Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-01
DR.. Livingstone Dead,

= otoh0 "" ooaiu, III cuaTHe " ATtnuI DaiIl
and Jacob Wainwright. aud give q de
tailed account of the doctors last fata
illness and death. He had been III O
chronic dysentery for several months, wa
well supplied with stores and medicines
but had a presentiment that the attacl
would prove fatal. AT first he was abb,
able to ride a donkey, but soon bad to b,
carried. Arriving at MuiIala. beyont
Lake BembaiD. in the Bisca country, h.
said, Build me a hut TO die in" and hi,
request was complied with by bis follow,
ers. On the LIST Of May no was confined
TO his bed and afterward suffered greatly,
grooming night and day. On the third
day be said he was very cold and request
ed that more grass be put over the hut.
His followers could not speak or 60 near
him. Kitumbo, the chief of Blsca, sent
-four and beans, and behaved very we'll
toward the party. The fourth day, DR..
Livingstone was insensible and died about
midnight. Makohooa, a servant, was
present. Livingstone made his last entry
in his diary, April u. He spoke much
and sadly of home, aud his family, when
first seized by the fatal attack, an6 prayed
much, saying. 81 am going home" He
told his followers he intended to exchange
everything for ivory TO give them, aud
then push on to Ujiji aud Zanzibar and
try to reach England,
The same day on which he died. his
followers consulted what to do. The Mas
sick boys determined to preserve the re.
mains, but they were afraid to inform the
chief of the death of tie doctor. The
secretary had the body removed to an.
other hat, and built a high fence around
it to insure privacy. He then removed
the 'interna' organs, placed them iu a tin
box and buried it inside the fence under
4 .arge tree. Jacob Wainwright cnt the
following inscription Gu the tree /; DIR.
livingstone, died, May 4. 1873" and
with the name of the head ,
nan. Susa. The body was then preserved !
n salt aud dried in the sun for II DAYS. Il
litumbo, on being Informed Of Living =
tones death, had drums beat and guns !,
red as Il token OF respect and allowed :,
followers to remove the body. They r
it in Il coffin of bark and com. a
eneed the journey to Unyamyembe, d,
hlch consumed about six months, send. !,
g ~ advance a party with information q,
all that had occurred, addressed to n
lvingstone's sou. The advance party n
ere met by Mr. Cameron, who sent back
lies of cloth and powder. The bod ar. :,
we'd at Unyamycmbc, ten days after the "
Vance party, and rested there two tn
'eks. Messrs. Cameron, Murphy and vi
lion also arrived there together, the ii,
ter very il, bis sight gone aud mind Tt
he afterwards committed sui oy
lie at kasakera, aud was buried hare.
Unyamyembe, LivlpgStonc's remains in
re placed in another bark cehiu. done 70,
to represent a bale Of goods. so as to oh,
'elVe the natives, who objected to the er,
OF the corpse, and thus it was 70,
ried TO Zanzibar. Liyinss,one's cloth. to
papers and instruments acc ompaned w
body Chumah remains at Zanzibar. s,o
'bb, the American consul at Zanzibar. tro
letters through Murphy from asst
ingstone for Stanley, and will deliver ia,
personally. g.
he only geographical news is as fol. cas-
S Alter Stanley's departure, the doc. psr
left Unyamyembe, rounded the south hea
OF Tanganyika, Travelled south Of
&c Bemba or Bengaoleo, crossed it bee
n the south to the north, then proceed mes
along the east side, returning north ligi
'ugh marshes to Muilala. me
his papers, sealed and addressed TO chu
I'd - 1874. s4.- ".N.# .f.EH H.#-I
secretary tf state, are in charge Of and
bur Laing a British merchant at Zan. Civ,
r. Messrs. Murphy and Cameron re. chu
u behind. 8t lyn