The New York herald., 1873-07-01
Sir Samuel takers Travels, Battles
Df6iculties and Safety.

Sir Samuel takers Travels, Battles,
Dfaicrlties and Safety.
The civilized wGld will be interested 10 the news
which we publishspecally in the HERALD to-day
the intelligence othe safety Of Sir Samuel Baker
Hnd OF the members of his White Nile exploration
party and OF thei preparations for a speedy return
to Egypt.
SKETCH Oh HIS LIFE AND TRAVELS.
Sir Samuel Whit Baker, K. G. b., is the eldest son
OF the late Samuel Baker, Esq, OF Thorngrove
Worcestershire, England. He was born June s.
1891 At an earlyag he showed a strong predilec-
ton for travel, and has spent greater portion OF
his life In Asia AMI Africa With his brother Colonel
BAKER, In 1S4S he undertook the organization of an
extensfee SSricultural settlement at Newera Eliza
. station ab6us one hundred miles from
Colombo. the capital o. Geylon, which coun.
his eight Years. wanderlngsH published in 1856
In 1861 he made preparations for an expedition to
1;fant at the sources OF the Nile Having explored
the tributaries of the Atbara, task which occupied
some months he proceeded to Khartoom in order
1H iH GsssaSS iS x9o@ Ws Ns Ns
"a numerous train of assistants, and snorti, sfter
'entered upon waste swamp and reeds, losing
In consequence or lever, hls only European attend
ant AT Gopgokoro tie party was joined by speke
and Grant, when the lormer told Sir Samuel Baker
existed to the west, which was believed to be a
second source of the Nle Captain Speke had traced
the river leading thereto as lar as deg. 20 min. NJ
when 1t diverged to the west, and he relinqushed,
very unwiingly, his task, which was at once
undertaken by Sir S. Baker, who was accompanied
by mis- wife. The organization OF the expedition
Gas a matter of great dificuty, as he could only
annrce about seventeen natives to go east and
none you'd go south. Finding that IL was the In
tenttoh OF those he had engaged to desert him, Sir
8. Baker ana wife, nothing daunted, prosecuted
their journey and overlook the traders, arriving In
the Lat0oka country, ITO miles east OF Gondokoro,
March II. 1868. After a sojourn In this part they
made their way to Kamrasis country, lying between
she Sobat and White Nile rivers. Descending the
valley Asua they on the eighteenth day after leav
ing Kamaris country, March IA, 1864, and tracking
the river upwards, sighted the desired lake ts.
lynn, very Sw In the c for OF
feet, Sir 5. Baker and his vile reached
the shore of the lake, which he named the
western shore distant sixty miles, and is lined
by mountains 1000 feet In height This lake, and
reservoirs OF the Nile. In September 1859, he un.
dertook the command OF an expedition TO Ceptral
AFRICA under the auspices Of the khedlve, VINO
placed at his disposal force OF 500 picked Efypt-
Ian troops letter from him dated Decembhr 8.
1870 at Tew1 Keeya, states that during his stty at
that station he had entirely suppressed the 4lave
trade OF the White Nile. Since that period we pave
had many OF his death by disease, and again
by assassination. On the nth OF April, 1873 ~ was
reported in London that Sir Samuel Baker, Lady
Baker aud the lew SURVIVORS OF the band wnlcp set
out with them had been murdered by savage tfibes
In whose nelghborhood they mad for some tlmepast
been lingering with their lives In their hands
Their force had then dwindled to HANDFUL and
this not so muCn from disease or from ulnCuFy "
travel as from the hostility OF the natives. The
survivors OF the expedition were blockaded In O
small building, which they were struggling &C
hold against their enemies; but their numbers
we're painfully lew, and their resources welnigt
exhausted A rescue had been planned, and al
expedition had been despatched by che Khddivt
OF Egypt to their aid but 1t was judged prudent
TO attempt to reach them from the south byI way
OF Zanzibar, rather than by pursuing the 1ouu
they themselves had travelled
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