The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-27

African Con t1noDp- CONF ca
Flghting With the Natives IN
Interesting Narrative. $50
Cable Dispatch 70 New York Herald.
The welcomes news he's ~ leQgf1I'
come that Henry M. Stanley the spe-
clal commissioner of the New York
Herald and the London Daily 1ete.
rdph. has arrived on the west coest Qf
Africa. after terrible Journey acrp1D.
the continent along the line of the
I,nalaba. otherwise the Congo River.
StanIey's dispatch Is dated from EN-
bona, Congo River, west Coast of At
|rico, AuguU( 10;sanf INFORMS us that
he Sffissd ~ '2ha{ fbint on August =
|. from Zdhxlbex Nt9 ostlt 115 souls, the
/ entire party Is Ia bad condition after
their long and terrible journey through
the heart of the African continent,
After completing the exploration OF
Lake Tanganvika, and a4e.
sETrLIxal nEFINIyELy The ACTUAL
$500 SURVEY,
the question of the outflow of the lake
by what was believed TO be the River
Lakuga, but which has proved to be
only D creek draining into the lake, ex-
cept when the waters Of the great
| inland sea attain an extraordinary
level, Stanley and his followers push-
ed across the country to Nyangwe, on
the Lualaba. This was the most
| porthehy point sre8ched by Cameron
When he ATTEMPTED to solve themyste-
tie main dnSlnaes line offks 1aaIaba
| ss sSssr,av lsft Manages ON Ynsl5th of
November, 1915, and Travelled over
party. After amaze GUS siiiareE u many
days through acountry filed with. diff
f]culties. and bet1G comb ljed to
transport on the shoulders Of his men
every, pound Of provisions hnd other
stores necessary for the trans CONT.
IN nss : Similar SIH MANNER tRs Sections ofths
Lady Alice, - exploring boat and the
arms and arnrDn6l ItiohF 90 hs Iparty,
Stanley found himself hrought to-
s ssts th ~ as Wick Ill at{sapts at
eS 5UEIs nst ys5s the iins he he
had first intended to follow, Stanley
s5osssS 'a aica@ sise iii I'LL sof the
river, passing through the district
known as Northeast Uknepss ON this
route he endeavored e. Ind AZ outlet
westward, but the jungle was so dense
and the fatigues of the march so ha-
RAISING. that il seemed impossible for
him to succeed in passing the tremen-
do6s barrier q th& forest. He found
bhimself opposedAt everystep by the hos
tile cannibal natives. Thesavages filled
the woods, and day and night poured
flights of poisoned arrows on his party
which killed and fatally wounded
MANY of his men. From every tree
and rock along the route the deadly
| missiles winged their fatal course, and
the heavy-laden bearers fell dead
under their loads in the dark forest.
t0nly now and tbencplld Stanley and
fiis men reply to this Silent fire with
their rifles, for the savages kept under
1.-THE dsHssstvgyefi and rarely exposed
Stanley's march through these can,
lnihaik regions soon became almost
IliopeIess. There was no cessation In
the fighting day or night. An at
tempt at camping merely -
CONCENTRATED THE sAvAGEs, AND
RENDERED THEIR FIRE MORE
DEADLY. 80
The advance yyas~ a succession .oi
lcharges Id rude skirmishing order by
an advance guard, whose duty 1t was
to clear the road for the main body.
A rear guard covered In like manner
the retreat, for although advancing
against the enemy the movement was
retreat from another. All Stanley's
efforts to appease the savages were un-
availing. They would listen to ne
overtures, disregarded all signals OF
friendship and Of mildnessl of inten-
ton, and refused to be paclfied with
gifts. Torender the position still more
deplorable, his escort of l40 natives,
whom he had engaged for the sci vice
at Nyangwe, refused toproceed further
on the journey,
AND DESERTED HIM.
| Finding that his rapkswere thinned
by the desertf6n of the NyangWe men
the hostile natives concentrated for q
grand attack on Stanley, with the OBJ.
ject of completely crushing him. II
became necessary. therefore, to organ
lie q desperate resistance, which was
happily successful, 30 far that 1t
REPUIsFD THE sAvAdEs FOR THE
TIME BEING,
and gave the explorer chance to re-
consider his plans and make arrange.
ments to adapt them to his trying stu
atom ETheYe SAee nly oIs way to es'
4 cape from he heplses position In which
/ Stanley Pow f94nd 3imElf unless ne
accepted the alternative OF returning to
y work which he mad undertaken. This
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