The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-17
my goodness, ana Of the hngiisn generally because

my goodness, and OF the Engsh generally because
trading party passed u.s. ana one OF their num-
Der was pinned to the ground by spear at dead Oh
Tns was @ 1a y
burned and, as the author OF the outrage told me,
at least forty men killed, because Manyema man
sassinatlon was revenge for the loss OF friends
there. 1t was evident That reaction against the
The accounts s aa evidently Si truthful given by Mu
hamad's people showed that nothing would be
gained by going further In our present course and,
being now very lame, limped back 10 bamDarre,
and here was laid up by the eating ulcers for
many months. They are common In the Manyema
country and kill many slaves. II the foot is placed
on the ground blood hows, and every night q dls.
charge OF bloody Ichor taxes place, with pain that
seeP e WANING p bone
one OF the night sounds OF slave camp. They are
probably allied to fever.
Lordship may have q clear idea OF the difhcnlties
OF exploration In this region. Satisfactory prog
ous Gust to work. tried hard to get oher men
at Uni but all the traders were eager TO secure
the carriers r>themseiyes, and circulated the re.
Country and leave my people to shift for themselves,
like Spoke; they knew perfectly that speke's men
lolo who left me on the shire and refused 70 carry
back the medicine to their chief, for which they
lar to the u Jill Of having ' abandoned them
though gave ther cattle even after they deserted
me-these being the wealth that they value most
Failing to obtain other men at Ulij might have
waited IN comfort there till those for whom had
weakness almost demanded that should do SO;
but had then, rs now, an intense desire 70 nnlsn
Of the history Of the Lewa!e or Arab Governor, Of
Unyanyembe, had grave suspicious that my letters
would be destroyed. He conducted the frst Eng
lish expedition nom Zanzibar to UJji and Uvira,
and back again to the coast and was left unpaid
till the Indian government took the matter up ana
sent him $1,000. He seems to be naturally an Ill
conditioned mortal-a hater of the English. When
l sent stock OF goods TO be placed IN depot ~
to await my the
the governor then gave them In charge to his
buy ivory for his master in Karague 1t was evil
dent that he would do what he could to prevent
and his agent at Ulji, who knew oil this, though
did not after had paid him in full all he asked to
send the packet with about forty letters returned
it back to me with the message that he did not''
know what words these letters contained.
took the packet. When l learned the character OF
the Governor lost hope of any letters going to the
coast, and took back my deserters' making allow.
they did well after Musa fed up to the time black
Arab who had long been prisoner with Cazembe,
harbored them, and when they relented on seeing
me 60 OF to Bangweolo with only four followers,
the eratuitous assertion that there was war in the
country to which ! was going; and ne did many
other things which we think dscredtable, though
he got his liberty solely by the influence brought
to Cazembe. Yet, judged by the East African Mos
lem standard as ne ought to be, and not by ours
keep my own counsel among them, never deemed
It prudent to come to rupture with the old 'necr-
do-wel" ..ICa0a
Compelled to inactivity here for many months l
offered 900 to some OF the traders for the loan Of
ten of their people. This is more than that num-
Der OF men ever obtain but their imaginations were
Unnamed, and each expected to make q fortune by
the ivory now lying rottng in the forests and none
&c ali 20 s
lived In what may be called the Tipperary of
Manyema, and they are certainly bloody people
among themselves. But they are very far from
being In appearance like the ugly negroes on the
! generally men and women are vastly superior to
the slaves of Zanzibar and elsewhere. We must go
moral tone. II they are cannibals they are not o.
tentatiOusly so. The neighborng tribes all assert
that they are men-eaters, and they themselves
pose on the credulous, and they showed the skull
| Of recent victim to horrify one OF my people.
knew Of its existence here-and this they do cot
| II had believed q tenth OF what heard from
Their people told tales with shocking circnmstan.
TALLY, as If OF eye witnesses, that could not be
committed to paper, or even spoken about beneath
from memory. But fortunately I was never fright
ened in infancy with "bogie," and am not liable to
! phobia; for the patient, In a. paroxysm, believes
everything horrible, 4 only 1t be ascribed TO the
| pOSSeSSOr OF q DIack Sklns
! have not yet been able to make up my mind
whether the Manyema are cannbals or not. i have
offered goods Of sufficient value to tempt any OF
them to call me to see O cannbal feast IN the dark
forests where these orgies are said to be held but
hitherto in vain. All the real evidence yet OBJ
tanned would elicit from Scotch jury the verdict
only of mot proven.n A'a'1Nt IA
Although / have not done half hoped to accom-
pnsh trust to your lordship's kind consideration
to award me your appreciation, and am, &c,
fat s- oIEs., DAVID LIVINGSTONE,
Her Majestys Consul, Inner Africa