Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-01-06
The Latest about the African Explorer,
DR.. Livingston.
HE IS FAT AND WHITE HAIRED

sion fitted out by it to go in search of
the African explorer, Livingstone, which
started from the Island of Zansibar on
the 9TH of February last, and landed on
the coast of Africa at Bagomoyo, where
the expedition lay three months, which
time was spent in obtaining number
Of carriers, known as pagazis. The
caravan then began to move, and the
enterprise was fairly launched upon its
voyage. The expedition, when it be-
gan its march, may be estimated as fol-
lows: Three white men, twenty-five
soldiers, four supernumeraries, with a
transport of eighty-two pagazis, or car
riers-in all one hundred and eleven
persons, twenty-seyen donkeys and two
horses.
The merchandise, presents for the
natives, necessary material and equip
ments consisted Of ffty-two bales of
cloth, seven man loads of wire, sixteen
of beads, twenty of boat fixtures, three
of tents, four Of clothes and personal
baggage, two of cooking and eating
utensils, one of medicines, three of pow
der, five OF bullets, small shot and met
allie cartridges, three Of instruments
and three of small implements and
other necessaries The weapons Of de-
tense were one double barreled smooth
bore No II cannon, two American
Winchester rifles, two STAIRS breech,
loading carbines, one Joycelyn breech-
loader, one elephant rifle, two breech-
loading revolvers, twenty-tour tlint-lock
muskets, six single-barreled pistols,
three axes, two swords, two daggers,
one boar spear, twenty-four hatchets and
twenty-four long knives. They left
Bagomoyo amid the curious gaze and
noisy demonstrations Of the natives.
Tho American flag was borne in the
van.
On the 23d of April, being then
twenty three days march from Bago-
moyo the expedition had travelled one
hundred and twenty five miles, and had
reached Sinibawenni. Here the tray
elers experienced some trouble with the
Sultana Of Sinibawenni, which, how
ever, was soon adjusted. The swamp
of Makata was shortly after reached.
For five days the force continued their
march through this slough, and when
the passage was made death had drawn
his line through their ranks. Sickness
weakened others, desertions reduced
the native followers, and quantity OF
merchandise was lost in the transit.
Rehermeko was reached at the close of
the rainy season.
BY the 24th of May over two hun
dred and seventy eight miles were
traversed, and the dangerous land of
Wagogo was entered. Up to this
period the countries Of Wakwere, Wa
doe, Wasegura, Wasagara and Wahehe
had been gone over;the rivers Kingani,
Ungerengeri, Little Nakata, Great Ma
kata, Rudews and Mukondokwa had
been crossed, the sources of three riv-
ers found out, and one lake discovered.
The Arab village of Kwihara, in In
yanyembe, was reached on the 3Oth
day of May, and in this place the expe-
dtion halted, after having travelled five
hundred and twenty five miles in eighty
four days. 1t is from this Arab village
that the Herald correspondent writes
the first tidings he has heard of DR..
Livingstone, as follows:
NEWS ABOUT DR.. LIVINGSTONE.
| shall here proceed to relate what |
have heard Of Livingstone uerbafim.
On the 18th of April l met at Nous
sondi, on the Ungerengeri river, four
marches from Senibawenni, Saliini, bin
Hasheed, who gave me the following
intelligence respecting Livingstone
81 saw the musungu who came up from
the Nyassa a long time ago, at Ujiji
last year He lived in the next tembe
to me. He has long, g,white moustache
and beard, and was very fat. He was
then about going to Marungu and Unle-
ma" On the 18th of May, Sheikh Alb
dullah, bin WASH found Inc encamped
at Mpwapwa and gave me the follow
ing: The musungu (white many has
gone to Maniema, a months march
from Ujiji. He has met with bad ac-
cident, having shot himself in the thigh
while out hunting buffalo. When he
gets we'll return to Ujiji. There are
many lakes on the other side of the Tan
ganyika. Lake Ujiji is very great Lake
Uruwa is also great, Lake Bangucolo is
great, but Lake Maniema is great ex-
ceedingly great.
THE STORY OF sHEIK THANH.
At Kusmi, in Mgunda Mkhali, or
the land of the Wayauzi on the 18th
of June, | met Sheik Thanh bin Mas
soud, who impaired the following:
you are asking me about the musun-
gu whom people call Doctor Fellus-
teen Or. Livingstone.) lived near
him about three months at Ujiji. His
men have all deserted him except three
slaves, whom he was obliged to buy"
"Why?"
"He used to beat his men very hard
if they did not do instantly what he
told them At last they all ran away;
no one would stop with him. He had
nothing with him, no cloth nor beads,to
buy food for long time; so he had to
90 ont and hunt buffalo every day. He
is very old man, and very fat too; has
a long white beard. He is a great eat
er, Mashallah! He would eat pot of
ghee and big plateful of rice three or
four times day. Mashallah but you
see this thing, pointing to a tea sau-
cer?)
Eyes"
s.Nell he would eat that full Of but