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ENGLISH WOMAN WRITES OF THRILLING LION HUNT WITH ROOSEVELT
On Horseback She and Former
President Rout Fierce Beast
Out of Its Lair and Chase
It Down—Brave Animal
Charges Whole Line of Its
Human Enemies, and Falls
Fighting Before Score of
Spear Thrusts
If yne are ■ • n«nan. h<w would you like
to iske port !o a lion spearing hunt? No
sbonting the fierce beast at a distance of
half a mile. Nothing ease i« that—hnt
a hand to-t»ml battle with him. apear
anlnst claw and ?’• horsepower teeth.
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I Sirn« hermit -Eleanor C.” waa one member
I of thia ilon spearing bunt In Africa, ana
Theodore Roosevelt was another. Read her
I atorv of the thrilling affair, written from
I Motataw., British East Rfriea -Editor At
| lanta Journal.
BY- ELEANOR C.”
1 have just been through the most
i i thrilling experience, a lion-spearing hunt
i arranged for ex-President Roosevelt, and
j you may. perhaps, like to hear about it.
When the ex-president arrived at the
, Sirjoit camping ground, Nasin Ouishu,
I tt was arranged to have a lion hunt from
; there. Fifty picked Nandi natives march
i ed In. in all their war paint—queer ar
rangements of feathers on their heads and
cow bells to make music, fastened to their
knees, decorated waist-belts, to which
most of them had a small club or knife
hanging, the rest of their arms—or. I
might say, dress—consisting of a shield
THE ATLANTA SExMLWEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1910.
and spear. For Hunting they dispensed
with the cow bells and the feathered
head-dresses. They are very fine men,
tall and well-built, as active as mon
keys. and as plucky as they make 'em.
We all started off across the plain,
the grass for several miles round being
fortunately short. The Nandis arranged
tl emselves in a long single line to beat,
while the horsemen, about ten in all
consisting of Colonel Roosevelt’s party,
ourselves, and a few others —followed just
behind them. After drawing about ten
miles of country without any result, our
hopes and spirits began to fall corres
prndingly as the heat of the day rose.
By this time w*e had reached a dry
river bed. with some good cover of long
grass and reeds. We had not gone far
along it when up jumped a splendid
Hon, dark in color, jgrith a fine mane, and
made off towards some fairly open coun-
try. Anyway we galloped in hot pur
suit—a most thrilling chase. For a few
minutes we lost sight of him in the long
grass before he left the river bed, but
he was soon viewed as he mounted some
rising ground towards some thorn trees.
There seemed to be something incongru
ous in giving the halloo! to a Hon, and
1 felt almost ashamed of shouting, “There
he goes! forrard away!" after his re
treating majesty the king of beasts. We
soon gained on him, and he took cover
under a low-spreading thorn tree, growl
ing savagely, lashing his tail and turn
ing from side to side, looking for the
weakest spot in the circle of his ene
mies, who were gradually forming round
him.
We had a perfect view of him within
about 30 yards, and I longed to'Tiave a
shot, but my rifle was far i>wiind; and
we were, anyhow, not supposed to shoot
unless in danger. The Nandis were to do
the killing. Those few minutes were the
most exciting, and they seemed much
longer than they were, for every moment
he seemed to be getting more furious,
and each time he turned and looked our
way I expected he would charge. Very
soon he did, but not at us. He came out
at a trot for a few yards, still growling;
then reared up and threw himself at the
line of natives. He looked magnificent,
and they faced him without flinching.
In a flash he had a man down who
got his spear home, but was mauled him
self in the shoulder and arm. Then, feel
ing another spear on the other side, the
lion turned and seized another man, and
clawed him, at the same time biting
furiously at yet another spear, which he
doubled up in his mouth, knocking out
two of his own teeth, and chipping a
bit out of his tongue as he fell, still fight
ing, pierced through and through with
about 20 spears.
The excitement was now great and gen
eral, and kodaks flashed to the fore as
the victorious Nandis, holding their
shields over tlieir neads. marched round
singing a deep throated and rather melo
dious dirge over their fallen foe. He was
a game and gallant foe, well worthy of
their own courage.
The two wounded natives were soon
seen to and their wounds washed and
dressed, and happily, after the first shock
was over, they were found to be not very
seriously hurt. They are a strong and
healthy race, and soon recover from
wounds of this nature.
The funniest thing was w’hen one of
the party came up and complimented me
on my courage and coolness! I began to
wonder if I had killed the lion!
Colonel Roosevelt was delighted with
the whole thing. He is most refreshingly
keen and quite boyishly enthusiastic about
everything that presents itself to his no
lice. He laughs at every joke as heartily
as a school boy.
We had one more lion hunt with the
Nandis and got a brace—a very handsome
lion and a lioness. The lion was just like
the first one. but not so large.
We had a short chase after them, and
then they lay down in the reeds, the
only cover there was, and were quickly
dispatched before they had time to col
lect themselves or screw up their cour
age to the plt=h o_ fury the other one
did. He was a beautiful Hon. in splendid
condition, and his skin was presented to
the only lady of the party, to her great
surprise and joy, and thus ended the great
Sasin Guishu Hon hunt.
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