American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-18
Fate Of DR.. LIVINGSTONE.

The dispatch which was received
from"Her Maiesty's Consul at Zanzi.
bar, and DR.. Kinks letter to Sir Rod.
rrick Murchison, read at the ROYAL
Geographical Society on Monday
evening, have awakened considera.
bic hopes of the safety o. the distin.
guished traveller. A narrative has
reached Dr. Kirk which, if it may be
believed, will disprove the story Of
DIR. Llringstone'S death as told by
the johanna men. From the state.
ment Of II native introduced to DR.,
Kirk by Bantam trader, it appears
that white man with a party of
thirteen blacks arrived at one of the
villages under Maranga while the ma.
tive was there. All had firearms.
and six carried double barrelIed guns.
The white man Was OF moderate
height, not stout, dressed in white,
and wore % cloth WRAPPED round his
head. He gave the chief looking
glass, and was offered ivory, which !
he declined, stating that he was moi
A trader. He then went north wards |
This is all the information which the
native can give, if we except one i'm. |
portant item. When DR.. Kirk met
him again, he placed before him his
books of Photographic portraits. In !
the first he did not recognize the |
likeness of the man he saw in the in.
terror, although it contained a very
fine side view of Livingstone. In the
second he at once pointed to q star.
ing likeness of the traveller which
Or. Kirk kept as a caricaturc, and
said, "Thal is the man." Then he
ldded, Come on to Bagamogo and
zee my master and the other men;
hey have seen him also, and will tell
-ou all they know" The native, it
nay be added, was one of q caravan
'asSing from Bagamogo along the
lsual trade route to Wemba and Ma. ]
anga, where they remained trading
or some time, and again returned to
he coast DR.. Kirk thinks that if
he head man Of the party can he
Dund, it may be possible to identify
he stranger, who to their hopeful L
appears to like their
)ng-lost friend. 1t was decided at
nee to set ont forBagamogo 10 make
lquirieS. The story of a white man S
aving been seen at Uruwa is dis. Il
met thing from the narrative now y
iven. "But," says DIR. Kirk, " the a
ne adds confirmation to the other, 0
nd shows us that if it be Livingston q
u whose track We now are, that he e
as more than half finished his work,
nd is about to 90 to the Albert Ny q
MA" Sir RodericL Murchison, in o
lacing this information before the e
Geographical Society, stated, in ad.
ltiOn, that Mr.. Price, the chief of
le Bombay Mission Church, in a s,
tier shortly after the news of DR.. q
death, had said: "It
iIl he remembered that the doctor :,
'ok with him nIne African Christian :,
ds, who had been brought up at III
If institution at Sharanpnr. These
ere, without exception, intelligent pt
'nths, abOnt twenty years of age, 81
ID had tOlerable knowledge of
iglish; most of them possessed hi
rong physical development, and,
ing fred with q desire for enter.
Use, cheeriiully volunteered to ac-
lnpa Y DIR. Livingstone. call to 7, p
ILd how, when the doctor had them y
gether in my verandah. after Civ
z them some account OF the kind III
life they had to expect, and the
that lay before them, be 60
Included his remarks by saving very
Now, my lads. You \.
2 we may have to encounter hard W.
ips and dangers; but bear in mind
owe all things that, whatever hap
ms. you must stick close to me-" ca
Roderick believed those faithful 70
tendants had stuck close to their
der. and their number accorded
tn that stated by DIR. Kirk. who
ne last seen with Livingstone, and q
possession Of the hrearms known M