St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-04-11

low us to go to the lake because we
might frighten their cattle They
would not exchange the blood of
brotherhood because they never heard
of any good people coming from the
west side of the lake. They would
not accept any present from us be
cause they did not know who we
were But they would give MS water
to drink and would show us the road
up to Nyanm-Sassic. From these
singular people we learned that they
had heard that there was a white
man at Unyoro, but they had never
heard of any white men being on the
west side, nor had they ever seen any
steamers on the lake. There was no
excuse for quarreling. The people
were civil enough, but they did not
want us near them. We therefore
were shown the path and followed it
for miles
My couriers from Zanzibar had evil
IDENTIFY not arrived, or Emin Pasha,
with his two steamers, would have
paid the southwest side of the lake a
visit to prepare the natives for our
coming My boat was at Kilinga
was no canoe obtainable To seize
canoe without the excuse of quar-
rel my conscience would not permit.
There was no tree anywhere Of a size
sufficient to make canoes. Wadela1
was a terrible distance off for an ex-
petition so reduced. We had used
five cases of cartridges in five days
fighting on the plain. A month of
such fighting must exhaust our stock.
There was no plan suggested that
was feasible, except to retreat to Ib-
wiri, build a fort, send the party back
to Kilinga Tonga for a boat, store
up every load in the fort not convey
able, leave garrison in the fort to
hold it, march back to Albert lake
and send a boat in search of Emin
Pasha This was the plan which,
after lengthy discussions with the
officers, Ircsolved upon. On the 18th
we began a night march, and by 10
a. m. on the 10th we had gained the
crest of the plateau once more, the
Kakongo's natives having persisted
in following us to the slope of the
plateau Wehad one man killed and
one wounded. On Jan. we were in
Ibwiri once again. After few days
rest Lieut.. Stairs, with 100 men, was
sent to Kilinga Tonga to bring the
boat and goods. | also sent Surgeon
Parke and Capt. Nelson. Out of the
SO sick men in their care only 1 men
were brought to the fort. The rest
had died or deserted. On the return
of Stairs with the boat and goods
1,e 10 10 TO
bring up the cOnvaleScent. Soon
after his departure | was attacked
by gastritis and an abscess on the
arm. After months careful nurs-
ing by Parke recovered and set out
again for the Albert Nyanza on April
9, accompanied by Jephson and
Parkc. Nelson was appointed COM
mander of Fort BOdo in our absence,
with a garrison of 43 men and boys.
On April 26 we arrived in Mozambi-
mis- country again. This time, after
solicitation, Mozambini decided to
make blood brotherhood with me.
His example was followed by all the
other chiefs as far as the Nyanza.
moved Food was supplied gratis.
Cattle, goats, sheep and fowl were
also given in abundance, so that our
people lived royalty.
When one days march from the
Nvanza, natives came from kavalla
and said that a white man named
Maleija had given their chief n black
packet to give me, his son. Would |
follow them, they asked YES, to-
morrow" l answered, land if your
words are true | will make you rich"
They remained with us that night,
telling us wonderful stories about
big ships as large as islands, filled
with men, etc, which left no doubt
in our mind that the white man was
Emin Pasha.
The next days march brought us
to Chief Hawaii. After a while he
covered with a strip of black Ameri
can oil cloth. The note was to the
effect that as there had been a native
rumOr that a white man had been
seen at the south end of the lake he
went in steamer to make inquiries,
but had been unable to obtain reli-
able information. He begged me to
remain where l was until he could
communicate with me. The next
day, April %, Mr.. Jephson
was dispatched, with a strong force,
to take the boat to the Nyanza. On
the Goth the boats crew sighted Ma
wa Station, the sOuthernmost be-
longing to Emin Pasha. Mr.. Jeph
son was there Hospitality received by
the Egyptian garrison. The boats
l,nt
one by one, and that they never had
such attention shown to them as by
these men, who hailed them as bro
theirs. On April % we once again
reached the bivouac ground occupied
by us on Dec. 16, and at 5 p. m. of
that day l saw the Khedive steamer
about seven miles away steaming
up toward us. Soon after Z p. m.
Emin Pasha, Signor Cassati and Mr..
Jephson arrived at our camp, where
they were heartily welcomed by all
of us We were together until May
%, when left him, leaving Mr.. .Jeph-
son, three Soudanese and two Zanzi-
baris in his care. In return he caused
to accompany me three of his irregu-
lars and 1O2 Madi natives as porters
Fourteen days later l was at Fort
Bodo. At the fort were Capt. Nelson
and Lieut. Stairs The latter had re-
turned from Ugarrowwas % days
after had set out for the lake, bring
ing with him, alas! only sixteen men
out of Sc. All the rest were dead
My 20 couriers, whom l had sent
with letters to Major Barttelot, had
safely left Ugarrowwas for Yambuya
on March 16. Fort Bodo was in a
f1ourishing state. Nearly ten acres
were under cultivation One crop of
Indian corn had been harvested and
was in the granaries. On June 16