The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎347r] (46/232)

AN EXPEDITION BETWEEN LAKE RUDOLF AND THE NILE. 619
The Akara, Dinka-Dings, Turkana, Mushas, Mursu, and Murle
•seemed to belong to the Masai and to the aboriginal pigmies who live
north of Lake Stefanie, and to have nothing in common with the
Sudanese.
On February 27 we reached some pools of water on the plain, not
far from the Okatela mountains, and the same afternoon my boys
reported many natives to be watching us in a suspicious manner. Two
of my Somalis, whom I had sent to the mountains in search of water for
our next march, came back in the evening with strange tales of the
natives trying to surround them and take them prisoners. They also
TRAGELAFHUS BOR (HEGGLIN).
reported very many large villages in the hills. I wished to pass around
the northern end of the mountain range and proceed straight to Lado,
but the reported attitude of the natives decided me on taking the
southern route to Tarangole. Although there was but slight danger of
not succeeding to come to friendly terms with the natives, I was
particularly anxious just here to avoid any risk even of a fight, since I
was near Tarangole, the most northerly point of Colonel Macdonald’s
expedition, where friendly arrangements had been entered into between
the British Government and the native chief. Two marches brought
us to Omin, a very large village near Tarangole, perched on a hill called
Alanga at the foot of the mountain. During most of the mornings
march crowds of natives, armed with spears and bows and arrows,