The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-15

lay so near his heart; yet suffering from an attack
| OF diarrhea and the consequent weakness 1t in
duced, the brave spirit was up again. eager az o
highspirted boy, for the path OF duty pointed out
The above Is but q slight sketch OF the main
points In the great travellers character, whose
personal story am about to relate 1t was neces-
| sary that the reader should know what sort OF
man this DR.. Livingstone was after whom the NEW
YORK HERALD thought proper 10 despatch special
| correspondent with an expedition. at no matter
what cost After this study of him cannot better
| sum up his character than by using the words OF
| one OF my own men :-"He is a good man, an ex-
tremely good and kind man." Is 1t not true, then.
that his quondam companion did not
know the nature Of the man with
whom he lived and travelled. who said
that Livingstone would away from
| any other white man who would come after him;
and Is 1t likely that the intellect Of the facetious
gentleman who stated his belief that Livingstone
had married an African princess, and had settled
down for good" could fathom the single minded
| traveller and upright man. David Livingstone
| THE DOcrOH's STORY.
| Dr. David Livingstone left the island Of Zanzibar
in March. 1850. On the 18th Of the following month
| he departed from Mkindini Bay for the interior
with an expedition consisting OF twelve Sepoys
| Bombay nine men from Johanna of the Comoro Isles
! seven liberated slaves and two Zambezi men TAX
| ing them as an EXPERIMENT., six cames, three
! bunaioes two mules and three donkeys. He thus
| had thirty men, twelve OF whom-viz., the Sep0ys-
were to act as guards for the expedition. They
were mostly armed with the Enfield rifles pre-
scented TO the Doctor by the Bombay government.
The baggage of the expedition consisted OF ten
bales OF cloth and two of Oeads, which were to
Sc We as currency by which they would be enabled
to purchase the necessaries Of life In the countries
the Doctor intended to visit Besides the cum
brous moneys they carried several boxes Of instru
| ments, such as chr0nOmeters, air thermometers
seXtant and artificial horizon. boxes containing
clothes, medicines and personal necessaries.
UP THE ROvUMA RIVER.
| The expedition travelled up the left bank Of the
Rovuma River, route as full Of difficulties as any
| that could be chosen. For miles Livingstone and
his party had to cut their way with their axes
through the dense and almost impenetrable jungles
! which lined the rivers banks. The road was
mere footpath leading in the most erratic fashion,
in and through the dense vegetation. seeking the
| easiest outlet from 1t without any regard to the
course it ran The pagazs were able to proceed
easily enough, but the camels. on account OF their
| enormous height, could not advance step without
the axes Of the party first clearing the way. These
| tools of foresters were almost always re-
| quired, but the advance of the expedition
| was often retarded by the unwlingness OF the
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departure Of the expedition from the coast the
murmurings and complaints of these men began,
and upon every occasion and at every opportunity
they evinced decided hostility to an advance.
| BERGH WANTED.
In order to prevent the progress of the Doctor,
in hopes that 1t would compel him to return to the
coast, these cruelty treated the animals that
before long there was not one left alive. Failing in
this they set about instgating the natives against
the white man, whom they accused most wantonly
Of strange practices AS this plan was most likely
/ to succeed, and as it was dangerous to have such
men with him, the Doctor arrived at the cOnclu-
| sion that 1t was best to discharge them and
accordingly sent the Sepoys back to the coast, but
7 not without having first furnished them with the
means Of subsistence on their journey to the coast.
| These men were such disreputable set that the
natives talked OF them as the Doctors slaves One
OF their worst sins was their custom to give their
guns and ammunition to carry to the first woman or
boy they met, whom they impressed for that pur-
pose by either threats or promises which they
I T0sally unable to perform and unwarranted in
making. An hours march was sufficient to fatigue
them after which they lay down the road to be-
| wall their hard fate and cOncOct new schemes to
Illustrate their leaders purposes. Towards night
they generally made their appearance at the camp
ing ground with the looks Of half dead mem Such
men naturally made but poor escort fer had the
party been attacked by wandering tribe OF ma
tives Of any strength tho Doctor could nave made
defence, and no other alternative would be left
| to him but to surrender and be ruined. The Doc
tor and his little party arrived on the 18th July,
1885, at village belonging to q chief Of the Mahi-
| yaw, situated eight days march south Of the Ro-
Yuma and overlooking the watershed OF the Lake
| Nyassa. The territory lying between tho Rovuma
River and this Mahiyaw chieftain was an uninhab.
tied Wilderness during the transit OF which Living
stone and the expedition suffered considerably from
| hunger and deserti0n of men.
| LYING wAKOTANT.
| Early in August, 1866, the Doctor came to
| Mpondas country, chief who dwelt near the Lake
| Nyassa. On the road thither two OF the liberated
slaves deserted him. Here, also, Wakotani mot
| WikotanD prOtcge Of the Doctor, insisted upon
his discharge alleging as an excuse, which the
Doctor subsequently found to be untrue, that he
had found his brother. He further stated that his
family lived on the east side Of the Nyassa Lake.
He further said that Mpondas favorite wife was
his sister. Perceiving that Wakotani was
unwilling to go with him further the
| Doctor took him to Mp0nda, who now saw
and heard of him for the first time, and,
having furnished the ungrateful boy with
enough cloth and beads to keep him until his ''big
brotherp should call for him, left him with the
chief, after first assuring himself that he would
have honorable treatment from that chief The Doc
tor also gave wakotani writing paper las he could
read and write, being some of the accomplishments
acquired at Bombay, where he had been put to
SCHOOL, that should he at any time feel SO disposed
he might write to Mr.. Horace Waller or to himself
The Doctor further enOined on him not to join any
slave raid usually made by his countrymen, the
men of Nyassa, on their negboors. Upon finding
that his application for discharge was successful,
Wakotani endeav0red to induce Chumah,
another protege OF the Doctors, and companion
or chum Of wakOtani, to leave the Doctors service
and proceed with them, promising as bride
wife and plenty OF pombe from his 'big brother"
Chumah, upon referring the matter to the Doctor,
was advised not to go, as he (the Doctor strongly
suspected that wakotani wanted only to make him