Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-09-06
STANLEY.

snnguinary Battle With the Natives-Th,
Results of the ExpedftiOn-The Distane,
Travelled and What Was Accomplished.
Stanley's letter, published in the New
York Herald August 10, is dated Por
OF Dunno, southwestern Uganda, Augus
10, 1875. After his return to the camp
he was sick for some days, and was en-
barrassed by the treachery OF the native
IN command OF the feet of canoes. AT
ter various manuevres he secured an
other heet OF canoes, but these suffered
by storms, were part destroyed, and the
explorer reached Refuge Island with
only fifteen left. The narrative pro.
ceeds:
Nothing had occurred on the island
to mar my Joy of seeing my people all
safe, but much had happened to i'm.
prove it. The king of Itawagumba and
Kija ju, his father, sultan of all the
islands from Ukereweh to Ihaneira.
perceiving our island too we'll garri-
soned and too strong for invasion.
made friends with us and provided the
soldiers with abundance of food at little
cost. At my request also they furnish
ed us with guide to Ihangiro. who
was to accompany us to Uganda. They
also sold us three canoes. After 8 few
DAYS rest on Refuge Island we proceed
ed 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 Ma
hyiga and Bumbireh. Rememberin o
the bitter injuries had received from
the natives of Bumbireh, the death by
violence and starvation we mad so mar
rowly escaped, I resolved, unless the
natives made amends of their cruelty
and treachery, to MAKE war on them,
and for this purpose I camped on Ma
hyiga Island and sent the canoes back
for the remainder of the expedition,
which il few days safely arrived.
PRESENTING AN ULr1MATUM.
sent message to the natives of
Bumbireh to the effect that if they de-
livered their king and the two principals
under him into my hands I would make
peace with them. At the same time not
trusting quite the success of this, ]
sent 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 canoe.
men that the price of their freedom was
the capture of the king of Bumbireh
and his two principals. The natives OF
Bumbireh treated my message with con-
tempt, but the next morning the people
of Iooba brought the king Of Bumbrieh
to me, who was at once chained heavi-
ly, while the king Iroba and his people
were released, with a promise that
neither he nor his people would be
touched by us. A message was also
sent to Antori, king of Ihongro, on the
mainland, to whom Bumbireh was trib
utary, requesting him TO redeem his
island from war. Antari sent his son
and two chiefs to- us, who told us so
many falsehoods and had their treach-
cry written on their faces, to treat with
us.
A PRINCE AS HOSTAGE.
They brought few punches of ban
anas as an earnest of what the king in
tended to give, but I thought such a
bird in my hand as his son would be
worth thousand tedious promises, and
accordingly his son and his two chiefs
we're seized as hostages for the appear
ance of the two chiefs of Bumbireh.
In the meantime seven large canoes
from Mtesa, king of Uganda, en- route
to Usukuma, appeared at Iroba. The
chief was requested not to proceed to
Usukuma until we had taken our expe-
dition to Uganda.
MTESA Furnishes MAGAsSA.
This chief, Sabadu, informed me that
Magassa, the dilatory grand admiral,
had returned with the boats oars to
Mtesa and the news that / and my
crew were dead, for which he had been
chained, but subsequently released and
sent by land, with large party to hunt
up certain news of me. Sabadu was in
duced, after little persuasion, to
accede to my request.
MOVING ON THE ENEMY.
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, wound
ing eight and killing chief of Katta-
was, neighbor of Antari, which gave
me another strong reason why Bum
birch should be punished. Accordingly,
next morning prepared force of $50
men, 80 muskets, $50 spear men, and
placed them III eighteen canoes. About
noon we set off, and as Bumbireh was
eight miles off we did not reach the
island until P. M. The natives OF
Bumbireh seemed to know by instinct
that this was to be day Of trouble, for
every height had it's iookouts ready, and
when they saw the force I had brought
with me, no doubt many of them re-
GREETED that they had been so prone to
attack peaceable strangers. Through
my field glass I observed messengers
running fast to a plantajn grove tina;
stood on low hill commanding clean
open view of little port at the south.
ern end of the island, from which I con
Guided that the main force of savages
was hidden behind the grove. Calling
the canoes together, I told the chiefs
to follow my boat and steer exactly as
steered, and by no means to attempt to
land, as I did not intend that single
soul with me should be hurt. I wished
to punish Bumbireh not to punish my
self; and if subject of Mtesa was lost
how.should I present myself to him
And could not afford to lose single
soldier of my own.
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