New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-07-25
Discovering the DiscOverer.
The HeraId's Livingstone Expedition
Letters from stanley-The Doctors
Own Story.

/ The Herald's Livingstone Expedition
Letters from stanley-The Doctors
Own story.
Yesterdays (Monday's) New Y ork Herald
contained six columns of matter devoted to
the Herald's search after Livingstone. The
first two columns are merely expansions of
that portion of SANKEY'S narrative already
given, with the details Of the fight, the bonn
bast about the American flag being left out.
Such names as MalagariZi Ruga Ruga, and
Nzogera, strongly suggestive of Malaga rails
ins, ruta baga, and nogoheresir, are profusely
scattered through the narrative. Following
is condensation of Livingstone's narrative
as given by Stanley; there is good deal of
Herald spread-eagle and self-gratulation
which for the readers sake. is omitted.
DIR. LIvINGsToNE's OWN STORY TOLD TO
| STANLEY
| DIR. Livingstone's expedition left Zanzibar
in March, 1866. On the eth Of April he left
the seacoast with an expedition consisting of
thirty men. The expedition travelled up the
left bank of the Rovuma river, a route tenn
ing with difficulties. The Doctor having
great trouble with his Sepoys, sent them
back to the seacoast. After suffering con-
siderable from hunger during the transit of
wide extent of unoccupied country after leav-
ing the Rovuma river, the Doctor and his
party arrived in the country of a Nfhiyow
chief on the 18th of July, 1866. Desertion of
fathless men, in the meanwhile, had greatly
thinned his party. Early in August, 1866,
DR.. Livingstone and what remained of his
expedition, arrived at Mponda's, chief Of a
tribe of Wahiyow, living near the Nyassa
Lake.
From Mponda's the Doctor proceeded to
| the heel of the Nyassa, to the village of a
Babsa chief. When he turned his face west
| fbn Inb hoo s1,-1 a1 pfaI
him. Hence the fabrication Of the Living
stone murder tale to hide the fact of the de-
sertion and to obtain their wages. Living
stones party was very small now. He was
obliged to seek aid from the natives. He en-
gagged them as carriers, and as they had
never been tempered with or betrayed by the
slave traders he managed exceedingly well.
From this country, which he left in the be-
ginning of December, 1866, he entered on
northern course and traversed the country of
the Babisa, Bohemia, Banlungu, Barungu,
besides the country of Londa, where lives
the famous King Cazembe, who received him
kindly and showed every disposition to assist
him.
| From the beginning of 1867 to the middle
of March, 1869, he says he was mostly en-
gagged in correcting the errors of Portuguese
| travellers.
These tedious travels have established,
| first, that the Chambezi is a totally distinct
river from the Portuguese Zambezi; second,
that the Chambezi, starting from about lati-
tude ii south, is none other than the head
quarters of the Nile itself, thus giving the
wonderful river length of over 1900 miles
of direct latitude. BY this map the southern
part of the Tangauyika resembles the south
ern part Of Italy in confguration. The ex-
tremity of the Tanganyika south reaches to
deg. AZ sec. south latitude, thus giving the
lake length of 323 geographical miles.
| From the Tanganyika he crossed Marem-
gus and came in sight of Lake Moero. Trac-
ing this lake, which is about sixty miles in
length, to its southern extremity, he found
a river entering it from that direction. Fol-
lowing the Luapula north, as this river
was called, he found it issued from the great
Lake of Bangweolo, which is as large in SUI
perficial area as the Tanganyika. The most
important feeder Of this lake is the Cham
| best. .-ss-..
He returned to Uiji, and, after resting,
then he thought of exploring the head of the
Tanganyika and ascertaining whether this
lake had any connection, or whether the
river Rusizi was an inf1uent or an affiuent !;
but the avarice of the Wajiji's, which would
have deprived him of most of his cloth, pre-
vented him. AT the end of June, 1869, he
set off by way of Uguhha for his last series
ofexplorations. Fifteen days march brought
him to Manyema, a virgin country, but lately
known to Arabs even. On the threshold of
great discoveries he was laid up six months
from ulcers in the feet. When he recovered
he set off northerly, and came to broad
lacustne river called Lualaba, which flowed
northward, westward, and in some places
southwark in amost confusing way. The river
was from one to three miles broad. Follow
ing it northerly he discovered Lake Kamo-
| i,,I CIV icxx,
| south. He traced the river southwark to
Lake MoerO, where he saw it issue out of
this lake through an enormous and deep
chasm in the mountains. Satisfied that this
| Lualaba was the Chambes which entered
Bangweolo, or the Luapula which entered
MOerO, he retraced his steps northward to
| Lake Kamolendo. He came to a river flow
ing from the west called the Lock-, or Lo-
mani, which issued from a large lake called
Chebungo, situated to the south-southwest
from KamOlOndo. To this Lake Chebungo
DIR. Livingstone gave the name Lake Lin
coin, after President Abraham Lincoln. Still
working his way north, bit by bit, against
several and varied difficulties, along the
Lualaba's crooked course as far as latitude
four south, he heard of another large lake
situated to the north, in the same central
line of drainage as the four other lakes but
here he was compelled TO turn back to Ujiji.
Against this cOmpulsiOn his iron will and in
domitable energy fought in vain; his men
had mutinied and absolutely refused to bulge
q step, and to Ujiji he was obliged TO return,
a batfled, sick and weary and destitute man.
TWO PROBLEMS REMAINING TO BE SOLVED.
According to Livingstone two things yet
remain before the Nile sources can be said to
be discovered. First, he has heard of the
existence of four fountains, two of which give
birth to river flowing north, which is the
Lualaba, and two to a river flowing south
into inner Ethiopia, which is the Zambezi,
thus verifying the statement which the Sec
rotary of the Goddess Minerva at Sais made
to Herodotus over two thousand years ago.
He has heard of them repeatedly, and has
been several times with fortnight's march
from them, but something always interposed
to prevent him from going to see them.
These fountains require to be seen. Second,
to trace the Lualaba from where he was
obliged to leave off to where it .debouches
into some other waters. He has followed
this river from eleven degrees south to four
degrees north-that is, through seven degrees
of latitude or four hundred and twenty
geographical miles. 1t only wanted one hum
dred and eighty miles more-this is the length