THE HIGHLANDERS IN ASHANTEE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 639, 17 July 1874, Page 3

THE HIGHLANDERS IN ASHANTEE.

—o—A soldier in the 42nd Highlanders relates the following anecdote :—“ IVe were (he objects of great cn-iosity on the part of Urn Fa nines, wuo hung around the camp all day in crowds, and numbers of whom had fnl'o’.voil us froma large ullage through which we passed jrsr as the Run was ri.si.ia our pipos making the whe’e slice:, nog with the tune of ‘ Hey, Johnny I 'one, "luoh they struck up just as we entered the village. .Che wnole place was in an np'na; ai onee, rue people rushing out of tueir huts in the utmost cu.isteuiairoa, nudem-i' no ikoi., ■ lie Jshaitees a'ce on i hen. In- were s.imei hi.ig oca bogles tin-,; hud iierid srnnetliiug or, tint bagpipes vote uinii.owit iiislrunieiits of war-faie to them. As soon as tin y realised thai ii. was not their dreaded lans who were present, they begot to aoproanh cautiously ; but cal,cuing S'giit of lie pipers, ivi.o still a.lheie i-o tiie garb of old 0 ml, in iletiiiine fo \\ ar Office reuui.o ions, a resh sta npeile to ik pla rii, to Ihe into,iso. amuseiueut of our men ; uir did the guides >. or ihem veutme to nouie tmar until one rear of tin; del,m. lime it was cm.u of the village. By the itime, aowever, that we readied onr halting olace, we were sm - ionudeil bv a couaiuerahle evnvd. the pipers still ioimi.ig the attracdoo, the natives evidently : ou Mignuni them as officers or dignitaries of very highest importance, and Mm p nes themselves as some kind of mysie-inns instrument by which the enemy is to he vampiished. So far, indeed, did their respect, for these , c. souages cany them, that a war-dance in their honor was got up and carried on with great vigor, to the evident disgust of hi > Duncan, our pipe-major, who wauled to know what he was made a pep-show of for, and if they had never seen a kiltie before.