The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1878-11-29
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XII, NO. 45
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, vol. XLlII, NO. 81
One of Stanley's Tight Places.

In Ukim bu the guides ran away, and |
Stanley found himself on the edge of will
derness with but ten days provisions. He
had trusted his guides, and purchased a small
quantity of ft cd. He endeavored to pierce
the wilderness, but his track was lost in a
msze of elephant and rhnoceros trails
He could only depend upon his compass
The second day found jungle OF acacia and
dephorbia, through which the men had to
crawl and scramble along the ground, Gun
der natural tunnels Of embracing shrubbery
cutting the convulvul and creepers, thrust
ing aside stout thorny bushes, and by various
detours taking advantage of every slight
opening the jungle afforded" There
was no water. Overcome with hunger and
thirst, the command began to stragge and
faint, Some managed to reach camp where
medicines and restoratives brought them to
strength. Five never returned. One of
them WAS found dead in the woods and Of
the other four it is believed "they hopeless
ly wandered on until they also fell down and
died. Ga the fifth day they came to a viii
lage, but the village comprised only four ne.
groes, their wives and little ones, and had
no food for such a large command. Stanley
learned that there was another village TWEEN
ty-fve miles away name Suna, and he sent
q picked band of 90, the strongest and most
enduring, to visit Suna and bring food. He
secured the woods for game, but there was
no game. a lions den was found. Ia
this den We're two young lions, which were
killed and skinned. But of what avail were
two lion cubs to an expedition of starving
, men Surely here was death at last--deatb
defeat, annihiation, and this proud expedi
ton which had set out so gloriously from
Ianzibar, resolved to force the mystery of
continent and fight its way to the Atlantic
! why, all that could happen to it was to per
! in in an African Jungle Of lions and ele
phants to perish as 50 many had done be
a fore, leaving only the name OF Stanley to
added to the sad, dismal roll Of martyrs +
4 African discovery. Returning to camp,
a says Stanley, from the frui,iess huut wa
10 struck with the pinched faces of my poo
. people shot | could have almost wept it
might have doue 50 without exciting fear
4 our fate in their minds" Stanley had med
~ cal stores, which in such an expedition al
a sacred trust. He opened a sheet iron trun
d and made it serve as pot. Into this pot |
# doled about five pounds of Scotch oatmoat-
it perhaps the most precious of all his posse
if sions- and three tins of "revaleuta Arabica
q and made Cruel. at was rare signt
% he says, "to see those poor famine strirk'
I people hasten to that Torquay dress trun
a aud assist me to cook that huge pot of q
20 el !; to watch them fan the fire to ferc
,e heat and, with their gourds full of wat,
ID stand by to cool the foaming liquid when
threatened to overflow" The porridge ke
A the expedition alive for forty eight hou
lie when Stanley heard the muskeiry Of his
os turning embassy coming in from Suna wi
ID food. "The grain was most speedily soiz
( by the hungry people, and so animating "
r. the report of the purveyOrs that soldiers o
r. and all clamored to be led away that
teruoon"