New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-08
One of .Stanley's Adventures.

While Stanley, the African explorer,
was working his way down the great river
whose union with the sea he was the first
to discover, he had thirty two adventures
with the hostile natives, in some of which
he lost number of men. One of these
adventures is thus described by graphic
correspondent of the Boston Journal:
The inhabitants had assembled on the
bank, seeing this curious boat filled with
strangers approaching, and Stanley's men
said they thought the cries, which were
almost deafening, of a friendly nature.
But 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 gave the
signal to put into the cove.
No sooner had the boat reached the
sloping bank, than it was hauled fifty
yards upon the shore by an hundred
hands, and before Stanley and his aston
ished men could realize where they were,
they found themselves the center of cir
Gle of savages each of whom was aiming
an arrow directly at the unlucky wights.
There were several hundred Of these
people, called the Bumbrich, after the
name Of their island on the shore, and
Stanely says that he expected to be In
stantly massacred. His gun and those of
his men lay in the bottom of the boat,
and to stop to pick them up would have
brought shower of arrows and instant
death.
So endeavcred to reason with the saw
ages, and showed them some clothes and
beads, which they accepted. They crowd
ed around the boat. however, and one
man took hold of Stanlev's hair and gave
it a violent wrench, thinking that it was
a cap that would come off, disclosing
wool.
This was hard to bear, and meantime,
one of Stanley men received stunning
blow from spear handle. Then the ex-
plorer made another little speech, asking
for food and to be allowed to continue
his journey, promising more cloth and
beads.
The savages then made several Zero
cious demonstrations, rushing down upon
him, crashing 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 Stan.ey
did not get out Of his boat. nor did he
take his eyes off the islanders.
At last seeing no chance Of anything
but death, he gave the signal to his men
to be ready at a certain cry to drag the
boat into the water. Presently the island
ers began to return, and something told
Stanley 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
go many muskrats, in their eagerness to
escape the javelins and arrows which
they knew would come.
Stanley picked up his elephant gun
and, as an islander bounding on to the
beach was preparing to fire an arrow
after the boat, he shot him, and the I'M
mense bullet, passing through the saw
ages body, killed another behind him.
Meantime it was discovered that the
oars were lost, and Stanlev's men were
padding with their hands as. fast as they
could to get out Of arrow. range. when
they Wer. Mortified by seeing thirty-six
savages put off from Bum brich IN three
canoes.
The men in Stanley S boat were anxious
to fire at once, but he ordered them to al
low the canoes to approach, and succeed
Led II sinking two of them by firing into
their sides at the water line.
4 In TWO minutes two dozen savages were
struggling in the water, and beating
away for the shore with rigorous strokes;
the third canoe renowned pursuits, and
Stanley and his men foun themselves safe,
but still haf-dead from hunger when
they joined the main body of the
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