The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-03
THE DEPARTURE.

THE DEPARTURE
"We were together until May 25, when l
left him, leaving JephSon, three Soudanese
and two Zanzibaris in his care. In return
he caused to accompany me, three of his
lrregulars and ten Madi natives as porters.
Fourteen days later, was at Fort Bodo
At the fort were Capt Nelson and Lieut..
Stairs. The latter had returned from Ugar-
! rowwas twenty-five days after had set out
for the lake, bringing with him, alas, only
sixteen men out of fifty-six. All the rest
were dead.
CoURIERS FOR BARTELLoT.
| MY twenty couriers whom l had sent
with letters to Maj. Bartellot had safely
! left Ugarrowwas for Yambunga on March
10 Fort Bodo was in fiourishing state.
| Nearly ten acres were under cultivation.
One crop of Indian corn had been harvested
and was in the granaries. On June 16 |
| left Fort Bodo with Ill Zanzibaris and
| lot OF Emin's people. Lieut.. Stairs was ap-
| pointed commandant of the fort. Capt.
Nelson was second in command, and
Surgeon Parke was the medical officer.
| The Garrison consisted of fifty y-nine rifles. /
thus deprived myself of all my officers in
| order not to be encountered with baggage,
provisions and medicines which would
have TO be taken if accompanied by
Europeans.
AT KILINGA LoNGA.
"On June "A we reached Kllinga Tonga
| and on July 10 Ugarrowwas. The latter
station was deserted. Ugarrowwas having
gathered as much ivory as he could obtain
from the district, had proceeded down the
| river about three months before On leav-
ing Fort Bodo had loaded every carrier
| with sixty pounds of corn, so that we we're
able 20 pass through the wilderness un-
scathed. Passing on down the river as fast
as we could go daily, expecting to meet the
c2uriers, who had been stimulated to exert
themselves for a reward of $40 per head,
or the major himself leading an army of
carriers, we INDUCED ourselves in pleasing
anticipation as we neared the goal.
UGARROWwAs OVERTAKEN.
''On August 10 we overlook Ugarrowwas
| with an immense flotilla of fifty-seven
canoes, and, to orr wonder, our couriers,
now reduced TO seventeen, who related an
awful story of hair breadth escapes and
tragic scenes. Three had been slain;
two were still feeble from wounds;
all except five bore on their
bodies the scars # arrow wounds. A week
later, Aug. II, we met the rear column of
the expedition at Bunaya. There was
white man at the gate of the stockade who
| at first thought was Jameson. A nearer
view revealed the features of Bonney, who
left the medical service of the army to ac-
company us.
BARTELOTTE's MURDER.
"Well, my dear Bonney, where's the
majorN I asked.
'He is dead, sir; shot by Manyema about
a month ago" replied Bonney.
"Good God! ~ l cried, land Jamiesonl'
''He has gone to Stanley Falls to try to
get more men from Tippoo Tib"
"And TroupF"
Group has gone home invalided.n
"Well, where is Ward~
| "Ward is at Bangala."
Heaven alive! Then you are the only one
herep
'Yes, sir"
TOO CREDULoUS BY FAR.
After describing what a wreck he found
the rear column to be, Stanley complains Of
the officers at Yambruya too readily ac-
cepting the deserter's report of his death and
sending his personal kit, medicines, etc,
down the Congo, leaving him naked of the
necessaries for his return to Emin.
'By accident, he says, 1.-TWO hats, a pair
of boots and flannel jacket were left, a
truly African kit with which to return"
SUMMARIZING WHAT HE HAD DONE.
The letter then proceeds to summarize
what had been accomplished. Stanley says:
"We were 100 days in the forest, one con
| tinuous, unbroken, compact forest The
| grass land was traversed by us in eight
|
edge of the grass land are well marked
We saw it extending nOrth-easterly, with
| its curves, bays and capes just like the sea-
| shore. westerly it preserved the
| same character North and south the for
est area extends from Nyanzive to the
southern borders of Monbuttu. East and
west it embraces all from the Congo at the
mouth of the Aruwhimi to about east long
itude 39', latitude 400.
EXTENT OF THE FOREST.
"How far west beyond the Congo the
forest reaches l do not know. The super
| fetal extent of the tract described as totally
covered by forest is 246, 900 square miles.
| North of the Congo, between Upoto and
| Aruwhimi, the forest embraces another
| 20, 900 square miles. Between Yambuya
and Nyanza we came across five distinct
languages. The land slopes gently from
! the crest Of the plateau above
Nyanza down to the Congo river,
| from an altitude of $500 feet above the sea.
| North and south of our track through the
| grass land was much broken by groups of
cones Of isolated mountain ridges To the
north we saw no land higher than
about 5000 feet above the sea, but
bearing 2l5 degrees magnetic, at a
! distance of fifty miles from our camp
on Nyanza, we saw a towering mountain,
| its summit covered with snow, proba-
blv 1900 or 5000 feet above the
sea. 1t is called Ruevenzori, and
will prove a rival to Kilimaniaro. | EN-
not sure that it may not prove to be Gordon
| Bennett mountain in Gambaragara, but
| there are two reasons for doubling if it be
the same First, it is little too far west
for the position Of the latter as given by me in
1876. Secondly, we saw no snow on Gordon
Bennett.
THE LAKE TO THE SOUTH.
Il have met only three natives, who
have seen the lake towards the south. They
agree that 1t is large, but not so large as
Albert Nyanza. Before closing, let me
touch more largely upon the subject which
brought me here, viz: Emin Pasha. He
has two battalions Of regulars, the first
consisting of about 750 rifles, and tho
second Of $40 men. Besides these battAl-
ions, ho had quite respectable force OF
irregularS. sailors, artisans, clerks and SER
wants,
5000 PEOPLE.
Altogether, En- in said, If consent to
go away from here, we shall have 5000
people with u.s.
"Were ] in your place, would not hesi-
tate a moment, or be for second in doubt
what TO do.
"'What you say is quite true. But we
have such a large number Of women and
children-probaby 10000 people altogether.
How can they all be brought out of here
We shall want a number Of carriers
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN,