The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-17

the coast. The first occurred IN Turn
with desperate set of savagas, Twain
the Apaches in ferocity and determlnat.
ing. The battle lasted three days. l
lost twenty-one men killed. Their loss
was thirty.hve killed and some hundred
or 80 wounded. Twice we made clean
sweep through their country, burning
and destroying everything we came
across, and would have liked to extermi-
nate the wretches had not my mission re-
quired my duty in another direction.
On water we were as successful as on
land; but, as God is my judge, I would
prefer paying tribute and making these
savages friends rather than enemies. But
some of these people are cursed with such
delirious ferocity that we are compelled
to defend ourselves. They attack in such
a number and so sudden that our repeat
ing rifles and Snyders have to be handled
with such nervous rspidity as will force
them back before we are forced to death;
for if we allow them to come within Tor
ty yards their spears are as fatal as bull
lets. Just think, l had twenty-one men
killed one day and but one wounded. The
spear makes a frightful wound, While
their contemplate looking arrows are
deadly weapons. / have, for the sake OF
experiment, sent an arrow almost clean
through bullock at twenty yards, and
the arrow head is 60 barbed and gashed
that if a man is wounded large piece Of
tortured flesh must be cut out ere it is
extracted. We had narrow escape late.
ly. We were>but twelve in our boats
crew, the savages several hundreds. AS
thew came down to attack ordered the
boat to be showed of, which was done so
rapidly that with the impetus they had
given it they were themselves carried
into deep water, and only myself in the
boat. i had to keep the beach clear of
the rascals, and 1 emptied my elephant
rifle, double barreled shotgun and revolt
yers at them, while the men swan with
the boat off shore in water infested with
crocodiles. None Of us, thank fortune,
were injured, but each of us had some
narrow escape to relate from wh:zzing
spears and arrows.
Since l left Zanzibar have travelled
72O miles by land, and 1904 miles (by
computation) by water. This, in six
months, is good wook. Over one hum
dred positions settled by astronomical OBJ.
seryatlens-for you must know that from
the very day got my com mission l
strenuously prepared to fit myself for
geographical work, i'll order that might
be able to complete Spoke, Burton, Baker
and Livlngstone's labors, which they left
undone. Now Speke's work is done.
What he commenced have finished. l
do not know whether you comprehend
the drift OF this expedition, but l will ex-
plain. o
You must know that Spoke, IN 1858,
came to the southwest end of Lake Vic
tor,a. and from hill near the lake he
discovered the vast body of fresh water.
Having gazed his fill he returned to Eng
lane, and WAS commissioned 10 find its
outlet In 1861 and 1867 he marched
from Zanzibar to Ugawa, where he saw
the lake again. Al the Ripon Falls he
saw the discharge itself into the Victoria
Nile and went homo again, imagining
that he had done his work. If his work
was merely to find the outlet of Lake
Victoria, he completed his task; but II his
task was to discover tho sources OF the
Nile, he had but begin his work. He
went awav without discovering the feed
ers of Lake Victoria, which in reality are
the Mics sources-extreme southern
sources, | mean. Then Baker came to
Central Africa and discovered Lake
Albert. He voyaged sixty miles on the
lake, and he ran home also without
knowing anything of the lakes sources.
Burton went to Tangan vika, saw it, and
returned home without knowing It's ex-
TEN. outlet or atiluents. Livingstone
came next to the chain Of lakes west of
Tanganyika, and died nobly in harness.
Wei, we are sent to complete what these
several travellers have begun. While
they are content with having discovered
lakes, | must be content with exploring
the lakes and discovering their sources,
and unravcling the complications OF
geographers at home 1t is a mighty
work, but y fourth of that work Is already
done. Until l can say have done halt.
l bid you farewell.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.