The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-04-23
STANLEYs> MARCH.
Letter From The Great Explorer
I StuT @. Hardship and
heT0ISm.
rlsr Sf-usifon or Emin Pasha-A Vast
Ef-fcau Forest Traversed.


between Yambunga and Albert Ny
ana i goes much into details and
very interesting The expedition,
which consisted Of 369 officers and
men. started from Yambunga on
T--z . ISL. On the first day the
e--ellEuu marched twelve miles
along ths river bank TO Yaknarde.
Daring The next SIX days the expedi-
-z marched inland in an easterly
direction through a densely popu-
-z-s5 district The mates used every
Ell known u modest and impede the
advance Of the party. but although
several conflicts took place the party
7 -- lose d man. From July 4th
@ October 18th Stanley followed
-le left bank Of the Aruwhimi. On
.A---sr Isl the first death occurred,
lie cause being dysentry.
far. for rlIrty-iour days, the
course had been sInEularly success
The party now entered a wild
e--r---. II their nine days march
trough winch their sutIerlngs were
-t--Ee7 and several deaths &C
e---z On August 18Th. on arriving
az Al15llhla the natives presented a
bold z-1ac aud the party lost five
-a- from poisoned arrows. On
s--=- slst the expedition met
-sz--v rE Mauyemas and their mlsfor-
r--a= began on this date. Within
three DAVIS o.. this unfortunate meet
nv -v-s--v-zlz men deserted.
What Stanley describes as an aw-
FIJI month begins on September 18th.
Lowing the station of the Arab chief
T-evas. when the expedition
mn larel 253 men. having lost
--r-r-s7z l7v deseruon and death and
HAVING left uiuety-slL sick with Us
r.----vzz. the road led to the Arab
settlement OF halinga Tonga. The
men lived on wild fruits, fungi and
---s
Hera Stanley uarrates how nego-
-z--z-us with the natives failed; how
a detachment Of forty persOns,led by
I sa--zua-t Stairs. aud another OF
thirty. -ett Zareba and assaulted and
carried the villages, driving the ma
-7vs- INTO a general rout. The march
uzs resumed on the 18th. There
were constant light fights all along
Tie rcute. -On the afternoon Of the
r saws Stanley. I'VE sighted the
Mama with hayalh, the objective
point If the expedition. Six miles
of had told the men to prepare to !
So tie Mama. They murmured |
and doubted. When they saw the |
Nvsrza below them. many came to |
Kiss my hands We were now $500 |
--=r shove the sea level, and $500 |
Eea- above the Albert Nyanzs. After |
short halt 70 enjoy the prospect, |
we commenced the ragged and |
stormy descent Before the rear |
guard had descended one hundred |
The natives from the plateau |
poured after them. keeping the rear
guard busy until within few hun
l-eI feet Of the Nyanza plain. We
a=-a-ward approached the village Of /
Eaz1--1- situated at the southwest
C. --er of the Albert lake. Three
hours were spent by Us in attempt I
--.- I'd make friends. but we slgnally
EaE- They would not exchange
lie blood Of brotherhood, because
they never heard Of any good people
coming from the west side Of the
lake They would not accept any
rr-a-a--s from Us because they did
11- know who we were, but they
would give Us water to drink and
show rs the road up to Nyam SassIc.
From these singular people we
learned that they had heard that
there was white man at Ugunro,
b-- they had never heard OF any
white man being on the west side,
nor had they ever seen any steamers
on tie lake. We were shown the :
pain. We camped about mile from
tie lake and then began to consider
our position Ny couriers from Fan
zzbzr had evidently not arrived, or
Enid PaSla with his two steamers !
vszL5 have paid the southwest side '
z the lake d visit 10 prepare the peo-
pie for our coming My boat was at !
hE5uEa Ldnza, 100 miles distant,
and there were no canoes obtain {
sble. |
Before reaching hilinga Tonga t
Stanley lost fifty five men through I
aud desertion. A slave
7vr=- at hillnga Tonga tried his '
utmost 10 ruin the expedition, short (
II 1Dar hostEUes. He insisted on
7zrcassiu- rifles. ammunition and i
8 5-l7u-. 50 that the expedition left ]
- station beggsred. The men were /
5b=1ivtelv naked. and were SO weak c
hs- thew were unable to carry the c
,-zr Stanley was therefore obliged l,
70 leave the boat. together with il
seventy loads Of goods, at hilinga g
Lonrs. un6er the care Of Surgeon [
1arEs and Captain Nelson, the ;,
after IF whom was unable to march. d
After twelve days journey the a
lzrry on November ID reached a,
-b7yiri. The Arab devastation, which s.
.sd reached within a few miles Of W
--bviri. was 50 thorough that not a Il
.Etiys hut was left standing between
-aar-avs and Ibwiri What tie CT
.rgbs did moi destroy the elephants al
turning the whole region Ia
- 3 horrible wilderness. Stanley So
0uEuues. Our sufferings termin- B
I'd Il Ibwiri. We we're beyond the il
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