WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



riately given over to Protestant and Catholic mis- 

 sions. 



A short time after my departure from Moschi my 

 camp was visited at night-time by a number of natives. 

 A shot by the guard scared them away and alarmed the 

 camp. 



Months passed without any other incident of this 

 kind. When I returned from my expedition into the 

 interior of the Masai highland, in 1899, and reached 

 Fort Moschi, I found it in a state of actual war. The 

 night before the natives had tried to take the fort by 

 surprise but were beaten off. I put my own men at 

 the disposal of Lieutenant Merker, who was in charge 

 of the fort. We were on our guard day and night, but 

 the natives, having failed in their first attempt, did not 

 try a second attack. 



A punitive expedition followed, nineteen chiefs were 

 hanged, and peace was established. I think such whole- 

 sale executions will not achieve the purpose of terrify- 

 ing the rebelliously inclined On the contrary, they will 

 only sow the seeds of hatred, which some day will, no 

 doubt, bear the fruit of revenge. The native warriors 

 are brave and not afraid of death. A warrior of the 

 Meru mountain tribes, who was told how senseless it 

 was to expect to vanquish the Europeans, with their 

 fire-arms, simply said, " I know nothing of the Euro- 

 peans; I only know myself, my spear, my wives, and 

 my cattle." 



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