The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-21
STANLEY,
A Romantic Tale Of African
Exploration.
A Journey OF UneNampIed Hardship
Through Dense Forests Eiiicd
with CanniDHis
Descent OF the Great Congo Riyer-IIe
Arrives on the West Coast Of
Africa Having Crossed
the Continent.
A chapter OF Travel that Rivals the
Tales OF the Arabian Nights,

tanned for his safety, news has come that
Henry NJ. Stanley has arrived on the
west coast OF Africa, after troublesome
Journey across the continent along the
Lualaba and Congo rivers. StanlcY's
letters are dated from Embowa, Congo
river, August 10, and say he arrived at
that point from Zanzibar August s, v it'll
only 10 souls, and in an awful condition,
after the long, terrible journey through
the heart of the African continent, after
completing the exploration OF Lake Tan
ganyika, and settling definitely by actual
survey the question Of the outflow of the
lake by what was believed 10 be the liiY-
er I.akuga, but which he has
PROVED TO BE ONLY 4 GREEK
draining into the lake, except where the
waters of the great inland sea attain an
extraordinary level. Stanley and his fol.
lowers pushed across the country to the
Nyangiye, Oh the Lualaba. This was
the most norther!y point reached by
Cameron when he attempted to solve the
mystery OF the Congo and its identity
with the main drainage line OF the Iua-
laba basin. Stanley left Nyangye, Nov.
10, 1876, and travelled over and through
Uregga. After an arduous march of
many days through country filled with
difficulties, and being compelled to trans
port on the shoulders OF his men every
pound of provisions and other stores |
necessary for the transcontnental Jour
ney, AMI besides carrying in a similar |
manner the sections of the Lady Alice, |
the exploring boat, and the arms and |
ammunition OF his party, Stanley found |
himself brought to stand by
AN IMMENSE TRACT OF DENSE FORESTS,
through which all attempts at progress
were futile Finding he could not adj
vance along. the lire he had firstintcndei |
to follow, Stanley crossed the Luaaba,
and continued along the left bank of the |
river, passing through northeast uskusa.
On this route he endeavored to find an |
outlet westward. but the jungle was so
dense and the tatlgues Of the march so
harraSsing, that seemed impossible 70
pass the tremendous barrier OF the tor,
est To add to the horrors Of his posi-
ton, Stanley was opposed at every step
by the hostile canniba natives, who
filed the woods and poured
FLIGHTS OF POISONED ARROWS
on his parry, killing and woundlng many
OF his men. From every tree and rock
the deadly missiles winged their course,
and the hcayily-laden bearers fell dead
under their loads. Only now aud then
could Stanley ana his men rcplywith their
rifles, as the savagCS kept under dense |
cover. StaHley's march through these |
cannibal regions soon became almost |
hopeless. There was no cessation OF the
fighting, day or night. An attempt at
camping merely concentrated tile say
ages, ami rendered their fire more deadly |
The advance was
= SUCCESSION on CHARGES
in rude and diminishing order by a
guard engaged to clear the road Tor the
main body, while a rear-guard III like
manner covered the retreat. All efforts
to appcas the sayages were unayaling.
They would listen TO 10 oyertLres. dis
regarded signals OF friendship, and re-
fused gifts. They regarded as cowardice
the patient behavior of SANKEY'S men, so
that no course remained but to fight the
way out with as little loss as possible.
TO render Stanley's position more de-
plorable, lis escort OF 10 natives, en-
gagged for the service at NyangWe,
REFUSED TO GO FURTHER, AND u.-lDI.D. |
they were 50 overawei by the terror. of
the forest and the lighting that they be-
lieved destruction was certain to over
take the whole party. Learning that his
ranks were thinned by this desertion, the
hostile NATIVES gathered tor grand
attack on Stanley 10 completely crush
him. 1t became necessary, therefore, TO |
organize desperate resistance, which
was so successful that it repused the
savages for the time, and gave Stanley
chance TO arrange plans adapted to his
trying situation. There was only one
way to escape, unless Stanley accepted
the alternate OF returning to NyangWe.
and abandoning the work he had under
taken. This was to use canoes. With
the Mary Alice as last reliance, and
good canoes Tor the party, Stanley con-
cluded he would advance with n better
prospect Of success. Although he had
a decided advantage over the savarcs on
the water, Stanley found each days ad-
advance repetition Of the previous days
struggle.
1T WAS DESPERATE FIGHTING
throughout while passing down the
river. In the midst OF these struggles
Stanley's journey was interrupted by a
series OF great cataracts not far apart
and just north and south of the equator
To pass these he had to cut his wov
through thirteen miles Of dense iornef
and to drag his eight zen canoes ana thn
Lady Alice overland. This enormous
labor entailed the most eyhaustiv" ot
i9rts ana the men had frequently to
abandon the ak and drag-ropes for their
rlhes' 10 defend themselves against the
continuous assaults OF the hostile natives.
AFTER PASSING THE cATARAcrs
lhele was long breathing pause. ana
comparative security from the attack
wn,ie th' party received strength Tor the
n tuLtnei Journey westward. Though
nghtlhg ms way continuously. StanISv
maze opportunity TO note the lntcrc,t.
ing changes and physical characioris,ics
OF The route, AT two degrees of n '@I'I |
latitude he found the course OF the | %ro't
Lualaba swerved from its almost dIrcct
nortlerly direction, to the northwcst-
ward, to the westward, and then TO thn
southwcstward, developing into n hrood
stream varying in width from two to
ten miles, and choked with islands. Tn
avoid struggles with
THE TRIBES OF cANNiMls,
inhabiting the mainland each side of tho
river, Stanlcy's fleet padded between
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