Deseret Evening News | 1903-04-14 | Page 12 | Largest Tribe in Africa

Tit I UK IN INThe 1 The Funs Fans of or West Welt AfrIca living east CO l bf of the and between the nail and Sanga rivers river hinse long lon been sup SUII supposed posed lo ell to be lie tile the largest of African trIbes r H They are arc cannibals who for years op 01 opposed posed every of ot the tho whites to n nil as rend cen the river At last they per permitted the Frenchman de dc mun to ex etc explore the river They The were wele by a n wonderful display of oC fireworks he S matte made one evening and did not dare to refuse the tile request of oC the mysterious white hlll man who appeared to be bo in league with spirits Four l Jur French I explorers who have been traveling through the Inner part hart of the French I Congo Conso to study Its commercial resources have learned some pome now new ne facts about the Fans Famis living between the ngo we se and nd the Sanga anga tributary of thi th Con Congo CongO go In n u large region which until now no has been almost unknown In an all n ar count which August has n of the Fans Fatis In this new ness territory he its expresses expresseR the opinion that lint this tills race ruee numbers nt at least souls lollis Tie lie says that It Is fortunate that they have hae no political or military organization lion ion They do rho not recognize the author authority ity It ot of any uny great chief and are arc fr ly l I at ut war var with one another lie He In bp lions hieves that If IC they were wort a compact Mil and eli nation notion like some nomo other large tribes In tropical Africa they would give the whites n a great relt deal of ot trouble Th The eastern Fana lans differ con cart from Crom the time western watern and better known part of the time family As s far till past east pastas Instas as nine degrees decrees east nt longitude they wear more or less clothing further east they the are lire almost wholly naked some of oC the men and it women omon however wearing a small square cloth which hangs from froma rein reina a 11 belt New York Sun