River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-22

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excited. and because the enemy ran.
imagined that they had but to show
themselves to cause the natives TO fly;
but once on the plain having drawn them
away isolated miles from any succor-
they turned upon them and slaughtered
the detachment to man, except the
messenger, who had been detailed 10 ac-
company the detachment to report sue
cess or failure. had taken the precau-
ton to send one swiit.footcd man to
accompany each detachment for this pur-
pose. This messenger came from Far
ialla to procure assistance, which was at
once despatched, though too late to aid
the unfortunate men, but not too late to
save the second detachment from
like fate, as sthe victorious
enemy, after Strengthening the, first de,
tachment had turned upon the second
with the evident intention TO cut the en-
tire force opposed to them in detail
When the support arrived they found the
second detachment all but lost. Two SOL
ders we're killed. The captain, Ferahan,
had deep spear wound in his side. The
others were hemmed in on all sides. A
volley was poured into the rear of the as
tonished enemy, and the detachment was
saved. With their combined forces our
people poured in a second volley, and
continued their march almost unopposed
to the northern and eastern extremity of
the valley. Meanwhile, smoke was seen
issuing from the south aud southeast, in
forming US that the third and fourth de-
tachments were pursuing their way yicto-
,inpcIxr aud n VILLAGES
we're enwrapped in dense volumes Of
smoke. Even at q distance Of eight miles
we beheld burning villages. and shortly
after fired settlements to the north and
east announced our victory on all sides.
Toward evening theSsoldiers returned,
bringing cattle and an abundance Of grain
to the camp; but when the muster roll
was called, | found had lost twenty-one
men, who had been killed, while thirty
five deaths of the enemy were reported.
The third day we began the battle with
sixty good men, who received instruc.
tions to proceed to the extreme length of
the valley and burn what had heen left
the previous day, These came to a
which, after Slight resistance, they en-
tered. loaded themselves with grain and
set on fire. Long before noon it was
clearly seen that the savages had had
enough of war and were demoralized.
and our people returned through the now
silent and blackened valley without mo-
lestation.
Just before day break on the fourth
| day we left our camp and continued our
| journey northwest, with provisions sutii-
cient to last us six days, leaving the peo-
| pie of Turn to ponder on the harsh fate
they had drawn on themselves by their
greed, treachery and wanton murder, and
attack on peaceful strangers.
We are still formidable force, strong
in numbers, guns and property, though
| for an. expedition destined to explore so
many thousands Of miles Of new country,
we had suffered severely. had left the
coast with over 300 men, but when |
numbered the expedition at Mgongo
| Tembo. in Iramba, which we reached
three days after departing from the scene
! of our war, found that | had but 1914
men left. Thus, in less than three
months. had lost by dysentery, fam
inc, heart disease, desertion and war,
| over l25 men natives Of Africa and one
European.
THE LAKE.
After various fortunes and adventures,
and the exercise of greatest patience with
the different tribes through whose coun.
tries they passed, they reached the main
object os their journey, the great lake
which is believed to be the source and
main feeder Of the Nile. They appear to
have arrived on Spoke Gulf, which receives
the waters of the Shinecyu river which
is $50 miles long and is known as the Lee
wumbu, the Monangah and the Shineeyu.
| Here, though he questioned the natives
closely, Mr.. Stanley could learn from
them nothing Of the cOnfguration and
extent Of the lake, or whether it
was one or many bodies of water.
| But he had with him
the little sail boat, the LADY Alice"
which had been carried, in sections, all
through their long march, and he was
pgI to launch her and explore the un-
known shores. A muster Of the expedi.
ton showed that in thirty days over one.
half had been lost by dcsertion or death.
Mr.. Stanley's second letter describes
his exploration Of the lake shores which
at the date of writing he had completed
and mapped for over one thousand miles,
leaving only the southwest shores yet to
be explored. His adventures here were
of different character, for the hostility
ofthe inhabitants was easily avoided by
sailing at night to some Of the unoccu-
pied islands.
After iifty.eght days absence on the
Lake, when Stanley returned to his camp
he found that one more Of his white com.
panions, Frederick Barker, was dead,
leaving Stanley and Frank Pocock the
only whites in the expedition. His next
lett er he hopes to send by Colonel Cor.
don, whose staff officer he met at Mtesai,
on the north end Of the lake.
Proposed Redemption of the Rock
ford, Rock Island and Saint Louis
Railroad.
CHICAGO, Oct. lS.--A special from Dav.
export gives particulars Of a conference
between II. 0sterberg, who recently
bought the Rock ford Rock leland opd