Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-09-28

Il
hight bis way onward, with &c IIgsle loss
asposslble. TO render Slanloy'spOs
still more deplorable, his escort OF one
hundred and forty natives, whom be
had engaged for the service at NYanwe
refused 10 proceed further on she Jour
ney, aud deserted him. Finding his
ranks thlnned BY the desertion OF the
Nyangwn men, the hostile natives con.
cenlrated for grand attack on Stanley,
With the object Of completely orushing
him. There was only one way 10 e.
cape fr0m The hapless position In which
Stanley now found himself, unleSe he
accepted the alternative Of returning 10
NyangWe and abandanlng The work
which be had undertaken. This was 10
make use Of canoes. With The Lady
Alice 90 Q last reliance, aud good %.
noes for the party, Stanley concluded
that he could advance with 8 better
prospect Of success than In any other
way. Although be had decided I'D.
vantage over the sayages on the water
Stanley still found that each day's ad.
vance was but arepelilion of The strug.
gle OF the day previous. IL was des.
perate lighting oil the time while push.
ing down the river with might and
main. In the midst Of these struggles
Stanley's Journey on the river was In.
terrupted by series OF great cataEacls.
To pass these he had to cut his way
through thirteen miles OF forest and
drag bis eighteen canoes and bis ex.
ploring boat, Lady Alice, over land.
After passing the Cataracts Stanley and
bic party had long breathing pause
from the toll Of dragging their
boats through the forest. They were
also comparatively secure from attack,
anil took measures 10 recruit their ex.
hansted strength before again encoun.
sering the dangers Of the journey west.
ward. Stanley found opportunity 10
nOle the interesting changes and phys,
ical characteristics Of the route. At
two degrees north latitude be found
that tho course Of the Great Lnalaba
aWeFved from itO almost direct north.
erly direction TO the n0rthWestward, to
the westward, and then 10 the SOUTH
westward, developing into q broad
stream, varying In width from two to
ten miles and oh0ked with islands. To
avoid struggles with tho tribes OF des.
peFate cannibals that inhabited the
mainland on each side Of The river,
Slanley's canoe feet padded between
the islands, taking advantage Of the
cover they Afforded as q protection
from attack. In this way many miles
down the stream were by the expedl-
tion unmolested by the natives. But
this safety from attack was purchased
By much suffering, Gut of from, sup.
plies In the middle Of the great
river, starvation threatened 10 de-
stroy The expedition. The mosl
extreme hunger was endured by
the party which passed three entire
days absolutely without any food.
This terrible state ,of things could moi
be any longer endured, % StanIaV re-
solved 10 meet his fate on the mainland
rather than by hunger on the river. He
turned his course to the left bank
of the Lualaba, and with singular
good fortune reached the VIII
lage Of tribe acquainted with trade.
These people had four muskels, which
they obtained from the west coast.
With these friendly natives Stanley
aud bis party made "blOod brother
hood" aud purchased an abundance Of
provisions, which were sorely needed
by The famlshed exploring party.
After brief rest Stanley endeavored
10 continue bis course. Three days af-
ter bis departure from the village Of
lhe friendly natives, he came TO the
country of a powerful tribe, whose
warriors were armed with muskets.
No sooner did these natives discover
the approach of Slanley's expedition
than they manned flfty-four large
canoes and put of from the river bank
to attack II. II was not until three Of
his men were killed that Stanley de.
sisted In his efforts to make the natives
understand that he and his party we're
friends. lie offered clothes as peace
gifts, but the sAvages refused to be con-
cilialed and the fight proceeded with
unabated fury. For twelve miles down
the struggle went on. Il was main
tained by Slanley's followers with
great courage, and was !he last save
one Of the thirly.two battles fought
since the expedition had left NyangWe.
The Lualaba, which changes its name
scores of times as Il approaches the At
lantic Ocean, now becomes known as
the Kevango and You're. As The river
runs through the great basin which
lies between 20 degrees and II degrees
east longitude, Il has an uninterrupt-
cd course Of over seven hundred miles.
Thence clearing the large belt ofmoun-
talns between the great basin Of the
Atlantic Ocean the river descends by
about thirty falls and furious rapids to
the great river between the falls Of
Yellala and the Atlantic. i1','
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