The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-23
Ono OF stanle,s adventures.

KS While star4ey the African explorer
B 2uas .u,c.,tdg his way down the great
3 s.. >>hosc union with the sea he was
,.>4lrst 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 descrlb-
ed BY correspondents Of the Boston
Y journal The inhabitants had assembled
on the bank, seeing this curious boat
z hlled with strangers approaching, and
Stanley's men said they thought the
cries which were almost deafeling, of
~ friendly nature. But Stanley thought
#not. 10 him the cries seemed warlike.
{; However, visions of eggs, chickens.
4 fresh milk, and prehaPs goats flesh,
~ for his exhausted men, flashed before
his eyes, and he gave the signal to put
J. reached the sloplna bank, than 1t was
4 hauled fifty yards up on the shore by u
!; hundred hands, and before Stanley
4 and his nstonished men could realize
I where they were, they found them
selves in the centre of circle Of savages
each Of whom was aiming an arrow at
the unlucky wights. There were sey-
eral hundred Of these people, called the
Bumbrlch, after tho name of their is
land on the shores, and Stanley says
that he expected to be instantly massa-
ored. 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
I crowded aroUpd the boat, however, and
one man took hold OF Stanley IS hair and
gave it violent wrench, thinking that
1t was cap and would come off, dis
closing wool. This was hard to bear,
and meanwhile, one Of Stanley's men
received a stunning blow from a spear
handle. Then the explorer made an
other lite speech, asking for food and
to be allowed to continue his journey
promising more cloth and beads. The
savages then made several ferocious de-
monstrations, 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 con-
suit. This mortal agony Of suspense
lasted from nlne 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 island
ers. 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 bUat into the water. presen-
tly the islanders 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 1t like
80 many muskrats, in their eagerness
to escape the javellns and AFRO VS. which
they knew would come. Stanley pick
ed up his elephant gun, and, as an is
lander bounding OH the beach was pre-
pairing to fire an arrow after the boat,
he shot him, and the immense bullet.
passing through the savage's body,
killed another behind him, Meantime
1t was discovered that the oars were
lost, and Stanley's men were pad
ding with their hands as fast as they
could to get out Of arrow range, when
they were horriaed by seeing thirty-six
savages put off from Bumbrich In three
largo canoes. The men in Stanley's
boat were anxious to fire at once, but
he ordered them to allow 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 savages were struggling in the
water and beating away Tor the shore
with vigorous 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 ofthe expedition.