. Hunting and hunted in the Belgian Congo . of hisjourney, that would have been no justification of hismurder in cold blood by the Sudanese askaris in theLado Enclave. This furnishes an instance of native troops gettingout of control when sent out on an expedition withouta responsible officer in charge, and I have no hesitationin declaring that the official, whoever he may be,who was responsible for sending out askaris, with-out a European in command, to escort Rodgersinto his boma is directly responsible for that horriblecrime. The very fact of sending natives to escort, or I shouldsay forcib
. Hunting and hunted in the Belgian Congo . of hisjourney, that would have been no justification of hismurder in cold blood by the Sudanese askaris in theLado Enclave. This furnishes an instance of native troops gettingout of control when sent out on an expedition withouta responsible officer in charge, and I have no hesitationin declaring that the official, whoever he may be,who was responsible for sending out askaris, with-out a European in command, to escort Rodgersinto his boma is directly responsible for that horriblecrime. The very fact of sending natives to escort, or I shouldsay forcibly drag, a white man in to a Government stationis an enormity. I suppose this official was too busy withhis whisky and cigars. This is typical of the SudaneseRegime. 258 A PLEA FOR THE SAVAGE Colonel Stigand, the Governor of Mangalla, who isin charge of affairs affecting the Lado Enclave, shouldhave something to say about it. He has been a veryenthusiastic elephant hunter himself, as Rodgers was saidto have been when he met his death. 259. --?--. London! Smith Kldcrft To. INDEX Aba, 48 Acacia Horrida, 77, 92 Africa, mission work in, viii Aka district, 187 Albert Nyanza, Lake, 32 Alenzoi, 159 Amadi, 48 Americani, 198 Amusements, native. (See under Native.)Antelopes, 9, 59Ara river, the, 113Arrows, Congolese, 69Ashes as wind-gauge, 109Askaris, 24, 49 Bandas, 194 Bangala, the, 190 Bari river, 68 Bathing in the tropics, 53 Belgian Administration, the, 86, 145Congo, obstacles to trade in, 86treatment of the natives, ix, 168,188, 257 Bellows, Congolese, 196 Bennett, Mr., 39 Billygces, the, 188 Blackwater fever, 35 Bora, 67 Brain-shot v. Heart-shot at elephants,109 Bridges, native suspension, 195 Britlebank, Mr., 39 Brown, Walter, 255 Bow and arrow, native skill with, 123 Buckley, Mr., 23, no Buildings, native, 205 Burial customs and ceremonies, 200 Bushiri, 169 Busoga, 142 Butiaba, 55, 248 Call of Africa, the, 182 Camp, night scene in, 61 Camping grounds, selection and care of, 22Can
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