St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-03
In Which He Tells of His
March for the Relief Of
Emin Pasha.
One Hundred and Sixty Days
in the Forest Among
Hostile Natives.
The Meeting With Emin Pasha
and the Latter's Opera
tons.

Wlnton, chairman of the Emin PaSha
relief committee, makes public the let
ter which he received from Henry M.
Stanley. 1t is dated Bungangeta island,
On the Aruwhimi. Aug. rs, 1883. STAN
ley's column set out June rs, 1887, from
Yambuya with 3S9 officers and men.
On the first day the natives they met
fired their villages aud began fighting.
The skirmish laSten only fifteen min
utes. The natives continued for five
days along the march to impede the adj
vance in every way they knew of, but
not man of Stanley's party was lost.
On the 31st OF August SANKEY'S party
fell in with caravan of Manyema, and
the Arabs induced twenty-siX of his
men to desert. Until his expedition
reached IbWiri the march was con-
stantly impeded by hostile natives, and
many of the men died of sickness or
starvation. At Ibwiri, however, they
found that they had entered land of
plenty, and Toasted for thirteen days on
fowls. goats and vegetables. The force
had been reduced to 173 men. At l
o'clock p. m. Dec. ID Stanley reached
Nyanza and made long stay there, but
having no boats concluded to return to
Ibwlri. One days march from Nyanza
the natives came from Kayali, say
ing that white man named
Malejja had given their chief a
black packet to give to Stanley and ask
ing him to follow them. They remained
that night telling wonderful stories,
which convinced Stanley that this white
man was Emin Pacha. The next day
they met Chief Kayala. and he handed
Stanley note from Emin Pasha. April
rs they sighted AIawa station, the
sonthernmost belonging to Emin Pasha,
and were Hospitality received by the
as brothers. Stanley then continues:
Soon after z p. IN. May 16 Emin Pasha.
Sig. Casata and Mr.. Jepson arrived
at our camp, where they were heartily
welcomed by us. We were together
until May 25. June 16 l left
Fort B0dO with Ill ZanZibariS and
101 of Emin Pasha's people.
Aug. II we met the rear column of the
expedition at Banaiya. MIR. BOnney
met me and told me Of Bartelot's death,
and that Jameson had gone to Stanley
Falls for more men, and Mr.. Troupe had
gone home sick. l found the rear col
umn a terrific wreck. Out of the 257
men only II remained, and of the II
only So were fit for service, and these
were mostly scarecrows. According to
Bonney during the fourteen months l
left, the record has been one of disaster,
deSertiOn and death. Many of the de-
tails seem incredible. There re-
manned still more stores than could
carry; at the same time articles needful
were missing. Deserters had spread
the report that 1 was dead. and
the officers accepted the report
and agreed to cancel my instruc-
tons. They accordingly sent my
Ii M.
and provisions down the Congo as
superfuities. Thus, after my immense
sacrifices to relieve and cheer them, L
find myself naked and deprived of even
necesSaries. But, strange to say, l
have kept two hats, four pairs of boots,
flannel jacket, and l propose to go
back to Emin FaSha and across Africa
with this truly African kit. On return
ing we lost only three men. one by de-
sertiOn. Out of the PSI men | left at
Yambuya only Seventy-one remain, and
ten of these will die, This great loss
shows that despite the sufferings on
great as i'll camp. The survivors of the
march are all robust while the surviv-
Ors of the rear column are thin and
most unhealthy looking"
The party passed 160 days going
through one continuous forest. Stanley |
estimates its area at 246.OO0 square
miles. Between Yambuya and Nyanza |
five distinct languages were spoken by |
the natives. Fifty miles before reach |
ing Nyanza they saw mountain about |
$4,000 feet high. it's summit covered |
with SHOW. Referring to Emin Pasha,
Stanley says the Pasba has two bat |
taliOns, one of $50 men and the other of |
$40. lie is keeping up line of COM
municatiOn along the Nyanza and the |
Nile, about $50 miles in length. In the |
interior west of the Nile he retains
three or four small stations. Altogether |
he has with him about 5000 people, in |
Guiding women and children. SANKEY'S |
letter concludes as follows: "The |
Pasha proposed to visit Fort BOdo. TAX |
ing Mr.. JepsOn with him. At Fort Bodo |
have left Instructions to the officers to !,
destroy the fort and accompany the |
Pasha to Nyanza. l hope to meet them |
all again on the NyanZa, as | intend |
making short cut to the NyanZa along |
new road -