1 lighting must bo suspend suspended ed on market days S and lIntl no ono dares Iare bring arms to n market or 01 there ther If f ho should engage In fighting bo killed his relatives cannot claim blood money NEW N W ROADS MADE BY DY BRITISH When VI we took possession of nt tho province wont on wo we had to light fight our WilY way n 11 As AA soon noon noonan an M we had l d subdued the tho people wo 0 them work nt making makInI rOMS roads as a It penal penalty ty for or their Insurrection Wo Yo connected 1 nil all the tho villages by roadways and lInd gao each town so much to tiko taka care CIllO of or A An n Il result wo we now havo In that province alono OO miles mil of good wagon wason each 10 feet In width We Va have also made It the tho law that every road roud b i 1 1 ns having nil all the tho rights ti II This Thin means that rt n tan can assault M while Ins ng upon them that nil all feuds must bl e 1 when UlIn over tho u Many II an of these the roods connect oS which were wel formerly ul war with OthOl anil the result Is they thoy ha become peaceful nud that the can oon now travel safely from ono one tow towi to o another They rhe aro reallY leally changing their natures und IQ going through n 1 of oC AH AI I 1 have five 00 years ngo they never nevel eft leCt home Now thousands of If then them travel over our roads rotus down clown to the hea CI const and nn 1 wo have ni like 1500 ot of here at nt a CIVILIZATION These remarks of or rapt Cap Hindu show sho low John 1 Hull Bull Is m evolving a n civilisation In tn these African wilds wIll The 1011 about the tho most Intelli Intelligent gent ent ot or tho natives and thoro 11 about heio horo who Mho me much further down on n tho th scale of barbarism than An I shall show 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