CHAPTER XL 
Thrke Lions with Three: Buttets—Wiedebeest or Gnu was 
RooseveeTs First Victim—Son's Expedition Without 
Father—Smaeepox Breaks Out in the Camp—Hunt 
Deeayed by Missing Baggage. 
LEARNING of years at last was on the verge of satisfaction. 
^ Theodore Roosevelt was where, in all the world, he most 
desired to be—in the heart of Africa, surrounded by the most 
majestic game the earth affords. 
The first night of the Roosevelt expedition under canvas in 
Africa was spent in the elaborate camp set up for the party near 
the railroad station at Kapiti Plains. It was without incident save 
that the plains resounded with the night roaring of an unfenced 
Zoo. 
No decision yet had been reached as to when the expedition 
would leave. Some of the baggage sent by the Smithsonian Insti¬ 
tute was left behind at Mombasa, and this fact threatened to cause 
a delay in the start of the shooting trips of two or three days. It 
was rumored that the baggage in question was stolen on board the 
steamer Admiral, but these statements were eventually proven with¬ 
out foundation. 
Col. Roosevelt, who arose the next morning in splendid spirits, 
forbare all the members of his expedition to give out any informa¬ 
tion regarding the future plans or movements of the party. 
He was much annoyed to receive word that the Mombasa 
Standard has published a violently worded attack upon Mr. F. J. 
Jackson, the Acting Governor of the protectorate, and Col. Roose¬ 
velt, for allowing only representatives of American newspapers 
to accompany the Roosevelt special train from Mombasa to Kapiti 
Plains. 
This attack was copied by the Nairobi newspapers, and it is 
said that the imperial government asked an explanation from the 
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