The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-02

bow ana arrow, the LuluS WITH Jue VTdutJlOudl
shield, broad-bladed spears and axes. With Living
stone there were nine or ten muskets; his Johanna
men were resting with their loads far in the rear
The Mahlte instantly came on to fight; there was
no parley, avoidance OF the combat; they came
on with rush, with war cries and rafting on their
shields their spears. AS Livingstone and his party
raised their pieces their onset was for a moment
checked but only for a moment. Livingstone
fired and two Zulus were shot dead lhis boys
he was in the act of reoading when
three Mafite ieaped upon him through the
smoke. There was no resstance-there could be
none-and one cruel axe cut from behind him put
him out Of life. He fell, and when he fell his ter
ror-stricken escort fed, hunted by the Mahlte.
One at least Of the fugitives escaped; and he the
eyewitness, it is who tells the tae-A MOosa chief
OF his escort OF porters.
The party had left the western shores OF Nyassa
about five days. They had started from Kompoonda,
on the lakes borders they left the havildar of Sc
poys there dying OF dysentery Livingstone had dis
missed the other SepOyS OF the Bombay TWenty-frst
at Mataka), and had rested at Marenga, where Iiv-
ingstOne was cautioned not to advance The
next station was Mahlivoora; they were traversing
nat country. broken by small hills, and abundanty
wooded.
Indeed the scene OF the tragedy so soon to be con-
summated would appear to have been an open
forest glade. Livingstone, as usual, led the way,
his nine or ten unpractised musketeers at his
heels. Ali Moosa had nearly come up with them,
loads far In the rear. Suddenly we heard Living
stone warn the boys that the Nautilus W ere coming.
The boys In turn beck0ned Moosa to press forward.
Moosa saw the crowd here and there between the
trees.
lie nad luSt gained tne party ana SUNK down De-
hind tree to deliver his own fire when his leader
fell. Mo0sa hed for his life along the path he had
come. Meeting his Johanna men, who threw down
their loads and in q body really passed
Moosa, his escape and that OF his party
verges on the marvellous. However, at sunset,
they, in great fear, left their forest refugee and got
back to the place where they hoped to ind their
baggage. IL was gone, and then, with inceasing
dread, they crept to where the slain traveller lay
Near him, In front, lay the grim Zulus who were
killed under his sure AIM here and there lay scat
tered some four dead iugitives OF the expedition.
other wound but this terrible cash; it must have
gone, from their description, through the neck and
spine up to the throat IN front and It mad nearly
stant suddenness, for David Livingstone was ever
ready.
Nautilus had respected him when dead. They dug
with some stakes shallow grave and hid nom the
starlight the stricken temple OF a grand spirit-the
body OF an apostle whose martyrd0m should make
sacred the shores Of that sea which his abors made
known to us, and which now, baptized with his
lfe's blood, men should hence1Orth know as Lake
Livingstone"
HIS REPUTED DEFENDERS.
The names Of those who stood before the Nautilus
with Livingstone should not be unremembered:-
Adams, James CnOOma,
Walker, Abraham Pariella
Simon Price, Edward Gardner
Albert Buraher, LakoombO,
or these, four were seen dead near the corpse Of
Livingstone; the rest save Ali MoOsa are missing.
CONCLUSION OF THE DETAIL.
The Johanna men made the most OF their way
back to Komposndo, or Mapoonda not venturing
near any village or station. They lost themselves
in the jungle and were fourteen days on their way.
At KOmpOOnda they witnessed the end OF the Ha
vildar Of SepOys, Bombay Twenty first native in
fantry. He alone of all the Indians was faithful
On the threshold of this Consulate at Zanzibar he
pledged himself at the moment OF starting never
to fOrsake his leader Nor did he. To the last he
struggled on worn with dysentery, but broke
down hopelessly on the road to Marenga. day or
two later and he would have shaEed his leaders,
fate. Insubordinate: lazy impracticable and use
less Livingstone had dismissed the other Sepoys at
Mataka. Had they been faithful, like their Havdar
should not have had to inscrlbe a record of this
sad happening. Their unftness for African travel
might have been predicted. At Kompoonda the
johanna men were deprived of their weapons by
joined an Arab slave caravan, recrOssed the Nyassa
and made for Keelwa the great slave outlet on the
expected, they encountered the Nautilus They had
reached Keepareygree, eight days southwest Of
Keelwa, when the appearance OF band Of these
savages scattered the caravan. Abandoning ivory,
slaves, their all, the Arab leaders thought but OF
saving their lives. The Johanna men again made
their escape and reached Keewa, whence, by the
kindness Of the customs people, they were at once
sent on to Zanzibar. They arrived here on the 9th
RESPECT FOR HIS NAME.
1t will be gratifying to learn to the many and true
friends of DR.. Livingstone that when on his sad end
Consulate the French, the American and Hanseatc
flags were at once flown half-mast HIGH the Consus
paying spontaneous tribute to his memory-an
example shortly followed by all the foreign vessels
in the harbor. The Sultan's Dag was also lowered
must reserve other details for a subsequent let
ter; but may state that no papers, e1ectS on relics
G. EDWARD SEWARD.
The date DR.. Livingstone's death is left much
to conjecture the place OF his grave. All that we
certainly know that he was at Nyomano on the 18th
OF May last; that he proceeded to Mntaka, whence
he sent despatch to this Consulate. From Mataka
he is said to have made for and struck Nyassa,
is, cannot be ascertained. The runaway Reuben,
with the Sepoys, states that Livingstone left
Mataka few days before they set out on their re-
turn journey to Zanzibar They were one month
and twenty days on the road to Keelwa, which
they reached during the latter days Of September.
1t may be inferred from this that Livingstone left
Mataka about the middle of last July. The Johanna
men named six weeks as the probable time Of their
return journey from Mapoonda to Keelwa with the
slave caravan. The fight with the Zuus took place
sixteen days before they set out. They reached
Keelwa in November, Zanzibar the 9th OF December.
their leader to have happened during September.
The statements OF our infOrmants as to time. dis
lance and direction are distressingly vague and
untrustwOrthy. G. EDWIN SEWARD.
SORROW AND FAITH
The above is the story Of his DEATH condensed
from the voluminous evidence voluntarily given by
Moosa on his return to Zanzibar. Everybody be-
ieved it, because there could be no reason sug-
gested for unbeiief The felt at the reading
of this despatch was deep and worldwide A good
man, brave Christian, the most indelatigable of
travellers had died martyr, just as he stood on
the threshold Of the UNEMPLOYED.
DR.. Kirk, of Zanzibar, companion in former
years Of some Of his travels in South Africa, took
Moosa under his own special attention, questioned
him and cross-examined him in every way,
but bare facts only remained, looking terrible
and CHASTITY as he proceeded. DR.. Kirk confirmed
Mr.. Stewards despatch in very lengthy letter, de-
failing more circumstantialy than the Resident the
manner of Livingstone's death. And so it became
deep-settled conviction in the minds of all that
David Livingstone, the great traveller, was dead.
But not by all people was Moosa's nicely woven
story, even the subsequent results, the return of
the rest Of the Johanna men and the Sepoys to the
coast, received without o very large margin.
Among these gentlemen was Sir Roderick
Murchson, the President of the Geographical
Society at London, who is regarded as a seer by