The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-02-16

and charged through the country, strik-
ing down every person who dared to re-
fuse me any thing, and perhaps that
policy might have succeeded, for my fol-
lowers were well armed; but that was
not my desire. sent word expressly
to each chief through whose country ]
had to pass, You must let me go I'M
molested on my way to the sea. If you
do, can confer an immense benefit
upon you. I can teach you how to be-
come more comfortable, and I can rid
you of the terrible raids of the slave
hunters. But if you prevent me from
passing, then I shall fight my way. My
heart IS filed with love for you, but 1
know how to punish my enemies. u
This had much the same effect here as
it had had elsewhere, except in certain
cases, and that which he related to me
is typical one.
He was working his way down the
great r;ver-in the boat which he has
had specially constructed in England
for the purpose, ard which had been
carried in sections on the heads of men
for hundreds of miles-when he saw a
fertile island accessible by pretty cove,
and, tempted by the hunger, which be-
came hour by hour more and more in
supportable, he resolved, after much
solicitation on the part of the ten ne
groes with him, to tempt fortune. The
Inhabitants had assembled on the bank,
seeing this curious boat filled with
strangers approaching; and Stanley 9
men said they thought the cries, which
were almost deafening, of a friendly
nature. But Stanley thought not. To
him the cries seemed warlike. How
ever, visions of eggs, chickens, flesh
milk, and, perhaps, goats flesh, for his
exhausted men, flashed before his eyes,
and he gave the signal to put into the
cove. No sooner had the boat reached
the sloping bank than it was hauled
fifty yards up on the shore by a hun
dred hands; and, before Stanley and
his astonished men could realize where
they were, they found themselves the
center of circle of savages, each of
whom was aiming an arrow directly at
the unlucky wights. There were several
hundred of these people, called the
Bumbireh, after the name of their is.
land, on the shore, and Stanley says that
he expected to be instantly massacred
His gun and those of his men lay in the
bottom of the boat, and to stoop
to pick them up would have brought
shower of arrows and instant death.
So he endeavored to reason with the
savages, and showed them some cloths
and beads, which they accepted. They
crowded around the boat, however, and
one man took hold of Stanley's hair and
gave it a violent wrench, thinkingit was
a cap and would come off, disclosing
wool. This was hard to bear, and,
meantime, one of SANKEY'S men received
stunning blow from spear handle.
Then the explorer made another little
speech, asking for food and to be allow
ed to continue his journey, promising
more cloth and beads. The savages
then made several ferocious demonstra-
tons, rushing down upon him, gnashing
their teeth and shaking their spears in
his very face; but they did not kill him
and finally retired to consult. This
mortal agony of suspense lasted from
nine in the morning until three in the
afternoon, during which time Stanley
did not get out of his boat, nor did he
take his eyes off the islanders. At last,
seeing no chance of any thing but death,
he gave the signal to his men to be ready
at certain cry to drag the boat into
the water. Presently the islanders be-
gan to return, and something told Stan
ley not to wait. So he shouted the
word of command and the boat flew
down the slope into the water, his men
diving all around it like so many musk
rats in their eagerness to escape the
javelins and arrows which they knew
would come. Stanley picked up his
elephant gun, and, rs an islander
bounding on the beach, was preparing
to fire an arrow af er the boat, he shot
him, and the immense bullet, passing
through the savage's body, killed anoth
er behind him. Meantime it was dis
covered that the oars were lost, and
Stanley's men were padding with their
hands as fast as they could to get out of
arrow-range, when they were Mortified
by seeing thirty-six savages put off from
Bumbrieh in three large canoes. The
men in SANKEY'S boat were anxious to
fire at once, but he ordered them to al
low the canoes to approach, and
succeeded in sinking two of them
by firing into their sides at the water
line: In two minutes two dozen saw
ages we're struggling in the water, and
beating away for the shore with vigor-
GUS strokes the third canoe renowned
pursuit, and Stanley and his men found
themselves safe, but still half dead from
hunger when they joined the main body
of the expedition. The young explorer
had thirty-two adventures of this kind
before reaching the much desired sea. In
one day he lost twenty-three men by an
attack of hostile tribes. He seems
much moved by the loss of little Kalulu,
who will be remembered by a great many
Kalulu was drowned, and,
as the kilograms have stated, all STAN
ley's white companions persisted. %,
A Farmer Who Loves to Fish.
In the town Of Chill there is an elderly
farmer who is passienately fond of sport |
fishing and hunting and
ne has a son who is a chip of the old
block in that as well as in other re-