Tuesday, November 27, 2018

1895 January The Return Of Tarzan

Date:  January 18, 1895     
Event:  Tarzan gets shot at and later has dinner with Captain Gerard and Lieutenant Gernois.
Source:  "That night he was Captain Gerard's guest at a little dinner." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.
"We are marching toward Djelda on the morrow." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

NC Wyeth
NC Wyeth

Date: the morning of January 19, 1895     
Event:  The Gernois detachment leaves for Djelfa.
Source:  "When the column rode south from Bou Saada the next morning there were half a dozen Arabs bringing up the rear." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

NC Wyeth
NC Wyeth

Date:  January 20 through 21, 1895     
Event:  The Gernois detachment camp at Djelfa for two days.
Source:  "After camping at Djelfa for two days the column moved to the southwest, from whence word had come that the marauders were operating against the tribes whose douars were situated at the foot of the mountains." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

NC Wyeth
NC Wyeth

Date:   late in the afternoon of January 22, 1895    
Event:  Tarzan and the soldiers reach the douars they are to protect.
Source:  "Late that afternoon they went into camp at a little oasis in which was the douar of a sheik whose flocks were being stolen, and whose herdsmen were being killed." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

NC Wyeth
NC Wyeth

Date:  early the morning of January 23, 1895     
Event:  Tarzan helps the French soldiers hunt marauders.
Source:  "Early the next morning Captain Gerard split his command in two, giving Lieutenant Gernois command of one party while he headed the other." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

J.Allen St. John
J.Allen St. John

Date:  the night of January 23, 1895     
Event:  Tarzan kills his first large animal, a black lion, with a rifle, and he is captured by Arabs.
Source:  "He must have slept for several hours, for when he was suddenly awakened by the frightened snorting and plunging of his horse the moon was shining full upon the little valley,"  ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

J.Allen St. John

Date:  about noon January 24, 1895     
Event:  The Arabs, with Tarzan their prisoner, reach their douar of about twenty tents.
Source:  "When they had come out of the mountains they turned toward the south, and about daylight came to the spot where their horses stood in care of two of their number." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan. "For six hours they rode rapidly across the burning desert," ERB-The Return Of Tarzan. "About noon they came to a douar of about twenty tents." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

Joe Kubert
Joe Kubert

Date:  just before dusk January 24, 1895    
Event:  The Arabs turn Tarzan over to the Russian, Nikolas Rokoff.
Source:  "Just before dusk several men approached the tent where he lay, and entered it."  ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

J. Allen St. John
J. Allen St. John

Date:  near midnight on January 24, 1895     
Event:  Sheik Kadour ben Saden's daughter, The Ouled-Nail of Ssi Aissa, rescues Tarzan.  The ape-man kills his second black lion, but this time with a knife.
Source:  "It must be near midnight, thought Tarzan." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan. "The man placed a foot upon the carcass of his kill, and, with his handsome face raised toward the full moon, gave voice to the most frightful cry that ever had smote upon her ears." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan 
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Chat:  There was a full moon visible in Algeria on January 24, 1895.

J. Allen St. John
J. Allen St. John

Date:  about 9:00 a.m. on January 25, 1895  
Event:  Tarzan and the sheik's daughter, The Ouled-Nail of Sisi Aissa, arrived at her father's douar.
Source:  "No sign of pursuit developed, and they came in safely about 9 o'clock to their destination." ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

Barclay Shaw
Barclay Shaw

Date January 25, 1895 through January 31, 1895  
Event:  Tarzan remains at the sheik's douar for a week.
Source"So he decided against the sheik's proposal, though he remained a week as his guest," ERB-The Return Of Tarzan.

Gaste a Bou Saada
Gaste a Bou Saada








About The Author


James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edger Rice Burroughs. Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines, over a span of forty-five years. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There the researcher chronologies the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory).instead of the more excepted date May 1888.


James Michael Moody is also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, and Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022. Swordsman On Unium is going through the publishing process.


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