European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In i 7v 1 am1 jul Fileff t i Al a Bunch of horses into a Corral to the feeding troughs w r Ankles and then they took turns standing beside us to compare they were amazed by our wrist watches and pocket but our guns were the main after they had concluded the inspection to their some of them took Wong aside and told him they would like to have a shooting con test with Ebertz agreed and said he would stack his my against any of their one of the Young kids brought out a piece of tile and took off for the Hills he placed the which was to be the about 300 Yards away and then the chief came up with his Betook five shots at the but every one was either too Short or off to one Ebertz took his he put one round in his adjusted the took squeezed off his shot and splattered the target to every Lolo around jumped with we were we slept in the Lolo Village that night and in the morning the chiefs son came to Wong with word that the tribesmen were going to kill two bulls in our Honor and did we want to watch the slaughtering the Lolo method of killing animals int pretty and we didst stay out the whole what we did see was one Lolo felled the first Bull with an axe As it wavered to its he pounded Over the on the Back and on the screaming every time he swung the the Lolo onlookers hopped up and delirious with while the Bull was still a second Lolo Slit its we were supposed to accept this sacrifice with deep the killers axe missed its target on the second Bull and the animal got away to the Hills at a fast the Lolos gestured excitedly to the major that they wanted him to shoot the run he brought it Down with a single the cleanest execution in Lolland in a Long we checked out before the final details of that evening the Lolos feasted on the two they sat in about 20 to the eating the beef from massive one to each they had Only one eating a spoon which looks something like a tiny it is used for the soup which is served at every meal and one spoon does for a whole Circle of their eating must rank among the worlds with some 200 lips smacking in enjoy ment at one it sounded As if you were stand ing near a Lake listening to the slap of the Waves against a Row of moored they did not in Vite us to join any of the circles and we did not wearing in a lust beyond the yellow River regret they did bring us some uncooked liver and tripe to Back to Camp with our quarters while we were with the tribe were in the Corner of a Large room on the second floor of the chiefs the House is still building and Wong discovered that this marked its fourth year of the Lolos them selves know nothing about carpentry and such work is done by chinese they have captured and is a slaves and the Lolo warriors Are left with Little to do but Demk Rice wine All after the Bull the chief paid a visit to our a bearer brought a Large Kettle of Rice wine and placed it at the chiefs we had to drink because the major planned to make a Token Purchase of a few it was a Quick for its one purpose was to impress the Lolos that we were in the Market for even before the Deal was closed curious Lolos began to Jam the they squatted against the Walls and watched us As the chief had a second meal after Selling the the chief ate with chopsticks this time and we shared some beef and pork with the smell of bodies in the room was the tribesmen squatted close to constantly feeling our touching our faces and rub Bing the hair on our their faces were strange and distorted in the they took the Jungle knives out of our belts and seemed Content to sit and hold and stare at they inspected every single item of our the zippers on our Field jackets were something they  when we smoked they were not so much attracted by our cigarettes As by the matches we used to Light they Light own pipes with Flint and when Wong informed the chief that we had to leave in a few he tried to persuade us to stay he wanted us to remain in the Vil Lage Long enough to teach his people some Amer ican habits and maybe a few words of he and All the tribesmen pumped us with endless questions about the United states and about the whole outside when we told them about american Farmers their first questions were How Many guns does an american Farmer have How Many horses How much Silver they wanted to know if there were any beggars in the the Lolos themselves Are not yet certain that the world is they asked us for proof of the shape of the world and for proof that the Globe if it they Why dont people fall off and Why Doest the water spill out of Rivers and lakes they believe that the chiefs a three Story is the last in modern when we told them about skyscrapers and new they refused to believe the chiefs right hand Man told us that the Lolos had Seena few if the americans could make such things from Reading he then the Lolos were going to get the chiefs considered the most daring Man in the offered the major his Best horse and the title of godfather to his if he could have a plane the major said he would try to arrange it we sensed something More than curiosity in the Brothers request it seemed pos sible that he was preparing to unseat his brother and was banking on adding to his personal pres Tige in the Community by taking the death defying risk of air the evenings Lolo version of a Bull session finally folded and we the rest of our stay with the tribe was largely a matter of preparing to leave for the Lolos continued in their curiosity about us and we continued to observe the Lolo to we Are you can see of Only their hands and and some times their Are they seem quite in Nocent of bathing and the dirt on their hands has undoubtedly been untouched by water for possibly they observe the tibetan custom of but three Baths per at once at marriage and finally at this allergy to bathing was a major obstacle to our interest in the we could observe them with enthusiasm while our lungs were full of fresh but enthusiasm waned with closer Contact our Mission had been finished with the buying of the we packed our including our kidney and mounted our horses and headed Back to the i