The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-21
DR.. LIvINGsrONE's DEATH con-
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DIR. FLIVINGsTONE'n DEATH con.
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DR.. Livingstone vs. sccempanied. on his
last expedition, by ten or dozen Johanna
men, from one of the Comoin Islands, fur
pislsd 81, the British censhl thez4,ai Il
The India Times states that in October last
these mel, fetuthed sAd mlde their report to
the English Consnl as Zanzibar, and claimed
and obtained their pay for nine months SER
vice in thsje1pedition. 81
From the accounts of these Johanna men
it would seem that the expedition reached
Lake Nyassa in safety, and crossed the lake.
They pushed on westward, and in the course
Of some time reached Goomany, fishing
.yinlee on river Tels wepla apppsr &c,
t, sss e. &c rs ss ss5b % sys s OF
warned DR.. Livingstone that the Mafites' q
pinnderi6g expedition, and that II you'd not
Be safe to continue the journey. But the
dan ers thus presented to view we're not suf-
ficient to deter a man who had braved so
many before and. treating the warnings as of
but slight moment, he crossed the river in
canoes the next morning, with his baggage
and train of followers, in safety. Previously
to this time the whole Of the baggage ani>
rak had persisted on the iospe1 from the
wasit 81 water, and On reaching the further
side Of the river, the baggage had to. be ear
RED by the doctor menu Being . list walk
er, DR. Livingstone kept some DISTANCE in ad.
vance of the baggage encnmbered men; and
Moosa only, or Moosa and few others Of
the party, kept up with him.
Tile march had continued some distance
when Dir. Livingstone saw three armed men
ahestls aud thereupon he called ont to Moose,
aThe iMahtes are odt, after nli,h or some
woods as those; and these seem TO- have been
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weapons, and they Immediately, commenced
hostihties Evidently the men must have
closed on the doctor, when finding matters
desperate, he dsss his revolver and shot two
of his assailants but while thus disposing of
the two, the third managed toget behind DR..
Livingstone, and with one blow from an axe
Glove in his head The wound was mortal,
but the assassin quickly met his, own doom.
fore abuliet FROM Mossa's e. rnasketS passed
through his body, and the murderer fell dead
beside his victim. Moosa states that the doctor
died instantly, and that finding the Maftes
were out he ran back TO the baggage party
and told them that their master had been
killed Ihe baggage was hastily abandoned,
and the JohonnA meh, Moosa, and the rest
of the party sought safety by hasty fight,
which. accordingto Moosa's story, they 1con-
tinued until sunset.when they reached secure
hiding place iA the Jungle They held con
suhalfon, and il alleged that Moosa pre-,
vailed on them to go back and look after the
body Of their late master, and that on regain.
ing the place where the murder had been
perpesrated they feHnd DR. Livingstone s
body lying there. The doctors watch had
been carried away, together with his clothes,
the ouly article tina, remaMeds - the body
being the trousers. Moosa, and the men who
the ground, just deep enough TO bury the
body ill., and there left, in a far remote and
unknown spot the remains Of the self -denying
and noble man, who all too soon for his eoun.
try and the cause Of civilization. but not too
soon for him to have earned an enduring
fame, found his end at the hands Of IN igno-
BILE savage. The corpse Of the three Ma
fites were lying on the spot where they
had fallen; but no attention was paid to them
by Moosa, who, on searching, could End
no memento of his late master to bring with
him il, Zlnzibar. In making their way to
the coast great hardships were experienced
by NJ zoos and the other survivors of the party,
who were insuch starving coudition' that
they had toiive upon ths berriet theg could
gather By the way until they fell in with an
Arab caravan, which entertained them kind.
~. hey we're thus enabled to reach keel>
wah, inthe territory of the sultan Of Zinzi-
bar. hey we're here provided with clothes
and necessaries and were sent on to Zinzihar,
at which place they reported alt the circum.
stances to Dir. Seward, by whom they were
closely examined Dr. Kirk, of Zinzibar, an
old sociate of Livingstone, also questioned
them carefully, and found that their state
ments oftiie country through which they al
legged they had passed correctly answered to
the leading features of the wilds through
which Dir. Livingstone had intended to track
his way. fSH Ass
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