Identifier: daringdeedsintro00feat (find matches)
Title: Daring deeds in the tropics. A thrilling narrative of remarkable adventures, terrible experiences, amazing achievements and important discoveries of great travelers in southern climes
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: (Feather, A. G.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. E. Potter & co

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eel quite sure, from what Majwara said, that death did not take place till some hours after. It was not without some alarm that the men realized their more immediate difficulties; none could see better than they what complications might arise in an hour. They knew the superstitious horror connected with the dead prevalent in the tribes around them, for the departed spirits of men are universally believed to have vengeance and mischief at heart as their ruling idea in the land beyond the grave. All rites turn on this belief. The religion of the African is a weary attempt to propitiate those who show themselves to be still able to haunt and destroy, as war comes on or an accident happens. On this account it is not to be wondered at that chief and people make common cause against those who wander through their territory, and have the misfortune to lose one of their party by death. Such occurrences are looked on as most serious offences, and the men regarded their position with no small apprehension.
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THROUGH THE WILD& OF AFRICA. 315 Calling the whole party together, Susi and Chuma placed the state of affairs before them, and asked what should be done. They received a reply from those whom Mr. Stanley had engaged for Dr. Livingstone, which was hearty and unanimous. You, said they, are old men in traveling and in hardships; you must act as our chiefs, and we will promise to obey whatever you order us to do. From this moment we may look on Susi and Chuma as the captains of the caravan. To their knowledge of the country, of the tribes through which they were to pass, but, above all, to the sense of discipline and cohesion which was maintained through-out their safe return to Zanzibar at the head of their men must, under God's good guidance, be mainly attributed. All agreed that Chitambo must be kept in ignorance of Dr. Livingstone's decease, or otherwise a fine so heavy would be inflicted upon them as compensation for damage done that their means would be crippled, and they could hardly expect

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