While hunting at Chete last week I noticed a grave on the side of the road between the offices and staff quarters. This is my third hunt there but I never noticed it before. The grave is that of trooper Albert Ernest Rice who died on Feb, 14, 1900 of blackwater feaver. he was 23 years of age and British South African Policeman. If your there visit the grave. It is a real part of early African history.



465H&H

I'm amazed it is still there and hasn't been scavenged for the metal or something. Very cool.

Red

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Originally posted by Dago Red:
I'm amazed it is still there and hasn't been scavenged for the metal or something. Very cool.

Red

It hasn't been scavenged because the Trooper did not O.D. on quinine, but is actually a vampire who is only kept in the ground by the serious ju-ju on the marker. Or at least that is the story I'd tell any by-standers when looking at the marker.

Dean

It is also attache to a 1 ton footer.


Mike

that's pretty cool. where's the hunt report? I'll be talking to you in a week or so, i want a full rundown. congrats on your hunt, and your safe return!

Brings me to the question..

What's Black Water Fever??

Type of malaria I believe.

Blackwater fever is a complication of malaria where the red blood cells burst into the bloodstream releasing the hemoglobin directly into the blood vessels and into the urine leading to kidney failure

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Originally posted by MopaneMike:
Brings me to the question..

What's Black Water Fever??

IIRC it is an overdose of quinine in the presence of malaria. Or at least the two occanionally trigger a very bad response from the body's immune system.

Dean

Its a horrible thing breaks down your kidneys gets its name because when you unrine the amount of blood in it makes it look black

Here is a link to some more history of the area in question.

http://www.monze.com/historyfort.html

465H&H

Damn... Now there's something you don't want to get..

Thanks guy's..

This graveyard was "in the middle of nowhere" on Nomtsas Farm where we hunted in 2007 in southern Namibia (about 3 hours south of Windhoek). It is the site of a massacre of German settlers during the controversial uprising/war of 1904. (The German government is still negotiating over reparations, but let's not get into the politics of it.) I appreciated getting to view it as a historical site not so far removed in time and nature from the clashes with native Americans that European settlers had near where I grew up.

465H&H-

So thats the only grave left from the cemetary? Or were the other 5 there as well?

Im not sure what happened but the main grave sites were at Fort Monez in Zambia. Apparently some very sick individuals were moved south of the Zambazi for convalecence. Trooper rice may have benn one of those. This is the only grave I saw at Chete.

Also I have found out that Trooper Rice was a member of the famous Shangani patrol where part of the patrol was stranded on the other side of the swollen Shangan River and were wiped out by Ndebele warriors.

465H&H