The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-03-24

Of Genital Africa, and determining
| the lorntion and character of. the
several sources of the Nile. wa
mans accompany the letters, ana
1 illustrate fiic routes and various eA'
pIorations made 10y stanley STAGE
tle date of the DISPATCHES which
were received from hin III October,
lc76. ts- s''-.'s -a'ss-.--' ----' -
! 49, a. FROM uJIJI.s .sr IN
The letters are dated from UjGt
ON the Eastern shore OF Lake Tan
ran, itka, and on the 9TH. 10th ana
18th of August, Ic76, respectively.
After exploring The hltheIt" nm
Known region between Lakes We
toiia and Albert Nyanza, and dis
covering the great river hageera,
which flows into the Victoria Ny
ANA from the southwest, Stanley
took IA southerly route toward UJDi,
the place where he first met Living
ssoAe. Ia ,he course nj his courtney
he discovered Lake, Windermere,
an enlargement of the kaSeeia, and
also body IF water which he
named Kageera Lake. r 't
DRIVEN BACK By HUNGER
But by the ferocious hostility OF
the natives OF the region called the
Warunei, and being brought to the.
verge ut starvation, Stanley WAS
forced to retire into Il more llospit;tr7
bic country and abandon far the
time being the. imther exploration
of the kageera and its wOaderful
VALLEY, and his efforts tn reach the
southern end OF Lake Albert Ny.
! ANA.
orr I'd rASeASrlKA.
Pursuing his co,irse toward UjJi,
Stanley crossed into the country oi
Uvamwe,t. and, after traverSing Its
ridge broken expanse, reached his
destination III safety. The, detal 5
of that peiilous journey are gwen
in his letter.
SURVEYING THE LAKE.
After fitting together and launch
ing the exploring boat Lady Alice,
which rendered suci good service
on Lake Victoria NyanZa. Stanley
commenced his survey of Lake Tan
ganS ila.. Starting from Ujiji, he
made Il complete circunliavigatlOn
OF the lake and verified many OBJ
servatlons made OH that portion
which he had previously visited and
explored in company with Dir. Liv-
lnS>tOne.
CAMERON's OUTLET.
Stanley has settled the question
of the Ri;tr Lukuga, which Cam
eron supposed was the outlet of
Lake Tanganyika, toward the west
and into the system OF lakes which
form the headwaters oi the Lomame
or Lualaba of Livingstone.
RIGHT AND WRONG.
Stanley's letters Indicate that
Cameron letters were both right
and wrong with regard to the char
acter of the Lukuga River.
ONLY \ CREEK AT PRESENT.
8 At pIesentit is oniy-a creek, .run-
ming inIaud through deep depres-
sion, which extends westward for Il
great distance. But the lake, 10y
constantly increasing its area ANA
raising its level, wilreventualiy find
an outlet through the Lukuga River
! BURTON GULF.
! Stanley's Investigations on and
around Lake Tapsany lid are of the
most eurions and complete nature.
At the northern end of the lake he
found a si,aciolis gulf, which will
henceiOrward DC known TO SeU-
grapilers as "i5urtou tin!f,D after
the celebrated African explorer OF
that name.
THE KAGEERA RIVER.
| Ia his second letter Stanley de-
scribes some very important dlscov-
cries respecting the Kageer River,
which cmpties into Lake Victoria
N'YaDza ON its western side. He
attaches vast Importance to iiii-
stream as Il feeder Uf the great lake,
The sIIIMEEU RIVER.
( lie compares the Shimecu, which
.lUwS iIto the Victoria \ 'Nanza
from the vast swampy region south
eas' oi the lake, thrnuSn which ht
Il proaeied lie. shores, to the river
Thames, hut the k,geera To tn,
Thames and severn co.ni,ined.
Az INTERESTING INFERENCE
The purity and color OF the waite,