Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-04-24


literally leaped and yelled with Joy and
raced over the ground with their bur
dens- All; this was the old spirit or
former expeditions, suddenly completed
and all suddenly revived. Woe betide
the native aggressor whom we may
meet. However powerful, with such
a spirit the men will fling themselves
upon him like wolves on sheep Num-
bers will not be considered, II was the
eternal forest that had made them the
abiect, slavish creatures so brutally
plundered by Arab slaves at Kalinga
Tonga.
On the 9th we entered the country
of the powerful Chief Mazamboni. The
villages were scattered so thickly that
no road except through them could be
found. The natives sighted US, but we
were prepared. We seized hill as soon
as we arrived In the centre of a mass
of villages, aud built zarebi as fast
as bill-hooks could cut the brushwood.
TIE war cries were terrible from hill
to hill, pealing across the intervening
valleys. The people gathered In hun
dreds at every point, war horns and
drums announcing the struggle. After
a slight skirmIsh, ending in our cap
turing a cow, the first beef we had
tasted since we left the ocean, the
night passed peacefully, both sides pre-
pairing for the morrow.
Here Mr.. Stanley narrates how
negotiations with the natives failed,
Mazamboni declining peace offering,
and how a detachment of 40 persons,
led by Lieutenant Stairs, and another
of 80, under command of Mr.. Jepson,
with sharpshosters, left the Zarebs and
assaulted and carried the villages,
driving the natives into general route.
The march was resumed on the 18th.
There were constant little fights all
along the route.
On the afternoon of the 18th. says
Mr.. Stanley, Ne sighted the Nyanza,
with Kavalli, the objective point of the
expedition. Six miles off 1 had told
the men to prepare to see the NyanZa.
They murmured and doubted, saying,
why does the master continually talk
this way? NyanZa, indeed When
they saw NyanZa below them many
came to kiss my hands. We were now
at an altitude of $500 feet above the
sea, with the Albert Nyanza 29OO feet
below, in one degree twenty minutes,
The south end of the Nyanza lay
largely mapped for about six miles
south of this position, and right acros
\ to the eastern shore. Every dent IL
| its low, fiat shore, was visible, anC
| traced like silver snake on the darl
ground was the tributary Lanikl, flow
ing into the Albert NyanZa from tE'
| southwest.
After a short halt to enjoy the pros
l-pect, we commenced the ragged anC
stony descent. Before the rear guar
had descended 100 feet the native
from the plateau poured after them
keeping the rear guard busy unit
within a few hundred feet of tn
Nyanza plain. We camped at the fCO
OF the plateau wall, the aneroids reach
ing $500 feet above the sea level. !
night attack was made, but the sen
tries sufficed to drive our assailants OF
We afterwards approached the vi
lage of Kakongo, situated at the south
west corner OF Albert Lake. Thre
hours were spent by us in attemptin
to make friends, but we slgnally failed
They would not allow us 10 go to I'll
lake, because we might frighteu the
cattle. They would not exchange tn
blood of brotherhood, because the
never heard of any good people comm
from the west side of the lake. The
would not accept any present from u
because they did not know who v
were, but they would give us water
, drink, and would show us the road L
; to Nyam-Sassic. From these singul;
people we learned that they had heal
| that there was a white man at Unyor
but they had never heard of al
white men being on the west side, n
: had they ever seen any steamers
. the lake. There was no excuse f
( quarreling. The people were civ
2 enough, but they did not want us nei
q them. We therefore were shown u
! path and followed it for miles. v
camped about half mile from Il
/, lake, and then began to consider o
[ position with the light thrown upon
a by conversation with the kakonl
| natives. Ny courIers from ZanZib
4 had evidently not arrived, or Em
d Pasha, with his two steamers, wou
Q have paid the southwest side of [
> lake visit to prepare the natives
I our coming. My boat was lat KILN.
!. Tonga, 100 miles distant, and the
. was no canoe obtainaDle. To seize
# canoe without the excuse of a quar-
e my conscience would not permit. The
|, was no tree anywhere of a size sutficie
n to make canoes. Wadelai was terril
distance off for an expedition SO ]
n duced. We had used five cases
q cartridges in five days fighting on
d plain.
n a month of such lighting must {
70 haust our stock. There was no pl
n suggested that was feasible except
A. retreat to Ibwiri, build fort, send
20 party back to Kalingalongas for bo
P store up every load IN the fort not &C
veyable, leave a garrison in the fort
- hold il, march back to Albert lake a
re- send boat IN search OF Emlu Pasl
q This was the plan which, after lengt
= discussions with the officers, resol,
r upon.
20 On the 18th we began night mar
al and by 10 A. NJ. on the 10th We /
NJ gained the crest of the plateau ol
"A more, the Kahonhos natives hayI
b. persisted in following US to the slope
AT the plateau We had one man Kill
IN and one wounded. On January 9TH
q. were in Ibwiri once again. After
ey few days rest, Lieut.. Stairs, with
ye men, was sent 10 KalIngalongas
a. bring the boat and goods. l also s
a Surgeon Parke and Captain Nels
"a Out of the IS men in their charge, o
o. eleven men were brought to the Il
rs The rest had died or deserted. On
ed return of Stairs with the boat I
l. goods he was sent to Ugarrcw.
at was to bring ~ the convalescent. )
il, after his departure was attacked
nd gastrItis and an abscess of the a
in After a months careful nursing
or Parke l recovered and set out az
on for the Albert Nyanza, on April
tc. accompanied by Jephson and Pal
nd Nelson was appointed commandant
ch Fort Bodo in our absence, Will
lst garrison of 43 men and boys.
an On April 20 We arrived in MAJ
blni's country again, this time
n solicitation. Mazamboni decided
L26 make blood brotherhood with me.