The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-14
CHARLES CHAILLE LONG,
THE AFRICAN EXPLORER AND
SOLDIER,
Has Something Interesting to Say
About Gen. 6OrdOn and About
Henry N. Stanley.

mental Hotel. and will give ar
illustrated lecture on his travels anC
exploits in the Eastern countries 81
Association Hall tonight. Col. Long
was born in Princess Anne, Ssmerse
county, Md, in 1874, and is conse
ouentiy AZ Years old. He is descend
ant of a HugueLot family nams
Chaille, end served in the Upiot
army, ranking as captain. He after
wards went to New York, and was en-
gagged for time in journalistic work
From his boyhood days he always had
q desire for Eastern travel, and while
still young in years he sought the in
Aue1cs MontG, Mr B air, who W.
an intimate friend Of the Colonies
father, for an appointment in the
Egyptian army. Mr.. Blair communi
Gated with the Consul General al
Cairo relative to the matter, and in
1869 Col. Long received a telegram
notifying him that at the request o.
the Consul the Khedive had appointed
him to the rank OF lieutenant colonel
in the regular Egyptian army.
Col. Long is the only survivor oil
Gen. Gordon's staff in his first Soudan
expedition. He is an entertaining
speaker, has fine rommand of the Fog
lish language, and relates many inter
estipg incidents of his travels in lands
populated by a barbarous people. Col
Long chatted pleasantly with repre-.
sentative Of the North american, ia
whom ne said:
1T always had a desire to travel in
the Egyptian country"
GLOW long were you in the service
With Gen. Gordonf" was asked.
"My connection with Gordon dates
from The first trip he made in 1S47 as
an officer in the Royal Engineers in
his organization OF the Equatorial
Province"
"Have you ever met Henry NJ.
Stanley, the explorer, in your tray
eis2"
"No, never have"
"What is your impression Of STAN
ley"
"In answer to that question l refer
you to letttr written by Mr.. Stanley
when he was visiting the Court Of
Uganda in 1875, one year subsequent
to my visit to that court, and when
had made q treaty or vaesal with the
King by which he acknowledged him
self subject of Egypt. Mr.. Stanley,
on the occasion OF his visit, in his let
tiers to the press of England and
America, r ,ifssed to have converted
savage king TO Christianity. He did
so in the most thes trical and dramatic
way. Accustomed to the marvellous
myself, confess l was astounded at
his diplomacy and skill. He claimed
to have etft cted the conversion imme-
diately on his arrival, and then pro-
ceeded to translate the Bible into the
Uganda language, tavage or negro
idiom, then, as now, unWritten. He
appealed to the religious world of
England and America 10 send out at
once missionaries to complete his
work. He made this a special
feature of his book. 1 read ii
with surprise, because Stanley
could not have been ignorant of
the savage proolivities of Mise,
King Of UtapZa. He knew that the
King wasin the habit Of butchering
his people at will, first on the occasion
of Capt. speke's arrival there, and
then on the occasion of my
diplomatic voyage to that court,
when the King, to honor my arrival,
cut off the heads Of thirty of bis PEG.
pie. My French secretary, Mr.. Linant,
son OF Liuant de Bellefond, the famous
French engineer, had besn sent there
by me after my return to corroborate
my discovery OF the third lake, which
demonstrate beyond doubt the final
and absolute question Of the Nile
sources. Lin mt was there duriEg
Stanley's visit, and some time after
Stanley Lad gone. Mise, the King,
one day esid to Linant: DO you want
TO see me shoot2' Leveling his gun at
one of his wives, he blew her brains
out, saying: See what good shot am
l. Well, the missionaries went out,
many died of fever, and they found
the hope of practical conversion
illusory, evidence of which may
be found in the fact that
after months OF great hardship,
suffering and devoted eacrifices 10
their faith, Mise drove them off, re-
fused TO SEE them, and in paroxysm
OF esvsge rage faCrifced fifty virgins
in honor Of his return to his gan
faith. This, it seems to me, when
known TO Mr.. Stanley, should have
caused him to have warned the
Christian people Of his too precipitate
counsel to go out there"
"Did he not tell these people of the
murderous disposition of the King2"
"He did nothing of the kind, and 1
think that The religious societies to
which he did not appeal in vain, but
which answered his call with great
!alacrity, have now a Just cause OF
complaint, and should hold him to
strict accountability for the massacres
that have occurred recently. AS you
have seen by the dispatches, terrible
msssacres OF Christians have occurred
at Uganda.
"Then you think that Stanley is Gull
pable to certain degree for the mas
sacres OF these Christian missions-
ries2"
" do, knowing, as he did, of the
murderous proclivities of the savage
King Mise"
"This Strengthening of thirty people
is somewhat peculiar way Of confer.
ring an honor"
''0t courseI protested against this
sacrifice, but it is a court custom in
Uganda"
You claim to have made the dis
covery Of the Nile sources previous 10
SANKEY'S visit there2"
Certainly / do. Stanley cannot
claim the credit of making the discov-
cry, as his voyage there was one year
subsequent to mine"
"In your exploring expeditions did
you ever have any difficulties or en-
counters with the eavaEes?"
"My experience on tue east coast of
Africa was a running one with the
natives, and l was under fire great
deal Of the time. On leaving Uganda,
center of Aflics, and coming down the |
Nile, was surprised by 2O0 savages
In boats. Ny escape is due to the |
fact that we had firearms and they had
lances. They pressed us so that in
the first six hours OF the fight / was
wounded in the nose as You may see.
We gupnaadad In billip0 sio,htw.fxvo nj |