New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-27
WITH STANLEY IN AFRICA.
A THRILLING STORY OF HARDsHIPs.
a YOUNG ENGLIsHMAN's TERRIBLE EAfEhi
ENoE-RATs ATE HIS HAIR OFF

.o,r.rs ~ observation TO understand why Herbert
ward the African traveller. who has oeeh III TINS
city for fortnight. has been able 10 uhuerso nSlu
.hins and invitations which but few white men coud
.,,rx.,,. A man of little more than medium helght,
n. &c but below the waist with the slender symmetry
of a racehorse while above IL his BODY "luens 10 a
remarkable extent his shoulders being as broad anu
hrawnv and his chest and arms as heavily muscicd
AZ those of winning wrestler at the olymplan games
pbysiocnomy reveals the other element of the power
which enabled Mr. Ward TO bear up under exhaustion
and Illness and that IS his determination and energy.
The forehead IS both broad and high. the Jaws ana
mouth firm the nose Of medium size but straight as
an Indians. the nostrIls thin and wide.
What strikes one most forcibly in Mr.. Wards man.
ner his utter modesty and lack of sefconscousness
In his talk there is not trace of boastmg OF
egotism which might be psrdonabls TO some extent
In a man who has gone through as much as he mas
When he is persuaded to tell some OF his adNen,uio
he does It with an unassuming straighuoi"arohe
which makes the listener for the time iorse' '"o
hero in what he did and endured the frank eS0'
of bne and the open face have not the snen'es' sue
Cestion of anything but manness. candor ana mouesN
IN them such at least the impressions Oh a
Trlbune r,porter who called on Mr. Ward recently
ut the Everett House.
Mr. Ward is of English psrentage, but when lsd
of fifteen years away from schooi 10 saU'i' ms
craving for travel and adventure. Aher oeHs d
sailor before the mast he travelled through Australia
and New-Zeaand the foreman of circus anu 'i'e'
won, IN Rorneo where he secured British appoint
ment Borneo was good field for Mr. warn iAins
for exploration, and he made his way lar mo "o
interior OF that country, where he spent some 'le
with the headhunting Dyaks
After a VOYAGE 10 China and Japan, Mr.. Ward re-
turned To England but his old love of traVeI sun
possessed him. and African exploration seemel 10
him IN offer the best opportunity for gratifying ths
love he obtained through Henry NJ Stanley whom NJ
met several times in London an appointment iioni ~
King of Belgium. who sent him to the Congo co"h's
Here he found abundant excitement ior hs d'
yent,rous spirit He was placed In command Oh ,ho
station at Bangala which is the district where STANLEY
met his most formidable opposition The natVeS arc
ennhals eating the flesh of capves OF war ana ha' es
Mr. Ward however got into their good graccs oS
undergoing the ordeal Of blood brotherhood WIN on7
of their chiefs, Mataboorki, magnificent type Vi an
old savage six feet tall and broad shonldereu ms corr
mony is the making of incson in the arms Oh Do'n
participators rubbing the wounds with san anu poN
ash and then pressing the TWO arms 'Oe0'" "
the flowing blood intermln5!e
Mr. Ward spent nearly three years in the service Oh
the Belgian King in Africa, when. HIS term OF eni'S
ment having expired, he started TO return 10 huroi
He had not gone far, however. before he met otdos
at Tie head of the Emin Pacha roller expou'eion u
ZOO men. The meeting extremely pleasant aS
can be imagined and after interchange OF eX-
periences. Mr.. Wards determination 20
IN Europe oozed away, and he as@u
for place in the EXPEDITION, winch
Stanley gladly gave him. The recruit was al once
sent back with several hundred nottves TO secure W
stores and ammunition that had been left al Ma'a|
with instructions TO overake inc main oouS "a
,rnedtion at Stanley Falls. if possible. This was ID
Inn. 1897. and Stanley expected to find Emin Pscha
and return 70 the Arwbiml camp about November
In dine time Mr. Ward reached the Aruwhlmi camp
where he remained n the hope of hearing IRON sla"'
The suffering of the party was almost Oe''"' WV
oeption The Arabs hal devastated the country 50
that all the fowls and goats, which were never po"
full had been killed or driven away.
The sole food Of the little band was rice anu as me
had been carried in sacks natives heads Tor Aooo
miles through tropical rains. IT hal become Hoh'p, GU
mouldy Two-thrds of the poor Zanzibar mon ~ VI.
camn died and all of the FIVE English onlcers suio'>
Intensely from the malarial climate Mr. war" mn"
self was so weak from acute dysenterE anu ION ~
nourishing food that he lay in his little grass ,'
10 had not the strength TO keep of the rats "hicn
c.mnsrod over him. and ate his hair on Close W
nc stuIl Through the kind care OF j. ;. Jameson
bowever. Mr.. Ward recovered his healUh III s''"
measure. ~ aoors
No news being received from Stanley the oncerS
nscane alarmed and Mr. Ward was selected 10 Proceo
" 49, onost % communicate with the committee oil
the expedition in London He made the Journey Wv"
az. Cnrro nv canoe The committee ordered MN 10
s.tnrn and on his way back he heard ina. UT
Jameson was i'll at Stanley fans'
Mr. Ward arrived al that pace,
found his friend so weak and emacia'ed V'',
he had become unconscious Mt wan 1..e,,
.sm,Jants in vain. On the following aHe''o''
Iooson was aroused from his stupor by the souhu
20 6r,ros IN a distant village. In hostile country
or on a canoe voyage. this sound deno'co W.T. "'U
th. sick man seemed 10 be carried away 10 Ino so"0
NJ battles through which nc had passed han risiiie
ard graspng his friends hama WIN ny u,ar,
strenrtb he sad: Let stand together ward
they coming Lsteh' anu III "
companions arms dead. 49,
Mr. Wand had make two more Journeys uo""
,,e Congo to cable TO London, and the second ulio
he was instructed 10 return to England "neio H0
arrived July last H., -. .bo
In england the young traveller was the lion OF the
NJ overv one being anxious 10 meet the last Whne
man who had returned to civilized land alier oeIls
associated with sianey ,,re On his experiences
ap6 ,be nress devoted columns Of space TO HIM ms
eo% ss and mot h at s az England E da
to this country TO join his family who TtS are r. Vail @
t0rna account tv Of ms 1eef or two yet and viii
aeliSer lecture in Chickering Hall October a.
,as al ni Splendid collection of mementoes of his
stsy in Africa They include cruelty baroed 1avelinS;
pLbsnf, tnSks idols and other curosiiles Rather
mi orc sting is the wardrobe Of an African 6ee' whch
conSsts III four thongs thick a ones 1.-THE nhger'
~bicb are worn around the waist, and bracelet
which is m6odons with iron bells ,,,..ro.ho,,s
In regard to me The .n sGn OF oS SfS
81 think that stanley and Emin Boy are now at at
Uganda where they probably taking advantage OF
fhe unsettled condition Of the country to set up some
systematic government that would permit the ors ana
zion OF caravan route between the Emn facna
country and Lake Albert Nyanza and Momhassa; inc
ssanorf of the Imperial East African Company When
STANLEY returns think he will 20 through the territory
Of the Royal Charter East African Company 10
Mombassa. on the eastern coast of the continent
Prom subsequent dispatch il seems that Stanley VIII
strike the coast point south OF Mombassa ,
Mr. Stanley has most remarkable power over me
natives continued Mr.. Ward. due 10 his stern ana
3ndex ible methods of government. Crime always
meets with punishment, although in ordinary circum-
stances stanley is most kind and sympathetic TO his
mon" - ,
Mr. Ward is well acquainted with Tlppoo lib, the
bandit Chief who has acquired no little fame through
his connection with Stanley. :" He is not quito so
black as he Is painted said MIR. Ward, even if his
face Is black a your hat" A photograph of the
looking lat-nosed savage; Isn't this Uncle RemuS /"