The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-18
THROUGH HAFRICA-sTANLE THE
EXPLORER, BEARD FROM.

atd, seem beyond human endurance.
Their trials began almost at the outset OF
leaving Zanzibar, the starting point
As the journey progressed into the heart
of the continent, where no civilized man
had ever penetrated, their trials in
creased. They were in peril by night
and by day. Beset on all sides by can
nibals, wne would not make peace,
it was runnins fight through the ter
riDlv dense jung les, between the rifles OF
the STANLEY party ard the poisoned
arrows of the savages. The vast forests
were as great an impediment to the pas
sage of this forlorn band almost as the
warhke csnnibals, for they bee tme so
dense, interminable and overpoweglng
that the very natives whom he had
engaged at Nysngwe for an escort de-
serted him. The insurmountsble barriers.
of forest, together with the desertions
sickness and deaths constantly occurring
made his farther advance on the orig
insl line OF exploration impossible In
deed It looked rs ii be would be COM
pelled to retrace his steps, to
give up sll hope OF further
progress. But STANLEY's great will
power prevailed. Mastering his he
roic band, he crossed the Luslsba and
continued his journey along the left bank
of that river through district known
as North East Ukusa. On this route he
attempted to find western outlet. but it
seemed impossible to pass the
tremendous barrier OF the forest.
His fights with the cannibal
natives increased in their sever
ity until finally he was compelled
to build birch canoes, and with his little
exploring boat, Lady Alice" MS a last
refuge take to the great river
LuhldDd, "ulCu NaIlcN llOLn t"p W ICH
miles wide, and was in many places
almost choaked with islands. The party
kept in the middle of the stream and be-
tween the islands, 50 that they had quite
an immunity from the ssvsges, but pres
sently starvation began to stare them
in the face, beng at one time absolutely
without TODD for three days. STANLEY
then turned hIS course to the left bank OF
the Lual4bs, resolved to meet his fate on
the main land rather than by hun
ger on the river. With Singular
good luck he reached the village
of friendly tribe acquainted
with trade. These people had four mus
kets that had been received from the West
coast. After brief rest at this advanced
guard of civilization in the interior of
the Continent, the little bard proceeded
on their journey. Three days afterwards
thev came across powerful tribe armed
with muskets. This latter part
OF the ChDleRThiu 10 VI suCu iAtCl
est that we append it entire;
Here, Tor the first time since leaving
Nyaugwe, Stanley had to contend with
an enemy on an almost equal footing as
so arms. He therefore prepared his par
ty Tor the struggle, the issue OF which
was decidedly doubtful. No sooner did
these natives discover the approach OF
Stanley's Ex oedition than they manned
tiny-four large canoes and put of from
the river bank TO attack it. 1t was not
until after three OF his men were killed
that Stanley desisted in his efforts to make
the natives understand thsL he and his
party were friends. He cried out to tn m
To that effect; he offered them clothes aid
peace gifts but
THE sAvAGEs REFUSED To BE CON
ClLIATED,
and the fight proceeded with unsbst( d
fury. For twelve miles down the
struggle went on, and it proved to be
the greatest and most desperate fight on
this terrible river. L. was maintained by
Stanley's followers with grest courage,
and il was the last save one OF thlrty-two
battles fought since the expedition had
lett Nyangwe, The Lualube, which river
changes its name scores OF times, now
rs 1t approached the Atlantic Ocean
became known ss the Qusngo snd the
Soure. As the river RUGS through the
great basin which lies between 70 deg.
and II deg. east longitude, 1t has an un-
interrupted course OF over seven hum
dred miles, with magnificent sfhuents,
especially n the southern side. Thence,
clearing the broad belts OF mountains be-
tween the great basin OF the Atlantic
ocean, the river descends by about thirty
falls and furious rapids to the great river
between the laIi OF Zelsls and the At
lantic.
sTANLEY'S LOSSES
During the long and terrible journey
across the continent from Nysngwe have
been very severe, The continuous fight
ing in the forests and on the river re-
duced the strength of the expedition
daily, until it became a question whether
any OF its members would ever resch the
coast. Stanley states in his dispatch: My
griet is still new over the loss OF my last
white assistant, the brave and plous
-ouna, Englishrnan Francis pOcOCk who