Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-30
STANLEY'S JOURNEY TO UGANDA.

STANLEY'S JOURNEY TO UGANDA.
Stanley's second letter to the New
York Herald is dated Port of Dunno,
southwestern Uganda, Aug. Is, 1875.
His previous letter described his voyage
across the Lake Victoria Niyanza, on
which occasion his party narrowly
escaped being massacred by the saw
ages and treacherous natives of Bum
birch, large island on the western
side of the lake. He continues his
narrative as follows:
After few days rest on Refuge
Island, we proceeded once again on our
voyage. and halted again at Mahyiga
Island, five miles south of Bumbireh,
and one mile south of Iroba, which
lay between Mahyiga and Bumbireh
Remembering the bitter injuries had
received from the natives of Bumbireh,
the death by violence and starvation
we had so narrowly escaped, resolved,
unless the natives made amends of
their cruelty and treachery, to make
war on them, and for this purpose |
camped ON Mahyiga Island and sent
the canoes back for the remainder of
the expedition, which in few days
safely arrived.
| sent message to the natives of
Bumbireh to the effect that, if they
delivered their King and the two prin-
cipals under him to my hands, / would
make peace with them. AT the same
time, not trusting quite the success of
this, | sent a party to invite the King
of Iroba, who very willingly came,
with three of his chiefs, to save his
people from the horrors of war. Upon
their arrival put them in chains, and
told the canoemen that the price of
their freedom was the capture of the
King of Bumbireh and his two princi-
pal chiefs. The natives Of Bumbireh
treated my message with contempt,
but the next morning. the people of
Iroba brought the King of Bumbireh
to me. who was at once chained
heavily, while the King of Iroba and
his people were released with prom
Use that neither his island nor people
would be touched by us. A message
was also sent to Antari, King of
lhangro, on the mainland, to whom
Bumbireh was tributary, requesting
him TO redeem his island from war.
Antari sent his son and two chiefs to
u.s. who told us SO many falsehoods
and had treachery written on their
faces, to treat with us.
They brought few punches of BAN
anas DIS an earnest of what the King
intended TO give; but ! thought that
such bird in my hand as his son would
be worth a thousand tedious prom
ises, and accordingly his son and his
two chiefs were seized as hostages for
the appearance of the two chiefs of
Bumbireh. In the meantime seven
large canoes from Mtesa, King of
Uganda. en- route to Usukuma, to con-
yey an Arab and his goods to Uganda,
appeared at Iroba. The chief was re-
Quested not to proceed to Usukuma
until we had taken our expedition to
Uganda
This chief, Sa0adu, informed me
that Magassa. the dilatory Grand Ad-
mIral, had returned with the boat S
oars TO Mtesa and the news that and
my crew were dead, for which he had
been chained, but subsequently re-
leased and sent by land, with a large
party, to hunt up certain news of me.
Nabadu was induced, after little per-
SuaSion, to aceede to my request.
Two days after his arrival Sabadu
sent his Waganda to Bumbireh to pro-
cure food. The savages would not
give them any, but attacked them,
Wounding eight and killing chief of
hdttawaS. a neighbor of Antari, which
gave me another strong reason why
bumblreh SHOULD be punished. Ac-
cordlngly, next morning prepared a
force OF $50 men, fifty muskets, go
Spearmen, and placed them in eighteen
canoes. About noon we set off, and
as Bumbireh was eight miles off we
ud not reach the island until two
p IN. The natives of Bumbireh seem
ed 10 know by instinct that this was to
De day of trouble. ~for every height
mad It's lookout ready. and when they
saw the force | had brought with me
no doubt many of them regretted that
they had been so prone to attack peace
able strangers. Through my field
glass | observed messengers running
last 10 a plantain grove that stood