Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-03-19
THE DEATH OF DR.. LIVINGSTONE.
His sickness. Emb immen., R,c.


Letter from the British Consul at IA xibar
1t APPEARS from the information
given 10 Lieutenant Cameron by the
doctor $ servant, human, that Living
stone proceeded from Ujj, to the mid
dle of the northern shore OF Lake
Bemba (Ban .weol"l, and that, being
unable To cross IL, he retraced his Steps
aud rounded it TO the southwark,
crossing, besides the Chamheze, three
other rivers which flowed INTO the AXE.
He then Went $50 far a. Lieutenant
ameron Is able IL make out) in search
of The ancient mountains of Herodo-
tus, AMI eventually turned In the east
ward and crossed u g Luapnla.
Alter marching for some days
through an extremely marshy country,
III which sometimes tor three hours at
II lime the water stood above the waists
OF the trave ers, the doctor succnm-
bed To an attack OF lysentery, which
carried him off after an illness Of ten
or fifteen days. During this trying
Journey two of his men died aud s-v
eral deserted The remainder, 70 in
number, d,Sem5 ,weled the co psr aud
eubaned As well az they could
with salt and brandy. On nearing
Unyan embe, Chumah, with few
others, started ahead 10 procure sup
plies, AS the party was nearly starving;
,ni the remainder with the body, were
reported 10 be distant from ten to
twenty days march from Unyanyembe
at the date OF Lieutenant Cam~ron's
letter. IL vii be seen on reference TO
Doctor LlvingStones last commune
ton, dated lst July, 1872, that the &C
count given by th Doctors servants
of his latest movements agrees i'll th'
main Nth the route sketched out by
he traveller himself before leaving
Unyanyembe.
His intention was to go sonthwards
To Utipa, then round the south end of
ranganyika, aud crossing the Cham
pezr, TO proceed west along the shore
OF Lake Bang "eolo. Beng then in
attitude IL south, his wish was To 60
straight west To the ancient fount1inS
eported at that end OF the watershed,
then TO turn north to the copper mines
# K,tanga, and after visiting the an
lergrouud excavations, to proceed to
the head Of Lake Lincoln, whence he
| would retire along Lake kamolinda
toward Ujjl, and home.
He distinctly stated it was not his
1 !,
| the Manyaemo country; and a. he es-
| leened the duration of his jrnrney
from Ujj' and back again at eight
months. 1t is not unreasonable TO infer
hat the design hal been completely
carried out and that
| LIvINGsroNE WAS ON HIS HoMEwARD
JOURNEY
| when attacked by the disease to which
he fell victim. This snppositlon IL
rendered more probable by the fact
tha; when the Doctor left Unyanyembe
he was well supplied with provisions,
and that he is rtpurted by his servants
To have been nearly destitute at the
lime Of his death
A letter which received the same
| day (Jannary 81 from ia IL bin Jalim,
The .,,ab Governor Of Unyanyembe,
further Informed me that the death &C
| Cured at Lobisa. II this is correct,
ana II tn t Ill trict is accurate y laid
down upon the maps, DR. LlvingS one
must have proceeded tuIther to the
eastward than was supposed by Lent
rrgant ameron who fixes the spot
! are he died approximately AT 10 de-
I 2fts ~ SCUM ia.'N,.i~ - 30 ----' l--.-ss'
| tude
The mcsscr ger who brought Lieut.
cnant Cameron'~ letters reports that
the road from vi j I" the coast is now
perfectly clear, aud that, az 'iramhn
is entirely destitute OF ammunition,
nothing is to he feared from him or his
adhrrc.is; IN tact, he as>"fls that
there Is not charge Of powder IN the
whole country
As y mark Of respe to thu IN mory
Of DIR Livingstone, the Il ,g~tAtf Of his
agency was kept at halt-nAst from
sunrise to sunset, JanuIry 5 This
rxampl was followed by His IilghnrsS
the Su tan, by Her Majrsty's ship, of
war then in harbor, the BrIton anl the
Daphne, anl by the consu ar represent
tatlves of the other tore,gp Powers n
Ianzlha from all at whom received
lettera Of confidence on the death If
this cmnrntexplorer and distinguished
servant of the Qnten have, etc
(S'gned) w. f. PRlDEAUx.