The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-17

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Letter No. 7-Doctor Livingstone to Earl
| Granville.
| UNYANYEwBE, near the Kazeh Of speke.l
Feb 20, 1872.
MY LoRp-My letters to and from the coast have
been 80 frequently destroyed by those whose interest
and cupidty lead them to hate correspondence as
likely to expose their saving that had nearly lost
all heart to write, but being assured that this
| packet win be taken safe home by Mr.. Stanley,
add fifth letter to four already penned the pleas
ure OF believing that this will really come into your
l0rdships hands 0verpOwering the consciousness Of
| having been much too pr0lx
The subject to which beg to draw your atten-
ton is the part which the Banians OF Zanzibar who
the slave trade in Central Africa, especially In
4 Manyema, the country west or UjJi; together
with a proposition which have very much at
heart-the possibility Of encouraging the native
| Christians Of English settlements on the West
| Coast Of Africa to remove, by voluntary emigra-
ton, to healthy spot on this side the Continent.
The Bantam British subjects have long been and
are now the chief propagators Of tie Zanzibar
slave trade; their money and often their muskets,
calico, are annually advanced to the Arabs at
enormous interest, for the murderous work OF
vps Of as nature H Of Which maen
with the Arabs in the, interior, i soon
learned the whole system that is called "butchee"
dering by the Arabs at the instigation and by the
aid OF our Indian fellow subjects. The cunning In
they they send Inland and very adrotiy let the odinm
Of shaving rest on their Arab agents AS rule,
ton ton unless supplied by the Banians with arms,
ammunition and goods Slaves are not bought in
indeed it is mistake to call the system Of Ujijl
slave "trade" at all; the captlves are not traded
the the usu
ally not slaves but captive free people Sultan
anxious to do Justly rather than pocket headmoney
would pr0claimthem all free as soon as they reached
~ Let me give an instance or two to illustrate the
trade OF our Indian fellow subjects. Ny friend
Muhamad Bogharib sent large party of his people
far down the great river Lualaba to trade for ivory
| about the middle OF 1871. He is one OF the best
Of the traders, native OF Zanzibar and not one OF
the mainlanaers, who are lower types Of man. The
men have however often the worst attend
he, with two other head men, advanced to the peo-
pie of Nyangwe twenty-five copper bracelets to be
paid for in ivory on their return. The rings were
worth about FIVE shilings at Ui, and 1t being well
known that the Nyangwe people had no ivory the
manding payment in ivory in vain, they began an
assault which continued for three days. AN the
burned, many men killed and about one hundred
and fifty captives secured. -
On g9ng N ys INTO San
men, who had only been able to advance five OF the
twenty-five bracelets, and he told me that he had
bought ten tusks with part Of the captives; and
having received information at the village where
found him about two more tusks, he was waiting
| purchase them. had now got into terms OF friend
Ship with all the respectable traders of that quar-
al be- on ass
ing Muhamad himself afterwards, near Ujiji, the
| proper name CT Muhamad Nassur, the Indian who
conspired with Shereef to interpose his own trade
! speculation between DR.. Kirk and me, and defray
eli his S% Of the %aa
| whom borrowed all the money and goods for this
/ viii not refer to the horrid and senseess mas
| sacre which unwiingly witnessed at Nyangwe,
in which the Arabs themselves computed the loss
of life at between three hundred and four hundred
souls. (see No. ~ 1t panied me sorely to let the
mind dwell long enough on It to pen the short
his guns aud gunpowder rom Ludha Damji, the
|
lie has had the cunning to conceal his actual partl
cipation in shaving, but there is not an Arab IN the
country who would hesitate moment to point ont
that bat for the money Of Ludha Damji and other
| Banians who borrow from him, shaving, especially
| In these more distant countries, would instantly
cease. 1t is not to be overlooked that most other
trades well as Saving is carried on by Banians;
the customhouse and revenue are entirely In their
| hands, the sO-called governors are their trade
agents. Syde bin Salem Buraschid the thevish
Governor here, s merely trade agent Of Ludha, and
honesty having been no part OF his qualihcat0ns for
the office the most shameless transactions OF other
| Bantam agents are all smoothed over by him. A
delinauents in villages adjacent to this, and when
they arc inquired for by the Sultan he reports that
they are SICK 1t was no secret that all the Banians
| looked with disfavor my explorations and
disclosures as likely to innre one great source Of
w @ abe SS
slaye-trader Ludha DAMN had been requested to
forward supplies and men to me-. This and similar
cr ry that he probably answered with his tongue
in his cheek. HIS help was all faithfully drectedto
wards securing my failure. / am extremely unwil-
ling to appear as Ii making wall on my own &C.
| count, or as II trying to excite commiseratiOn.
am greatly more ea,ed ~ the hH KIND
sympathy OF Her Majesty's government than cast
down by losses and obstacles. Bull have pur-
pose In view in mentioning mishaps.
Before leaving Zanzibar in 1866 paid for and dis
patched stock Of goods to be placed in depot at
Jill; the Banyamwezi porters, or pagazi, as usual,
brought them honestly to this Governor or Bantam
| agent, the same who plundered Burton and Spoke
ss s9a ne bn mid
way between this and Ujiji stopped the caravan
ten days while he plundered as much as he chose,
and went Off to buy ivory for his owner, Karague.
Saloon has been kept out of the way ever since;
the dregs Of the stores left by this slave are the
only supplies have received since 1885, Another
stock OF goods was despatched from Zanzibar in
1865 but the whole was devoured at this place and
the letters destroyed SO that l should know moth
ing about them. Another large supply, sent
through Ludha and his slaves in 1se9-70, came to
Till. and except few pounds Of worthless beads
out OF 700 pounds OF fine dear beads, all were sold
or for slaves and ivory by the persons selected by
Ludha Darnii. / refer to these wholesale losses be-
Cause though well known to Ludha and ali the
Banians, the statement was made In the House Of
Lords Il suppose the strength of Ludha's
plausible fabes that all my wants had been sup
piled.
By coming back In roundabout route Of 800
miles from Ui did find two days ago good
quantity OF supplies, the remains OF what had been