The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 2, 1900, Page 1

This Paper not i to be taken from : oW | BROUGT = . - : S ALAMBAN TAMBOSSIE - -4 December 1900 sasigned to huve charge o when it shoul charred and broken after rafff the figh It was hot fi “SOLESS h Maizke's bones and t of sev na- tives. who had béen his faithful employea. We recognized them. by bita of thelr ciothe ing strewn around. The bones were picked clean. Bave recrSfies sy hfrtesn e and The cannibals were right when they from New B . counted upon our vengeance. It was all land and the that filled our minds from the time we Solomon Isiand Glscovered those remains of the feast and the empty statlon I found that a German cruiser was In port In the Caroline Islands, ard her cap- n tain was willing to help me. Together r at we are aocus- we salled for Komull to punish the people s they deserve First the cruiser opened fire. Shot and shell burat upon the frightaned men and 150 natives fell under the attack. Soma endeavored madly to keep up a bluff of bravery by hurling spears toward our ves- sels and shouting In the midst of a wild war-dance. It was a pi b A sh bursting upon every man, Our wrath was no! yet vented. Some of us landed and continued our destrucs, tion. Ome hundre " were licked Perhaps that s # of human arms be cooked. 4 eighty f we star e a punisn- PRINCEOFTOBIAM MATUPI Imagine 3000 of these biack figures rush- ing down to meet one liitle y. lm- &gine 5000 spears almed at the m dingy. There was only one chaace for us, thet chance lay hooting. t our few could do agal that army of spears seemed littie It was only in d Bang! It was t been In hot ous natives most ds do not speak understand, but ears. It is the lan- There is no other £ with them. They seemed quite willing to let it be their last. The blackest men I found ia all my bl o Ba travels were those of the Solomen Isiands. 5 aciatn- 1 O ruck. A man Labore, the big one, s a Bolomon Isl- Mg e o black body rolled r on th 076 &nd ander. He is tall .and perfectly propor- . e ower op lmy stiil as an ebony log. The result was tioned, and his flesh i ltke the polished D have orenghy like magic. wood of a plano. His hair is black, too, sting souvenirs .. o TeD balted in terror. They looked for it has not been bleached with the wash ing T3 at their dead comrade, slaln by a flash of lime juice that is fashionable among look at them In gng g puff of smoke; struck down by & his companions. est attack occurred pang from heaven, p ans. To them we thing but the natives” were wizards, who Lid conjured up a csaved us. If they mysterious siayer that they could not eay th ever return. I am golag my - wears a large collection next voyage, however, I don’t expect the s ad of & gun before ges, . They are in the form of xvhomfin«‘*mm out against us, for They stood still 2 moment, in the silence little welts on his chest. These are made either. o e dingy’s_crew and of complete terror. Then, without by inflicting & tiny wound and fllling it The foud botween them and us dates a dissenter, the entire 300 turned =and with poison. The scar never disappears, back to the death of - fled, whither we did not care to follow. often outliving the attachment of r!.:.a Matzke was an agent of the Hernshiem We pelted a few more shots after them, sweetheart who made it. I have noticed Company., He used to gather copra at a just to emphasize the first, and five dead that the handsome menm wear more of produce station and ship it to . THEY _WANT BLOGD ; vages were left behind In the Mat h scars than plain ones. This may ‘mon received » on i lempting prom- peopie’s fignt. W thought best Sustitlion Do s wollat £ g lsland of ‘:a"; - v \rader. Here I was pot to push the ecquaintance, but a few The natives of the Admiralty. and take n etr&l- ‘the product from I had thought that Matzke persen Tome 264 a . he : ¢ : ;18 » would come ment Tow whe read know blam tions wh f'rl:l;f:rt‘:"ll:t':: woeksu}:tzr“ mer;mlr’:zdb lian"l,ar:::"::m‘- :roa“td:: ::fl; ‘.'.“x m ‘,’,":,f"f,f_ :1‘:; The mission sounded simple ”.Lm us. x“'::t nho:g; pn;_xled. PR :hon p.:,w They -n:’:.d:evn:n.a by =ifle, e&:’o(’?:auuiond of :..:. Toe toms of eciou bers skir- ugh. crash. cras] . Tom ear, and uniess they tlimk of the whites blami is a good boy, and I hope he '.t: roducts. Two trading post. The natives had had their mishes and genuine battles that were As I drew near Komulli I noticed that laces all around came shots rifles dread they them. earn thaq Were the men first experience with shooting and thay fought I left all the swarthy people in everything was quict—nobody to be seen. :hot Wwe could not sesy v "n ia m:-‘-:;'m':.u ;::. that I }.nn.'.i’nfi'i’mfi"i :;a:n:‘ ::;L ] . ' I § N 0