The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-12-13
DEER LODGE, MONTANA DECEMBER 49, 1889 v

the shores Of Lake Tansaniki, about GOO
miles from Zanzibar by the route he would
take Two expeditions had preceded him,
those Of Burton and Spoke, and Spoke and
Grant Burton and Speke had struck tho
lake at ujij, which was an important trad
ing post Stanley, therefore, determined to
push for ujiji and provided himself with
boats in ease it should he necessary to cross
the lake and prosecute his search further into
the heart of Africa.
Stanley organized the expedition and pro-
cured his supplies at Bagamoyo, across the
Zanzibar channel on the coast He divided
it into five different caravans, leaving from
three to fifteen days apart. Tho total num-
her of persons composing the expedition was
l92. The two principal white men beside
Stanley were William L. Farquhnr, who led
the third. and John w. Shaw, who was over
seer of the fifth caravan, which Stanley him
self conducted.
On the 21st of March, 1871, Stanley lett
Bagamoyo. "As the Kirangozi unrollcd the
American flag, and put himself at the head
OF the caravan, and the 'pigaZs Narriers),
animals, soldiers and idlers were lined for
the march, we badc long farewell to the
dolce far nicntc Of civilized life, to the blue
ocean and TO its open road, to home, to tho
hundreds OF dusky spectators who were there
to celebrate our departure with repeated
salvos Of musketry."
1t would require too much space to follow
Stanley over the 600 miles between Baga-
nloyo md Ujiji. He pursued 4 route
which had never before been traversed by
white man. His predecessors took path en-
tirely devoid oftowns and villages, while there
was a plentiful supply Of such on Stanley's
route. He showed great wisdom in handling
the natives, acting toward them in n friendly
manner, treating them literally, appealing to
their superstitinl and, when occasion re-
quired, handling them without gloves 1t
must have been q singular sight tosee a cara
van headed by white man, consisting of
Arabs, natives, mules, etc, passing through
marshes, fording rivers, or trailing over
mountains, the whites carrying guns, the
natives each with d pack on his head So
they went into the heart OF a country where
fever was supposed 10 lurk IN every swamp
and where no white face was to be seen.
Stanley thus describes setting forth from,
camp one morning i'll a rain storm which, he
says, had drcnched them all night: .-...&
"Shaw was sick, and the whole duty of
driving the foundering caravans dovolved
upon myself The Wanyamwezi donkeys
stuck in the mire as if they were rooted to it.
As fast as one was ilogsed from bis stubborn
position, prone to the depths fell another, Civ
ing me Sisy'phean labor, which was mad
dening under pelting rain, assisted BY such
men as Bombay and Uedi, who could not
for q whole skins sake stomach the storm
and mire. Two hours of such Il task enabled
me to drag my caravan over savannah one
mile and a half broad, md barely had fin
ished congratuiating myself over my success
before was halted by Il deep ditch which,
filled with rain water from the inundated
savanuahs, had become a considerable stream,
breast deep, flowing swiftly into the Mnkata
Donkeys had to be unloadccl, led through
torrent and loaded again on the other bank,
an operation which consumed n full hour.
Presently, after struggling through a
wood clump. barring our progress was an
other stream sEoie! into river. The bridge
being swept AWAY, we were obliged to swim
and float our baggage over, which delayed
us two hours more Leaving this second
river bank, we Sp.:si:ed, watietl, occasionally
half swimming, and reeled through miro,
water, dripping grass and luataIna stalks,
nln,eG tho left bank of the Ankuti. proper,
until further progress was effectually pre-
vented for that day by deep bend of the
river, which we should be obliged to cross
the next day
''l'ho lst Of MAJ" continues Stanley.
found us struggling through the miro and
water Of the Makata, with n caravan bodily
sick from the excrtion and fatigue of cross
ing so many rivers and wading through
marshes. Shaw was still suffering from his
first Mukunguru, exhibiting himself under
new phase-a phase none Of the pleasantest,
Besides delivering himself of certain desires
not at all complimentary to the expedition
within nervous hearing, he seemed to assume
by degrees the character Of a chronic hypo-
chondriac, which, ut all tunes M unloyely
character, is positively hateful TO the leader
of an African expedition, battling with
swamps and rain, with Il sickencd caravan.
Zadi, Il soldier, was critically i'll with small
poy. The kichuma -chuma, 'lit,io irons
had hold Of bombay across the chest, rcn-
derins him the most useless Of the unser-
viceablcs, Mabruk Saleem Il youth Of lusty
frame, following the example Of Bonn
bay, laid himself down on the marshy
ground, protesting, while initiating I; man
who vomits, his total inability to breast the
Makata swamp, but plated thong, vigor-
ously laid across his naked shoulders, ex-