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DR. McMILLIAN IN THE JUNGLES OF AFRICA A BIRD’S EYE VIEW' OF A TRIP TO EUROPE . Lisbon, Portugal, June 26, 1935. Mr. George Hibler, 2885 Ohio Street, Omaha, Nebr., U. S. A. Dear Mr. Hibler: I have written several times but I do not think I mentioned just when I would be arriving at Omaha. We left Africa in May and now we are spend ing some time in Europe. At the present we are back to Lisbon where we have many pleasant memories of long ago. We shall go from here to France where we plan to have quite a pleasant stay for a few days. I guess il shall leave the family in France, while I run over to London as I have some very important business to attend to there; then we shall per haps meet at Havre and sail for America on the lie De France some time near the 1 (1th of July, putting us in America about the 16th or 17th of July (that is in New York, we shall reach Omaha about the 25th of July.) These dates are merely approxima tion. I can’t be exact about them for I do not know what delays might be occasioned in London; and too, I have some stops to make even after reach ing America. However, I shall either wire you or write you when I reach New York. When I enclosed that letter to you in one of Eh*. Terrell's, I did not know your address, or rather I had heard that you were not at the same place so l sent the letter through Dr. Ter rel. However. I told you something about, not only my work, but some thing about the big game hunting, too. I have been on many exploring par ties into the distant jungles and have seen and visited African tribes nev er before visited by strangers. I have plenty of documents of my work and expeditions too so when I come I will lot you loose yourself in the whole thing. The following is a quotation from a European paper: “I)r. Aaron McMillian! Scientist! Lion Hunter! Explorer and Jungle Penetrator! Tells of Charging Lion and Monstrous Pythons”! Another one carries this: ‘"The Famous Dr. McMillian and Family sailed on S. S. Colonials.” Well, I guess this is enough for one time, so I shall not take up more of your time. My movements from now on are as follows: Touring Central Europe. Business engagements in London. Sailing July 10, 1935 from Havre, aboard S. S. lie de France to New York. Will arrive in Omaha about July 25th. Yours truly, Aaron McMillian, Large Crowd Greets Herndon A large audience, numbering be tween three and four hundred people, both white and colored, gathered on Grant street west of 24th, Monday night to hear Angelo Herndon, young hero of the fight of the south ern workers for better relief and againstj discrimination, speak. This is the second time that Hern don has spoken before an Omaha audience. Many of those who had heard him before remarked on his rapid development as a speaker. His experiences in the battle against the Slave Insurrection law under which ■ he was convicted, in the fight for the freedom of the Seottsboro boys, his contacts with workers in many cities, had evidently given him maturity and power remarkable in one so young. He gave a vivid picture of condi tions of workers in the south, the particularly intense exploitation of Negro workers throughout the coun try, and the growing organization of united white and colored workers for the improvement of these conditions. He showed that the wave of lynch terror, legal and illegal, was evidence of the fear that the white ruing class has of the unity of white and Negro workers, which threatens tthe brutal reign of these slave-masters. There was enthusiastic response to Herndon’s appeal for support to the International Labor Defense, and the audience contributed over fifteen dol lars to help carry on the fight for his freedom and that of the Seottsboro boys. “The fight for my freedom,” said Herndon, “and that of the Seottsboro boys, is part of the fight for the free dom of Ethiopia, last free country of the Negro people, from Italy’s fas cist rule; 'it is part of the fight for the freedom of all workers, both Ne gro and white, from capitalist rob bery. The Home of Dr. Aaron McMillian, with Aaron and Bobby standing on the lawn, in Calangue Anaola, West Africa. Dr. and Mrs. McMillian by the Zebra he killed. .The Cam era missed the upper part of the Dr’s head. He always gets up close to his Prey. Dr. McMillian and his native guide, looking down on their prey. The following is what Dr. has to say. about, this., lucky catch. “This is a great big Eland (another species of a South African Antelope) almost as large as an Elephant. After skin ning this one a lioness, came to take the meat. I, with my gun bearer stayed to guard the Meat, while the other boys carried some of the meat to camp. I fell asleep andw hat awoke me was the munching of the lioness. She was within 20 yards of me. I shot her but she got away into the thick brush, so I never got her.” Dr. Aaron McMillian. Mrs. McMjllian, Aaron, Jr., Bobby Mc Millian and Mr. Samuel B. Coles. .This picture was taken short ly after the McMillians landed in Africa, whelre the temperature was 120 degrees in the shade. Bobby McMillian, after three years in Africa, the following of which he writes a letter to his grandmother, Mrs. S. E. Boone of Omaha, Nebr., whom he calls Mamma. Calangue, Anoala January 23, 1935 Dear Mamma: How are you and Mr. Boone. Aaron and I have a li.tie sister named Helen Kasova, she is three months old and she can hold a rat tler in her hand. How are Hiram and Edsel? We heared they have a little sister named Marion, how is she? We had a very nice Christmas and how we did enjoy the games j you sent. Our Christmas tree was very pretty with a lot of betries on it. Aaron and I have a little dog named Jack and how we hate to leave him in Africa, but I am sure we will have tlo. In a few months we will be home, so I won’t write any more. Best Wishes to All, Your Son Bobby DR. A. M. McMillian as he looked just before sailing for Africa. Dr. Aaron McMttlian in his garb, worn by Americans in Afri ca, looking through a pair of field glasses, in his yard. Dr. McMillian and two sons in Africa, under the Palm Trees at the Beach. They are all wearing Sun Glasses. Bobby McMiilian making an observation of his new sur roundings on the boat enroute to Africa. Bobby has leamtd to speak three different lan guages since h left home. He can hold a conversation with the natives with ease. The McMillians family, Dr. Aaron McMiilian, Mrs. Wilena Mc Millian, Aaron, Jr. and Bobby Mc Millian on deck, enronte to Africa. Dr. McMillian, taking a rest on an easy sent. The Dr. has the following to say about this large animal. — “This day I stalkod a herd of 30 Roans in the open and I shot like a mad man. Killing four and several others that were wouned got away, but the natives found them dead later. ” Dr. Aaron McMillian, and four of his Roans (a very large South African Antelope) that he shot in a wild riot for a get away. ..Dr. McMillian has tfhis to say abouj. thin hunting exper ience. “The day this was snapped I killed 4 Roans (South Africa Antelopes- I have one of the finest guns made. It shoots like a machine gun. There is nothing quite so enjoyable as hunting wild animals* Dr. McMillian and the largest lion shot in Africa. The Dr. has the following to say about this Jungle Captivity. “This is the largest lion I have ever seen, 11 feet, 8 in. (tip to tip). The Lion, the Lamb (gun) and the Dr. lie down togeth er.” When the Lion was killed there were four others in his company; after I killed this one I shot another but he got away in thethiclc brush and 1 couldn’t follow him, but I am sore he died in there.
