Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-15
Mr. SANKEY'S WORK on the Congo.

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We are indebted 10 tue courtesy 81
u. DeYaUx, Chef iu Cabinet to III,
Majesty tue King OF TIE Balaians, FOX
the huDJoined account Cf the cxpcdi.
ton now being conducted by Mr..
Ienry ". Stanley for the social and
commercial development of the mag
nlhcent river first tracked 10y him from
, its upper waters 10 IFS mouth:
. Mir. Sisnl>y had just returned to
Europe, on the conclusion of his bril-
liant campaign, the expenses of which
had been betrayed By the proprietors
Q. the Daiy Ttiegrdpl and the New
: l OK Heroid. He Iiai crossed Africa
from side 70 side, and had resolved q
, great and difficult problem, by placing
: hAyohd oil doubt the identity of the
, c. 70 with. Liy'rgstone's Lualaba.
Ine account of his travels was read
, with lively interest and especially in
J tluepced several persons who, excited
by hlr. Stanley's discoveries, and in
the desire to continue them, formed
/ themselves. u1der the name of the
. 'Coml.e Il E;ndes du Haut Congo,
, and @lth the powerful patronage of the
King Of the Belgians, into q sy Indicate
, which was joined by certain philan-
= thropic capitalists of several countries,
! among whom may be specially noted
, two English gentlemen-Mr. w. Mac
, kinnon and Mr.. James Hutton, OF Man
chester.
. fhis society obtained the services
, Of Mr.. Stanley to carrg out scheme
which had previously been approved
by the celebrated traveller, and had for
, lt5 opIec!s-to resume the exploration
OF the Congo in u contrary direction to
that taken by himself; to observe, in
detail, and in methoIical manner, the
| countries which he lad but passed
| Though for the first time; 10 enter into
, relations with the chiefs of the princi.
, pal tribes, ana secure their good will
and 70 prdvi,ic for means OF communi-
, cation.
/ The association furnished Mr.
Stanley with the necessary funds tc
, enable him to carry out the above pro-
) gramme.
, MIR Stanley. after having selected
= his European assistants, repaired tc
3 Zanzibar, there to enroll his native
/ rank and file. 4 steamer freighted al
L9ith had been placed at his disposal
2 ard ho LETT Europe il March, 1879
: Towards the middle of August he
landed at Banana with seventy vigorous
2 Zlnz;barians, chosen with care, among
= them heiHg several Of his old followers
4 He found en- bis arrival supplies o.
PROVISIONS; sinflS, and articles for pur
poses at barter; tools; materials for tLt
,..f, l., I
, lAuuches.
{ THESE stores had been sent to hin
: from Europe by direction OF the svndi
cate.
c The first days of his reappearanct
: Oh the Congo were spent in making
= survey Of the river as far as the Yellals
I Falls, and il seeking u favorable spo
| ior founding station which shoult
B. serve TO shelter his provisions ant
: other stores and ultimately become tn,
r base OF his future operations.
! He decided upon Vivi, locality
0 situated upon tho right bank of th,
: Congo, $50 miles from the mouth of tn,
Y stream and ten miles above the furthes
/, existing commercial establishment. HI
= entered into communications with tn,
Z chiefs OF the country and obtained
g full concession of the Vivi plateau.
- 1.-The site upon which he built LII
k station is plateau which rises from
$50 feet to 400 feet above the river.
1.-The station is made up of severa
buildings, with their outhousns, store
;. rooms, sheds, stables, and so forth, th
It whole OF them, surrounding a gardel
planted with trees. 1t is reached by
road which MIR. Stanley caused to b
made, leading from the stream to th
upper part of the plateau. Seen iron
Il tho river side. it presents a most pic
turesque aspect. Two rivulets, whicl
never become entirely exhausted
furnish q quantity of excellent water a
ali seasons.
1.-THE natives in the neigLborhoo,
are described to be of mild AM
scciable disposition, and the most per
" feet harmony has never ceased to exis
the station-a fact which has cause,
Mr. Stanley to remark that, if thi
l. state of things continued, the tales tina
have been told about Arcadia may be
. come actual experiences in this remot
corner of tho earth.
h MIR. Staniey's little fleet comprises
"A small steamer, La Belgique
three steam launches. IEsperance
. Tf7n Avant, and Le Royal; and tw
steel whale boats. La Bslgique is
n feet lopg. she~Is provided with tw
:. screws, and measures ::.:60ut 10 10 Is
Sho was built at Scraing, at the work
Of Messrs. Cockcrill, as have been ais
rEsperance and ZEN Avant. LIE Roya
has been turned out by Mr.. Samue
White. of the Isle of Wight, and th
whaie-boats have been furnished b
Messrs. Forrest and Son. La BelgiQu
and lEsperance are used to carry th
goods and provisions necessary for th
s expedition, between Banana and Viv
aS we'll as the men who have been ser
q from Europe. or who may be goin
home. I.e Royal, ZEN Avant, and th
whale boats are destined for the nav
I cation OF the Upper Congo. LIE Roys
Il eau not be taken to pieces, but lE
Avant msy be divided into three par
for purposes OF transport.
TIE construction OF the station
! Vivi und of the road that joins it to th
II stream had necessitatedi he steady labC
- of several months, and it was only i
the course Of February, 1850, that Nj
r Stanley could think of going forward
- The most difficult and laborious part {
- his task was TO begin. Mr.. Stanle
y had selected for the site of his secon
, station place called Isangila, situate
:, about fifty miles from Vivi. To reac
: this poi ut he had to traverse very j
n regular country, sparsely populate,
a. aud without available resources fl
- 70 support. He could neither count upo
=, the district to supply him with foe
II nor upon the inhabitants to aid him
" his transport arrangements. His pr'
visions, beats, and materials for IL
e. new stations to lie established made u
ID total woight of Il tons. They wer
at carried partly upon mems backs, an
ir partly III wagons which had bee
r furnished by Messrs. II. II. Woolf
d Son, of London, builders to the Inst
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