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Show AO TRAITS OP AFRICAN. Hunter Makes Sweeping Indictment el I Native Tribe. I A kuntur of big gum In Afrlrs Wei a description of s tribe of c tires," hs says, "lire In the swamps, their staple article of dial bomi flb and flour mails from the seed of tin ter Illy. althouRb durlnK the ralm they grow patehea of ceaaava rv and potalooa at the e.lce of tht wamp. They smrar Ihelr bodies with mud to protect them from mosquitoes and are extretnily dirty and evil rnclllnn In consequence. They art ry low down In the scale of hu-inanity hu-inanity and have a bad reputntlnn anion trtlics Uv!n on the hleh Krotind, which reputation they upheld fltirlnr. our thIl We eneased several Wntwa nntlvcs as csrrlrra, hut they "t.ly csme to pee whit they could ten). One rtiy I shot a rend buck In slitht of tho ennip end left two V.'atwa to carry It In while I went after a hnrtbcmt, but I never saw either men or buck assln. It was no use following them Into the swamps, ss they know every Inch of the ground nd water. They bad small canoes bidden everywhere, and Immediately they crossed a stream they sunk tht canoe again where they alone knew where to find It Our boys wert afraid to follow them, ss thef need poisoned arrows, snd sometimes eel poisoned stakes Is the tracks leadlnf to their haunts." |