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

out exciting fear for our fate in their
minds, but resolved to do something
, toward relieving the pressing needs Of
. fierce hunger.
{ MAKING CRUEL IN A TRUNK
To effect this sheet iron trunk was
emptied Gifts contents, and being filled
with water, was placed on the fire, ] then
broke open our medical stores and took
five pounds of Scotch oatmeal and three
tins OF revalcnta arabica. with which |
made Cruel to feed over 900 men. Oh, il
was rare sight to see these poor famine
stricken people hasten to that Torquay
dress trunk and assist me to cook that
huge pot Of Cruel, 70 see them fan the fire
to fierce heat, and, with their gourds
fall Of water, stand by to cool the foam
ing liquid when il threatened to overflow,
and it was still more rare sight to
watch the pleasure steal over their faces
az they drank the generous food The
sick and weaker ones received a larger
! portion near my tent, and another tin of
oatmeal WIS opened for their supper and
breakfast. But long time must elapse
, before shall have the courage TO de.
scribe my feelings during the interval
waited for the return Of my people from
Suna with food, and fruitless would be
the attempt to describe the anxiety with
which listened for the musketry an.
| nouncing their success.
After forty-eight hours waiting we
heard the joyful sounds, which woke us
all into new life and vigor. The food was
most greedily seized by the hungry PEG.
+ pie, and so animating was the report OF
, the food purvcyors that the soldiers, one
: and all, clamored to be led away that
afternoon. Nowise 10th myself to march
away from this fatal jungle, | assented ;
but two more poor fellows breathed their
last before we left camp.
We camped that night at the base Of
a rocky bill, overlooking a broad plain
which, after the intense gloom and con
fined atmosphere Of the jungle. was o
great pleasure to us, and, next day
striking north along this plain, after Q
long march under fervid sun, of TWEEN
ty miles, reached the district Of Suma, il
Urimi.
A STRANGE PEOPLE.
: AT Irimi. Suna, we discovered people
+ remarkable for their manly beauty, nobl,
;, proportions and nakedness. Neither
e man nor boy had either cloth or skins t
= cover his nudity; the women bearin!
children only boosted of goat skins. Will
;, all their physical beauty and fine proper
" tions they were the most suspicious
:, people we had yet seen. Ii re
!. quired great tact and patience to induc
:, them to part with food for orr clotl
! and leads. They owned no chief but re
! spected the injunctions of their elders
: with whom | treated fer permission I,
: pass through their land. The permission
= was reluctantly given, and food was be
: grudgingly sold, but we bore with thi
= silent hostility patiently, and took grea
= care that no overt act on the part of tn
j expedition should change this suspicion
i. into hatred.
Our people were so worn out with ia
tigue that six more poor fellows died here
. and the sick list numbered thirty. Her
J also Edward Pocock fell seriously i'll of ty
g phoid fever. For his sake,as we'll as for tn
other sufferers, | halted in Suna fou
days; but it was too evident that tn
longer we stayed in their country tn
= natives regarded us with less favor, an,
: it was incumbent on us to move, thougl
Z much against my inclination. Their
!. were many reasons why we should hav
: halted several days longer, for Edwart
: PocOck was daily getting worse, and tn
: sick list increased alarmingly; dysentery
=, diarrhpa. chest diseases, sore feet, taske,
! my medical knowledge to the utmost, bu
= prudence forbade it. The rear guards
and captains of the expedition wcr,
therefore compelled to do the worl
! Of carriers, and every soldier
= for the time being was converted into
pTgdzi, or porter. Pocock was put int
: hammock, the sick and weakly were EN-
= couraged to do their utmost to move o,
y with the expedition to more auspiciou
F, lands, where the natives were less SUPP
y cous, wi ere food was more abundant AN,
where cattle were numerous. Imbucd Will
;? this hope, the expedition resumed it
! march across the clear, open and well
= !, cultivated country Of Urim.
- We reached Chiwyu about ten o'clock
= - after short march, AM here the youn
u Englishman, Edward Pocock, breathe
1, his last, to the great grief Of us all.
- They had then MAJ ched 400 miles iron
= the sea and were at the base of the water
= shed whence the streams begin to 1o'
7 Nileward. As they journeyed on the.
. became assured Of this by the deprcs
=, !. SONS and hollows trending northwar
y and northwestward Two days the,
- jouineyed through Urim to Mangara
y where kirf Hallack, the carrier of Kirk
= letter bag 10 Livingstone, having drop
ped behind, was waylaid and murderer
by the natives. On the 2lst of Januar,
they entered Ituru, district Of northern
y Urimi.
: THE LEEWuMBU RIVER.
+ The village near which we camped wa
y called Vinyata, and was situated in
r broad and populous valley, containing
c, probably, some 1000 or 5000 souls
ID Here We discovered the river which re
y ceiyed all the streams that flowed be
er tween Vinyata and Chiwyu. II is Gale
z here Leewumbu, and its flow from thi
u, valley was west. Even in the dry seasol
Id il is a considerable stream, some twent,
nc feet in width and about two feet deep
n but in the rainy season it becomes dee
" and formidable river.
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