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This safari trip, which was the fourth to be made out of Nairobi, 
gave Col. Roosevelt and his party an opportunity to witness an exciting 
hunt at A. E. Hoy’s farm at Sirgoi, in the Guasu Nguisho country, the 
spearing of a lion by Nandi warriors. 
Seventy of these spearsmen had been asked to take part in the 
drive, and they assented readily, for when a warrior spears a lion he 
becomes a leader of the fighting section of the tribe and may wear a 
headdress formed of the lion’s mane, and walk at the head of the file of 
the Nandi warriors when on the march. When in these hunts the tribes¬ 
men display extraordinary courage. 
SPEARMEN CORNER ANGRY LION. 
The band of seventy almost naked men, with their long, sharp spears, 
attended by the chosen spectators, the latter being mounted, proceeded 
down a long valley, where the grass was thick and thorn trees lined its 
edges. 
Soon a lion was observed, not more than 400 yards in front. Imme¬ 
diately the warriors gave chase, and in less than two miles they had 
rounded up the king of the wilderness. The horsemen then approached 
and it was seen that the lion at bay was a full grown, black maned one. 
The spearsmen began their task of surrounding the quarry. Every 
man went to his allotted position, and the circle slowly closed in on the 
snarling beast, which swished its tail and kept up a continual roaring. 
The warriors drew to within some twenty yards of the lion and the 
horsemen closed up to see the kill, yet remained at a sufficient distance 
so as not to interfere with the spearsmen’s movements. Three times 
the lion made a savage charge at the now stationary warriors, but 
stopped short each time, with mane bristling,roaring in impotent rage 
at its tormentors. 
LION IN DEATH THROES MAIMS NATIVE. 
Again the attacking party advanced to within ten yards of their 
victim. One last desperate effort and the lion drove directly at 
the line, only to fall with ten spears quivering in its body. But in that 
brief moment it managed to drag down one of the natives, its claws 
sinking into the man’s flesh. 
