River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-22
EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
intensely Interesting Letters from MIR
Stanley.

Slautey.
Two letters have been received this
month by the London Telegraph and
New York Herald from Mr.. Henry NJ.
Stanley, whom they have sent out to ex-
plore the country around the source of
the Nile, in west Africa and under the
equator.
Mr.. S.auley's letters of date March LIST
and MAY 18th, are both written from the
village Of Kagehyi, which he locates on
the southern shore of Lake Victoria Nj.
yanzi, days march east from the point
where Captain Spoke first reached and
discovered that lake. The letter o. March
LIST is mainly devoted TO an account of his
travels from the 3lst Of December last
when the party reached the western
frontier Of Ugoz, southeastward from the
lake, until the 9th of February, when
they reached the lake. After resting two
DAYS, on the ID Of January they moved
directly northward two days along an al
most level plain.
Two days march north brought US to
the confines Of Usandawi, a country
famous for elephants; but here our route
inclined northwest, and we entered Ukim
bu, or Uyanzi, at its northeastern ex.
tremity.
We had hired guides i'll Ugogo to take
US as far as Iramba, but at Muhalala, in
Ukimbu. they deserted. Fresh guides
were engaged at Muhalala, who took US
one days march farther northwest, but
at night they also deserted, anu in the
morning we were left on the edge Of a
wild wilderness without guide. On the
roads the previous day the guides had
informed US that three days march
would bring us to Urimi, and re-
lying on the truth Of the re-
port had purchased two days provis-
ions, so that this seconi desertion did
not much discOncert us nor raise any sus.
pieion, though it elected many unpleas.
ant remarks about the treachery Of the
! Wagogo. We therefore continued our
march, but OH the morning of the second
| day the narrow, ill.de.,ned track which
we had followed became lost in a laby.
rinth Of elephant and rhinoceros trails.
The hest men were dispatched in all d.
rectons to seek out the lost road, but
they were all unsuccessful. and we had
no resource left but the compass. The
day brought us into dense jungle Of
acaclas and euphorhia, through which We
had literally TO push our way through
by scrambling, crawling along the ground
under natu al tunnels Of embracing shrub
berry, cutting the convolyuli and creep
ers, thrusting aside stout, thorny bushes
and, by various dctours, taking advan
tage Of every slight opening the jungle
afforded, which naturally heightened our
journey and protracted our stay in the
wilderness. On the evening Of the third
lay the first death in the wilderness oc'
Cured.
HUNGER AND THIRST.
The fourth DAYS march lasted nearly
the whole day, though we made but four.
teen miles, and was threcfold more ar.
duous than that of the preceding day.
Not a drop Of water was discovered dur
ing the march, and the weaker people
labcring under their loads, hunger and
thirst Jagged behind the vanguard many
miles, which caused the rear guard under
two of the white mon, much suffering.
As the rear guard advanced they shoul
dercd the loads of the weaker men, and
cndcayored to encourage them to resume
the march. Somc Of these men were en-
abled TO reach the camp, whore their
necessities were relieved by medicine and
rcstoratiycs. But five men straycd from
the path which the passing expedition
had made. and were never seen alive
again. Scouts sent out TO explore the
woods found one dead about mile from
our road, the others must have hope
cssly wandered ON until they fcll dowr
and died
The fifth day brought us TO q small vii
lage. lately erected, called Uyeriyeri. th,
population Of which consisted Of -four
men their wives and little ones. TheS,
people had not grain Of food to spare
Most Of the men Of our expedition weg,
unable to move for hunger and fatigue
In this dire extremity ! ordered a hall
and selected twenty pf the strongest mer
TO proceed 10 Suna. twenty.nime mile,
northwest from Uyerivcri, 10 purchas,
food In the interval | explored thu
woods in search Of game, but the search
was fruitlcss, though one OF my men dis
covered a lions den and brought me tw,
young lions, which killed and skinned
Returning 20 caRp from my iruitles,
hunt | was 50 struck with the pnchcC
faces az ms poor people that could hay,
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