The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-11

Emboma, Congo River, west
coast of Africa, Aug. 10, and informs
us that he arrived at that point on
Aug. 8, from Zanzibar, with only ll5
soul. the entire party in an awful con-
dition after their long and terrible
Journey through the heart Of the At
rican continent.
Stanley left Nyangwe on the 10Th
of November, 1879, and travelled ov-
land through Uregga with his party.
He found himself opposed at every
step by the hostile canibal natives.
The savages filled the woods, and day
and night poured flights Of poisoned
arrows on his party, which fatal
~ wounded many of his men. From
every tree and rock along the route
the deadly missiles winged their fatal
course, and the heavily laden bearers
fell dead under their loads in the dark
forest. Only now and then could
Stanley and his men reply to this 81
lent fire with rifles, for the savages
kept under the densest cover and
rarely exposed themselves.
DEADLY STRUGGLE.
SANKEY'S march through the Cannl-
| bal regions soon became almost hope
less. There was no cessation to the
fighting, day or night. An attempt
at camping merely concentrated the
savages and rendered their fire more
deadly. The advance was a succession
of charges in rude skirmishing order
by an advance guard, whose duty it
was to clear the road for the main
body. A rear guard covered, in like
manner. the retreat, for, although ad-
vancing against one enemy, the move
ment was a retreat from another.
NO COMPROMISE.
All Stanley's efforts to appease the
savages were unavailing. They would
listen to no overture, disregarded all
signals of friendship and mlldness OF
intention and refused to be pacltied
with gifts. The patient behaviour
of Stanley's men they regarded as
cowardice, so thatno course remained
open to the explorer, but to fight
his way onward, and with as little
loss as possible.
DESERTERS
To render Stanley's position still
more deplorable his escort Of 40 Ma
tives, whom he had engaged for the
service at Nyangwe, refused to pro
coed further on the journey and de
serted him. They were so overawe'
, by the terrors of the forest and tn
continuous struggle that they belleve'
destruction was certain to overtak
+ the whole party, and prudently resolN
, ed not to be destroyed.
> Here for the first time since leavln
. Nyangwe Stanley had to conten
! against an enemy on almost an equs
= footing as to arms. He, therefore
prepared his party for a struggle, tn
J, issue of which was decidedly doub
q full.
). THE SEVEREST BATTLE OF ALL.
e No sooner did these native discove
s the approach of Stanley's expedite
than they manned tifty-four larg
canoes and put off from the rive
bank to attack it. It was not unit
s. after three of his men were kllle
it that Stanly desisted in his efforts
W make the natives understand that |
20 and his party were friends. He erie
20 out to them to that effect and offert
N clothes as peace gifts. But the say
IS ges refused to be conciliated, and tt
n fight proceeded with unabated fur
a. For twelve miles down the strugg
* went on, and it proved to be Il
a. greatest and most desperate fight {
this terrible river. It was maintai
II ed by Stanley's followers with gre
in courage, and was the last save one
lie the thirty-twO battles fought sin
lie the expedition had left Nyangwe.
st THE GREAT BASIN AND ITS DRAINAG
The Lualaba. which river chang
its name scores of times as it a
la proaches the Atlantic Ocean, now /
IL comes known as the KwangO and t
ny You're AS the river runs thrOus
IS, the great basin which lies betwe
ne twenty-six degrees and seventeen
no grees east longitude, it has an UNI
a terrupted course Of over 700 mile
he with magnificent affiuents, especia
ks on the southern side. Thence cleavi
Elk the broad belt of mountains betwe
I'm the broad belt of the Atlantic Gee
ne the river descends by about thil
no falls and furious rapids to the gre
us river between the falls of elijah a
lie the Atlantic.
SAD LOSSES DURING THE JOURNEY
he SANKEY'S losses during the long a
nj. terrible journey across the contint
of from Nyangwe have been very seve
at The continuous fighting in the fore
,ot and on the river reduced the strens
no of the expedition daily; it became
oh question whether any of it's memb
for would ever reach the coast.
The POOR POCOCK-FAITHFCL.