Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-29
safe,v az mr.. Llylngstone.

Every event that transpires having
the remotest bearing upon the fate OF
DIR. Livingstone, and especially such |
as inspire hopes of his safety, are OF q |
very deep and wide interest. The re-
mort of his death, which was said to
have been met at hands of q party OF
hostile natives, somewhere IN the
vicinity of Lake Nyassa, and while he
was on his way TO the interior In pur-
suit of more definite knowledge of the
country about the sources of the Nile,
was supported by the account of a ma
tive belonging to his party VINO re-
turned to the settlements on the coast,
bearing the tidings.
MANY doubts have been entertained
Of the truth Of the report, though the
probabilities were quite as strong 10
snpport of it's correctness as otherwise,
since some of the natives of the lnte-
rior we're known TO be hostile and OPP
posed 10 strangers intruding upon their
| dominions. The high standing OF Dr.
livingstone. the deep interest felt by
/ fine scientific world in the results OF
| his explorations, coupled with the pain
ful uncertainty of his fate combined 20
nroduee an intensity of interest, similar
| 10 thai which was felt In the fate OF
Sir John Franklin.
An expedition left Simons Town, on
tbe Mozambique coast, about the MID
Ale of JuIv last. TO ascertain If possible,
n. trutb or falsity of his reported
death The party has lately returned
40 tba coast with the gratifying intelli-
gence that they had sscertained iacts
which prove cOnclusively the iaislty OF
the story of his death, as previously
published, they having traced him ~
/ his Journey to point beyond that saio
To have been the scene of his death.
The evidences are substantially these,
Tbe marty proceeded to lake Nyassa
,vbere thew were told by q native that
= wbite man had been there eight or
e. months before. Encouraged by
ais thew continued on their way, and
| AZ q Doint some twenty miles farther
mn the lake, met party of natives who
| eve a simiIar account, and the de
scription they gave oil the white man,
nc dress &c. tailed with that or DIR.
Livingstone. They exhibited some
| trinkets which they had received from
him. end when shown NUMBER OF
nbotoorapbs. Immediately selected that
| III I,ivinatope SIS the white man they
! had sasn. Still farther on they re-
oaived similar accounts, They were
also told that the white man" had en-
deavored to cross the lake. out ialilhg
went farther to the south, where IL
was presumed he had effected a cross
ing. The party here crossed the lake,
bus hearing nothing OF the object OF
their search they made for the south,
and came upon native villages, where
| the former accounts they had heard
were confirmed. Here they found the
people who had ferried Livingstone
over the lake, and assisted him in the
TRANSFORMATION of his baggage toward
tbe interior in q northwesterly direc-
tion. The natives we're very kind to
the party. furnishing them provisions
| snd Information. At a village some
distance farther they learned that DIR.
Livingstone had passed through there,
and a PRAYER book was shown IN which
was written the name of one Of Liv-
inostones followers. They we're told
that an escort from this village accom-
panied the Doctor for some distance on
his journey, end reported him safe on
their return.
When it is understood that this
point ia some days travel beyond the
place he was reported to have been
killed. the facts ascertaiOed by the par
ty seem conclusive in refutation of his
reported death as given, and establish
the certsintysthat, if no other casualty
has happened to him he is now prose-
cutting his explorations IN the far lnte-
rior of that tabled country, where
foot of man ne'er trod before" and
will in due time appear TO the world
again laden with the spoils of diseov-
cries in the region of the upper Nile.
It is thought by Capt. Faulkner who
had command of the searching party,
that DIR. Livingstone would probably
descend the Nile on his return, TO
Egypt; aud we shall confidently look
for dispatch from Alexandria in due
time announcing his safe arrival at that
place.