The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-02
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W. UsooSys Aeveotoreos
While Stanley. the African explorer.
va working his way down the great
river whose union with the sea he was
the first 20 discover. he had thirty-two
adventures With the hostile natives. in
some ~ which he lost . number II men.
One II these adventures is thus de-
scribed ny . correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Journal.
The inhabitants had assembled on the
hank. seeing this curious boat filed
With strangers approaching. and stan
ley's men said they thought the cries.
which we're almost dcafening. Of .
friendly nature.
Hut Stanley thought not To him the
cries seemed wArlike. However, visions
Of eggs. chickens, fresh milk. and. per-
haps, goats flesh. for his exhausted
men. flashed before his eyes, and he
at last gave the signal to put into IL
rove.
No sooner had the boat reached the
sloping bank than u WAS hauled fifty
yards up on the shore by . hundred
hands. and before Stanley and his as
torhshed men could realize where they
were, they found themselves tho center
Of q circle of savages, each Of whom
was aiming an arrow directly nj the an
lucky wights.
There were several hundred of these
people. called the Bumbrich. after the
name Of their isladd, on the shore. and
Stanley says that he expected To be in
stantly maaeacred. His gun and those
Of his men lay 1t the bottom Of the boat
aAI go sAxxn,. e. 0t,k sk.uu ~.alA
have brought Q shower of arrows, and
instant death.
So he endcavorcd to reason with the
savagcs, and showed them some cloths
and beads, which they accepted. They
crowded around the boat, however. and
enc man took hold Of Stanley's hair and
gave 1t q violent wrench. thinking that
Il wss . cap, and would come of. dis
closing wool.
This was hard 70 bear. and meantime,
one Of S~tanley's men received = stun
ming blow from u spear-handlc. Then
the explorer made another little speech,
asking for food, and ~ be allowed To
continue his journey, promising more
cloth and beads.
The sayages then made several Zero
ciOus demonstrations, rushing down up
on him. crashing their teeth and shak-
ing their spears in his very face; but
they did not kill him. and finally ret,r-
ed to consult. This mortal agony Of
suspense lasted from nine in the morn
ing until three in the afternoon, during
which time Stanley did moi get out Of
his boat. nor did he take his eyes of the
islanders.
Al last, seeing no chance Of anything
but death, he gave the signal to his men
tO he ready, at u certain cry, to drag
the boat into the water. Presently the
islanders began to return, and some-
thing told Stanley not to wait.
So he shouted the word Of command,
and the boat few down the slope into
the water, his men diving all around it..
like so many muskrats, In their eager
ness 10 escape the ~javelins and arrows
which they knew would come.
Stanley picked up his elephant gun.
and. as an islander bounding upon the
beach was preparing to fire an arrow
after the boat, he shot him. and the inn
mense bullet. passing clear through the
savage's body, killed another behind
him.
Meantime II was discovered that the
oars were lost, and Stanley's men were
padding with their hands as fast A.
they could to get out Of arrow range,
when they were Mortified by seeing thir.
ty-six savages put off from Bumbrich in
three large canoes
The men In Stanlcy's boat we're anx.
o To fire ut once, but he ordered them
TO allow IN canoes to approach. and
succeeded In sinking two Of them by
firing through their sides vt the water
line. ea, I.s3
In Two minutes " dozen savagcs
were struggling in the water, beating
away for the shore with vigorous
stroke; the third canoe renounced pur-
suit, and Stanley and his men found
themselves safe. but still half dead
irom hunger when they joined the main
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