The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-05
the dangers of the journey westward.

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course OF the Great Lualaba swelved
from its almost northerly direction to the
northwestward. to the westward, and
then to the southwestward, developing
into a broad stream, varying in width
from two to ten miles, and choked with
islands. In order to avoid the struggles
with the tribes of desperate eannibals
that inhabited the mainland on each side
of the river. Stanley's canqa feet, led by
the Lady Alice, padded along between
islands, taking advantage of the cover
they afforded as q projection nom T 81,
In this way many milesdowRthe stIes1n,
were made by the party lnoIesied by
the natives.- Bat tlIis.s1sss, Som sfsteso}k
was purchased by much suffering Cut
off from supplies in the middle of the
/ great river, starvation threatened =, de-
stroy the expedition.
THE MOST EXTREME HUNGER
Was endured by the party, which passed
/ three entire days absolutely without any
( food. This terrible state oc things could
not be any longer endured, 50 Stanley
resolved to meet his fate ON hemainland
rather than by hunger on the Hyer. He
/ therefore turned his course t, the left
bank Of the Lusiaba, and with the -ingu-
/ lar good fortune that has generally
attended him, reached a yillag- Of a tribe
acquainted with trade. These people
/ had four muskets, which tbey obtained
from the west coast. They represent in
a degree the
ADVANCE q o. OF cIvIHArIo9
toward the interior of the continent.
They call the great river Skuu Va Con
20. With these friendly NATIVES Stanley
and his party made blood brotherhood, "
and purchased from them an abundance
of provisions, which were sonly needed
by the famished exploring party. After
a brief ,est Stanley endcav0ed to con-
tinue his course along the lehbauk Of the
river. but three days after his departure
from the village OF the friendly natives
he came to the country ola powerful
/ tribe whose warriors were
ARMED WITH NUsKErs.
Here for the first time since leaving
/ Nyangwe, Stanley had to coltend with
an enemy On an almost equal footing as
to arms. He therefore prepared his
party for the struggle, the issue of which
was decidedly doubtful Ne sooner did
these natives discover the spproach of
/ S,anley'5 expedition than they manned
/ fifty 6urlarre cano0e-aud pu offlrom the
river bank to attack IL. Il vas not until
after three OF their men were killed that
/ Stanley desisted in his Efforts to make
/ the natives understand that he and his
party were friends. IIs fsd out 10
them to that affect; he offered them
clothes and peace gifts, bat
/ THE sAvAGEs REFUSED To BE coNCiL-
lated.
/ and the fight proceeded with undated
flrv. For twelve miles down the strug-
Gle went on, and it proved TO be the
! greatest and most desperate fight on this
/ terrible river It was maintained by
Stanlev's followers with great courage
ana was the last save one of thirty-two
/ battles fought since the expedition had
/ left Nyangwe The Lualaba, which
! river changes its name scores of times,
now hat it approached the Atlantic
ocean became known as the Quango and
! the -oure. As the river runs through
the great basin which lies between
( twenty-six degrees, and seventeen degrees
east longitude, it has an uninterrupted
/ course ofover seven hundred miles, with
magnificent affluents, especially on the
southern side. Thence, clearing the
broad belt Of mountains between tie
great basin of tho Atlantic ocean, the
river de-cends by about thirty falls and
furious rapids 10 the great river between
the falls OF ZellNand the Atlantic. .
sTAN1EY's LOSSES
During the long and terrible journey
across the continent from Nyangwe have
been very severe. The continuous fight
ing in the forests and on the river re-
duced the expedition daily, until it'be-
came a question whether any Of its mem
bers would ever reach the coast. Stanley
/ states in his dispatch: My grief is still
new ovec the loss Of my last white
assistant, the brave and pious young
EngIishman, Francis Pocock, who was
swept over the falls OF Massasa on the Sd
Of last June" He adds: " Ny faithful
companion, KaIululu, is also among the
/ lost.
! sTANLEY's NARROW ESCAPES.
On the same dr. that Pocock WV lost,
Stanley, with seven men, was almost
drawn into the whirlpools Of the Moa
| falls, and, six weeks later, himselass with
the entire crew of the Lady Alice, were
swept over the falls of Mbelo, whence
only by a miracle they escaped The
expIerer writes: 81 make the expedi-
ton from Bona by steamer to Cainda
and proceed thence to st. Paul de e-Lando
Mr.. Price, of the firm OF Hation & Cook
son, OF Liverpool, takes my letter to you
via Angola. HENRY NJ. STANLEY"
How to make Farming Pay.
The Corpus Cristi Times make the fol
loving interesting statement:
Mr.. Geo Reynolds, an LnglishmaD
came to Texas in 1851, but did not begir
keeping sheep to any extent until 1865
when he obtai;Al 1000 improved step
He pre.empted one hundred and sixty
acres of land at PaI6 vantana, Nuece.