The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles
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Frederick Starr. The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles
The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles
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Frederick Starr
Published by Good Press, 2019
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When I first entered the Congo my heart sank, for it seemed as if the native life was gone. In fact, in letters written from Matadi I doubted whether I had not come too late for aught of interest. My spirits began to revive, however, with the railroad journey from Matadi to Leopoldville. Groups of natives, with scanty dress and barbaric ornaments, replaced those who at Matadi and its neighborhood gathered at the station to see the train pass.
In my first walk from the mission house where I lodged at Leo, within three minutes’ walk of the mission I found a little cluster of Bateke houses which, with its inhabitants, much delighted me.
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