The New York herald., 1874-08-27
THE SLAVE TRADE,
Lieutenant CamerOu's Official Report on the
East African Slave Traffic,
"A RAILROAD TO TANGANYIKA. ~

LONDON, August "A, 1874.
Tho following onnclal report OF Lieutenant v.
Lovett Cameron R. N, to the Earl OF Derby Of the
Foreign once, was received this evening"
KAwELE, Ujiji. March 4, 1874.
MY LoRD-l have the honor TO bring before your
slave trade as 1t has appeared to me since nave
been In the interior 1t Is question OF vast I'm.
nothing can he done toward the regeneration and
civilization OF this part OF the world. and while
ory @ sr 70 s - b @
on some OF the ialrest and most fertile portions OF
the world. The slave trade nourishes IN belt
the coast. the people Of which have agreed TO
supply acertain number ofslaves to the Inhabitants
OF Whlncle, in return Tor which They allowed to
extorr Mhongo, or blackmall from passing cara
vans. This has only been the case during the last
twelve months so, our caravan and some others
which came up about the same time having been
the first who were subjected to this extOrton.
These villages are built IN the centre OF patches OF
jungle, and only accessible by narrow and tortu-
ous paths, which could easily be blocked so as TO
render access impossible. However none Of the
thoroughly searched by rockets: and. In the event
OF the people refusing TO desst rom their abomn-
naval brigade formed from the squadron on tho
East Coast. With view to this, 1t might be wen
tery and couple OF the Abyssinian seven-pound.
ers, together with mule train sufficient to pro-
vide the necessary transport.
CoLDBLooDED MURDERS.
proceeding westward, on the regular caravan
route, Simbewani and some dependent villages
form another centre where slaves sold TO cara.
vans proceeding to the coast. They are prnci.
pally procured by forays on the surrounding
WasneHzl Tor wild people), party setting out
and destroying villages and carrying of those OF
the inhabitants who are not killed or are unable
to make their escape. II among the captives there
are any who by aye or lnfirmiiies, are valueless
IN the market they are frequently murdered IN
After crossing the Makata PLAIN. the villages OF
Mount Kdeletamare Rehenneko and Mulnyi
osagara, agar together with some owned b, freed men
a ahur forn
the foci OF the trade. Here, in addition to the
slaves obtained by iorays, the captyes made in the
bought and sod and also the people are by no
means averse to attacking caravans OF Wanyam-
do SO IN safety; put this Is usually done more for
the sake OF plunder than TO obtain slaves
SLAVES IN THE INTERIOR.
From here one passes on past Mpwapwa, which
Is more provisioning station for caravans be.
Tween Tween two desert tracts than anything else, to
the soil being comparatively poor and requiring
mole labor III It's cultivation than the rest OF the
country, besides which The natives (men) usually
confne themselves TO taking care OF their cattle,
OF which they have large herds leaving the field
KhoKo, where few Wamrina are settled. and
Mdaburu, the two Western districts slaves are
country marches with theirs on the south. Alter
ugogo we come TO Unyamwesi. which may be con.
na sdsrea as [S Mgunda AS on the east
Here the question is more complicated than any.
where else.
1. There are the Arabs, under which term In
clude Waswahll Wamrlmi and the rest, as it is
and their connection with the trade NAV be-
classed under two heads:-
~ The respectable portion, who have either set
tied in the country mo take charge OF large trad
ing caravans. These neh buy slaves for domestic
purposes and to cultivate their large snambas, or
farms, many possessing whole village and sur.
country, besides their tembe In Taborah,
kivikurah, or Kiviharah; some more than one Ali
the lnhaoitants OF there villages are slaves Be.
sides this, when there IS lack of the necessary
p0rterage, they use slaves form their caravans
sod at Zanzibar.
fb.) The Arabs who are not rich enough to do as
apove frequently adopt the following plan They
manage somehow or another to arm a party OF
men and travel about the country iomenting TIE
quarreis between neighborng villages. ana. taking
a rule the side oi the strongest arc repaid,
alter The other side have been conquered. IN
slaves and ivory ior their assistance. These men,
ii hey hnd themselves strong enough, are exceed.
lngly prone 10 attack village without any pre-
text at all. and instances have oeen Anown OF their
OF their joining with men, who, like Mrambo, are
at war with the settlers; however, In MlramDo's
or two ocred 10 JOIN n he killed snen nnsn saynT Ens
ORATORS once, traitors always" The slaves, &C.,
ARABS settled in unyanyembe, as they can be II keps
ut the outlying villages I'LL all question about them
THE NAr1v. SLAVE TRADERS.
il. 1he traae as carried on by the natives them.
semves. a. At present, and as lar as i can
tine whole country, who snatch one or two people
out OF the fields, or plumber small caravans, and
somerimes when in great lorce attacking a vii
lave, and, perhaps, though very rarely, large
caravan These parties are composed OF men VINO,
wnen at home, are looked upon as respectable /
ness some thirty or forty miles away from their /
own own villages. Tney either bring the proceeas OF
agent OF the Arabs comes round on o purchasing
expedition.
the captives are always made slaves. sometimes
sold and sometimes retained by taeir captors TO /
work t.ic ground.
(c) Stronger tribes make forays on weaker ara
ones. as Is cons antiy the case IN Igara
and uvlnza, where the peopc marry the unfortun-
ate lnhaoltants OF Klwende whenever they think
they require slaves or the fancy taxes them. Lam
told that the Arabs aso, when unable TO mud sum-
Glen: carriage here, send armed parties, into Ka-
wende in order TO make up the deficiency.
az there are also number OF runaway slaves,
who nave their headquarters not very lar from
ugogo. who suDslst entirely by slave trade and
plumber
NAL MODES IN which slaves are obtained but there
IS at present an abnormal cause for large
amount-viz, the war between MiramDo and the
Arabs
THE TERRIBLE MIRAMBo
Mirambo by no means confines himself to at
facks Oh the Arabs and their allies, but every
where where he goes II the people do not side
With him, lie destroys their villages and carries on
means OF tribes WAC are supposed to be friendly 70
.he Arabs, While IN reality they are his allies and
supply him with powder and all the other stores he
requires. About the slave trade here with regard TO
Inc slaves brought iom the other side OF the lake
am not at present in position to say anything,
)ut when know more Will write about 1t as Op-
1ortunlty O1ers. since leaving UDyanyembe l
,avc passed large tracts OF country which nave
yeen dcpopuatcd by ms inicrna traffic.
RAILROADS As PRECURSORS OF CIVILIZATION.
With regard to It's suppression, IL is and Will con.
'nuc an lnpcsslDility until communication with
he civilized world is opened up. There are no
driculties IN the way OF a railroad
rom Bagomoyo 10 Ujiii, and a line OF single rail
rhree eet SIX incn gauge ought to be constructed
or EI,OcO per mile. Eight hundred thousand
pounds ought to bring " into complete working
)rder. For q large portion of the distance the
eepers and rails would only have to be laid down
ma Dallasted. The present trafc on this line
s soud pay an interest OF five per cent and the IN
.rease O import or export would douoie or treble
his in few years. Now ivory and slaves are
.lmost the only exports, but il means OF transport
,e provided and cultivation encouraged we ought
% get cotton, India rubber, semsem and palm oils
lides, rice, grain, coiec and spices. have picked
Up wild nutmegs In addition, when the line was
branch roads might be made TO the
Victoria Nyanza and to UrOri, and as time went on /
ines might be carried on on the other side of the