The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-13

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+ T knew Africa, were perfectly aeclima
I t'zed, were quite sure they woul
) please me, would do me impor
!. tant services, save me from en-,
e number of troubles by their ingenuit,
\ and resources, take NE up 10 balloon
e or by flying carriages, make US all in
i visible by their magic arts, or by th,
sciences of magnetism, would caus'
all ssyaees to fall asleep while W,
might pass anywhere without trouble
Indeed, felt sure that, had mon
ey enough been placed al my dis
posal at that time, | might have leC
1000 Englishmen, 5000 Americans
1000 Frenchmen, 1000 Germans
500 Italians, $50 Swiss, 200 Bulgari
ans, 90 Spaniards and Greeks, OF
10. .005 Europeans, to Africa. But
the time had not arrived to depopu.
late Europe, ard eolonizs Africa Oh
such scale, and | was compelled to
decline accepting the valuable serv.
ices the applicants, and to content
mys, 4 with Francis, John and ed
ward Peacock and Frederick Baker,
whose eu'reaties had been seconded
by his n )ther on my return from
America
Nor did Stanley's troubles in this
line eud here. They foIiwed him
persis,eutly to Zluzibar.
DESERTIONS.
Bot while many were thus clamor.
GUS to go, n y d few weakened after
they had irted. To quote Stan
ley:
"Deserti - from the expedition
had been frt tq1ent. At first Kache-
che, the chief detective, and bis gang
of four men, who had received Ia
s.ructioas to t3il,w US II days jour
ney bebind, eual led me to recapture
sixteen of the deserters bat the con-
Diving WanywaIa and Wanyamweyi
soon discovered this resource of mine
against their we'll known freaks, and,
instead OF striking east ia their de
parture, absconded either north OF
! south Of the track We then had de.
tectives posted long before dawn,
several hundred yards away from the
camp, who were bidden to be in wait
in the bush, until the expedition had
J started. ard in THE nsnrer we sue.
ceeded ia repressing to some extent
the disposition to desert, and arrest
ed very many men on the point OF
escaping; but even this was not ad
equate Fifty had abandoned US be-
fore reaching Mpwapwa, taking with
them the advances they bad received.
and often their guns. on which our
safety might depend.
Several feeble men and women
also had to be left behind, and it was
evident that the very wariest meth
DDS failed to bind the people TO their
duties. TIE best of treatment and
abundance Of pr5se ;;ssions distributed
were alike insufficient to induce such
faithless NATURES 70 be loyal. How
ever, we persisted, aud so otten as
we failed in one we tried another.
er. Had all these men remained
loyal to their contract and promises,
We would have been too strong for
any force to attack US, as our num-
bers must necesssriallv have COM
manded respect 10 lands among tribes
where only power is respected" !"
SICKNESS AND DEATH
Not only did desertion thin out the
little party, but starvation and sick
ness did their share in depicting the
ranks. In speaking of the fight that
took place almost on the outset of
the journey, Stanley says:
"On the morning of the oath we
waited patiently in our camp Why
should we attack? We were watch
ed enough as it was without seeking
to add to our wretchedness We
numbered only seventy effective men.
for all the rest were invalids, fright
ened porters, women, donkey-boys,
and children. The sick list was
alarming, but, try as we might, the
number was not to be reduced.
While we lived from hand to mouth
on few grains of corn day, our
plight must not only remain pitiable,
bat become worse We were there
fore in mood to pray that we might
not be attacked, but permitted to
leave the camp in safety"
PANTOMIME
Readers Of Iryiug's life Of Colum-
bus will remember how he procured
provisions from the Indians by pre-
dieting an eclipse of the moon STAN
lev describes here how he played
upon the cupidity of the negroes;
1--WE had received one banana and
G piece of cassava. We had our
mouths and our stomachs with US.
An appropriate gesture with the ba-
mana to the mouth, and gentle fond
ling with a puckered stomach, would,
we thought, be a manner Of express
ing extreme want, eloquent enough
to penetrate the ermored body of
crocodile. We came opposite the viii
lage at thirty yards distance, and
dropped cur stone anchor, and |
stood up with my ragged old helmet
pushed back far, that they might
scrutinize my face, and the lines Of
suasion be properly seen. With the
banana in one hand, aud gleam-
ing armlet Of copper and beads Of
various cclors in the other, | began
the pantomime. l once knew an i'd
lot in Brusa. Asia Minor, who en-
treated me tor pera in much the
same dumb strain that / implored
the assembled hundreds of Rubunga
to relax that sullen sternness, that
uucompromising aspect, that savage
front. and yield to the captivating in
nuence Of fair and honest barter |
clashed the copper bracelets togeth.
er, lovingly handled the bright gold
brown Of the shining armlet, expos
ed with all my best grace of manner
long necklaces Of bright and clean
Cypr9a moneta, and sllured their at
tention with beads of the brightest
colors. Nor were the polished folds
of yellow brass omitted; and