The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-10-19
IN THE DARK CONTINENT.

In THE DARK CONTINENT.
Stanley's Feats and Plans.
Hubert Ward, one of the English
officers of the Emin Pasha expedition,
.alks to the NV York Herald about
Explorer Stanley as follows:
There has been no end Of newspaper
stories about him, but II there IL one
thing more than another which the
public should guard against 1t IL the
of so>called news from Az
rics. Since Stanley left Bonalya, the
scene OF Major Barttelot's murder, at
the time OF poor Jamesoh's death at
Bengala, no really authentic news has
been received. The assertion that
8 ..nley was on the Victoria .Nyanza
Like on February l was uniounded.
because the letter upon which il was
supposed 10 be based never turned up.
sTANLEY's PERILoUs ENTERPRISE.
This I can say, though, with perfect
truth, that no previous experience OF
StaDley's parallels the one he Il now
engaged in in point of danger and
difficulty. His sufferings since he be-
gan his last journey through Csntras
Africa has beeh almost incredible.
staniey's imme diate staff are just "a ig-
uorant of his plans as the general pub
lie. One of his characteristics is 10 do
bis work first and talk about II after
ever, that Stanley and Emin PAsha
a "a Of s,r,rko-
bly, stopping there and taking ad van
tage OF the unsettled condition of the
country, caused by the reinforcement
of Mewanga, tho son of the famous
Mtesa, the Sultan of Uganda, by the
Arabs, to Initiate some Systematic
government which would permit OF
caravan route between the Emin Pa
sha country and the Albert Nyanza
aud Mombassa, the seaport of the I'm
perial East African Company.
| I think the route that Stanley would
choose would be through the territory
recently acquired by the Royal Char
} ter East African Company. This
J would lead him to .Mombassa, would
break new ground and would open up
the territory of the East African Com
pany. The gentlemen who form the
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition are at
the head Of the East African Com pany.
Naturally Stanley's progress through
this new country will be slow and
. difficult. No two tribes are alike.
Each Is at war with the other and all
> are treacherous. Many of them are
: also cannibsls. The climate is 80
|, deadly for Europeans that very few
!. white men can stand it. Even Stan
9 ley, with all his indomitable pluck and
/ endurance, has had to undergo attacks
i of fever and disorders of the liver.
3 IN THE HEART OF AFRICA.
t Mr.. Ward Joined the Emin Pachs
expedition in March, 1887, in the Cat.
= aract region on the lower Congo river
Q All of the officers of the expedition
10 were volunteers aud served without
J. pay, two of them giving $4,000 each
i for the privilege of accompanying
Stanley. Mr.. Ward had had the ben
}. eft of an experience at Borneo, and
q was placed in command of the CAM
9 at Bolibo, at which Stanley left par
10 of his force on account OF the lack o.
1t steamers to carry the whole expedi
e ton. Later the steamers returned ant
T. the party was taken to Aruima, In TIL
le heart Of Africa, about sixteen hundred
n miles from the coast on either side.
'e Then. Mr.. Ward learned that Stan
er ley had left on June 10 with four Off
GERS and 400 picked Zspzebarris, ant
expected to return to the camp earl,
In November. He found, however
that the forest was more extended an,
y, more dense than he had expected, 40,
90 did not make so rapid progress as h
at had hoped. $50
he About this tune Major Barttelotssen
ve Mr.. Ward to the coast 10 cable TO th
adj committee in London an explanation
I'D of SANKEY'S delay. He made abou
q! one thousand miles of the journey il
al two canoes fastened together, driftin
ce night and day with the current.
~ FIGHTING FROM CANOES
IA Four hundred miles of this journe
pm was through q country swarming wit
Ut fierce and hostile natives, and til
Of canoeists were frequently a:tacke,
Fortunately, the savages had no fir.
arms and were easily kept at bs.
When Mr.. Ward got to Baugals, O
his way back from the coast, he hear
of the murder Of Msjor Barttelot b
Manzsma, one of the porters supple
tn by Tippo Tib TO carry the provision
lat of the expedition, A few days lat,
lr- Mr.. Jameson, one of the officers in It
ers camp at Aruirna, arrived at Banpa