Evening journal., 1889-12-05
STANLEY a MODEST HERO
He Reviews His Wonderful
March Through Africa.
DEyOUT THANKS TO HIS CREATOR


In All His Safe wandcrings Through
Death and Disaster He Sees the Guild
ing Hand of a Higher Power Than
Man-His Graphic, stirring story.
LONDON, Dec. 5.-The following are ex
tracts from a letter to the London edition Of
The New York Herald written by Henry NJ.
Stanley:
First Of all am In perfect health and feel
like a laborer OF Saturday evening return.
ing home with his weeks work done, his
weeks wages in his pocket and glad that to
morrow is the Sabbath. Looking back over
what has been accomplished, see no reason
for any hearts discomfort. We can say We
shirked no task, and that good will, aided by
steady effort, enabled MS to complete every
little job as well as circumstances permitted
Geographical Discoveries.
"over and above the happy ending OF our
appointed duties we have not been unfor.
tuuate in geographical discoveries The
Aruwimi is now known from its source TO il
bourne. The great Congo forest, covering
as large an area as France and the Iberian
Peninsula, we can now certify to be an abso
| lutte fact
''The Mountains Of the Moon this time, be.
| yond the least doubt, have been located, and
Ruwenzori, The Cloud King, robed in eter-
nal snow, has been seen and its flanks ex
| plored and some OF its shoulders assembled,
| Mounts Gordon Bennett and Macl1innon cones
being but giant sentries warding OH the ap-
proach 10 the inner area Of The Cloud King.
On the southeast OF the range the connection
between Albert Edward Nyanza and the Al.
bert Nyanza has been discovered, and the ex-
tent of the former lake is now known for the
first time. Range after range Of mountains
has been traversed, separated by such tracts
Of pasture land as would make your cowboys
out west mad with envy.
Hedged by Divinity.
"This has certainly been the most extraor-
dinary expedition ] have ever led into
Africa. A veritable divinity seems to have
hedged US while we journeyed. / say it with
reverence. Il has impelled us whittier it
would, effected its own viii, but neverthe
less guided aud protected us What can you
make Of this. for instnncei On Aug. a.,
1887, all the officers Of the rear column are
united at Yambuya. They have my letter
Of instructions before them, but instead OF
preparing for the morrow's march, to follow
Jul hAh1ht AHt3 dtliut 70 MHit hi 4AihDN1At
which decision initiates the most awful sea-
son any community of men ever endured IN
Africa or elsewhere
The Rear Columns Awful Fate.
''The results are that three-nunrters oi
their force die Of slow poison Their com
E mander is murdered and tile second Officer
e dies soon after Of sickness and grief. An
other officer is wasted 70 a skeleton and
J obliged to return home. A fourth is sent Il
wander nimlessly up and down the Congo
and the survivor is found ia such a fearful
pest hole that we dare not describe its hor.
rors
Cannibals and Poisoned Arrows.
"On the same date, 100 miles away, the
officer Of the day leads 333 men of the adj
vanced column into the bush, loses the path
and all consciousness Of his whereabouts,
and every step be takes only leads him fur
ther astray His people become frantic; his
, white companions, vexed and irritated by
the sense Of the evil around them, cannot
devise any expedient to relieve him. They
are surrounded by cannibals and poison
tipped arrows thin their numbers
Meantime /, in command Of the river
column, am anxiously searching up and
. down the river in four different directions
through forests my scouts are seeking for
cessful in finding them.
Nothing but Death ana Disaster.
"Taking the same month and the same
date, in 1855, year later, on Aug II, listen,
horror struck, to the tale OF the last sur.
viving officer Of the rear column at Banalya,
and am told Of nothing but death and dis.
aster, disaster and death, death and disaster
l see nothing but horrible forms Of men
smitten with disease, bloated, disdgured and
Scared, while the scene in the camp, in
famous for the murder Of poor Bartteloi
Z barely four weeks before, issimply sickening.
'On the same day, COO miles west Of thi,
camp, Jameson, worn out with fatigue, sick
ness and sorrow, breathes his last On the
next day, Aug. Is, 600 miles east, Emir
, Pacha and my officer, Jephson, arc suddenly
surrounded by infuriated rebels, who men
ace them with loaded rifles and instant
death, but fortunately they relent and only
I make them prisoners, to be delivered to tn,
Mahdists
' Ruled by OmnIpotent Power.
g Having saved Bonny out Of the Jaws q
& death we arrive a second time at Alber
Nyanza to find Emin Pacha and JephsoI
prisoners in daily expectation Of their doom
Jephson's own letters will describe his anxi
ETY.. Not until both were in my camp anC
I the Egyptian fugitives under our protection
/ did begin TO see that / was only carrying
out a higher plan than mine. Ny own de
: signs were constantly frustrated by un
Z happy circumstances. Iendeavored to steel
e my course as direct rs possible, but ther,
was an unaccountabie influence at the helm
e II gave as much goodwill to my duties a
' the strictest honor would compel My faitl
that the purity Of my motive deserved sue
cess was firm, but / have been consciou
that the issues Of every effort were in othe
: hands
s "Not one officer who was with me vii
e forget the miseries he has endured, yet ever,
d one that started from his home destined &
i march with the advance column and shar
j. It's wonderful adventures is here today safe
sound and we'll
A Modest Hero.
"This is not due to me. Lieut.. Stairs wa
s pierced with poisoned arrow like other
9 but others died, and he lives. The poisone
a tip came out from under his heart eightee
9 months after he was pierced. Jephson wa
a four months a prisoner, with guards wit
q loaded rifles around him. That they did no
murder him is not due 70 me- These officer
have had to wade through as many as seven
teen streams and broad expanses Of mud an
e swamp in day. They have endured su
; that scorched whatever it touched.
" "Ihey have been maddened with the agon
a les Of fierce fevers. They have lived 70
i months in an atmosphere that medical au
+ thority declared to be deadly. They hav