The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-11-30

\ letter from Stanley. dated sou,h
End Victoria Manga. September ..
SAYS In part:
1T II amusing Ia look back and not.
how punishment has fallen on the f-i,rls
of Emin's government. Traitors with
ont the camp and traitors within We're
watched. and the mos, active conspifa-
tors discovered. tried and hanged
Traitors without fell foul Of one
another aud ruined themselves. Far
away our own people. tempted 10y their
extreme wrrtch-,in.s. and misery. snld
dur rifles and ammunition TO our nn,u.
raj enemies. the Moy-inn, the slaNr
traders true friends. w.,linu, III. i,s,;
grace either II br-!, or souls.
"Sincc that time ~ anxiety and IN.
happy outlook I have b~sn II, the paint
III ursssh ss,,w dreadful ili0cAs- Little
bv little I gathered strength and finally
gave orders for the march fof home.
discovery after discovery In this
wonderful region WAS made. until nj
las, We came io church. whose cross
dominated Christian s.i,i-mcn, and
We knew We hai reached the nu,.skii,s
OF blessed civilization
SIR. M,csin,u Of the Emin relief
committee. ais, received letter from
Stanley. dated Au.,st 8. In which stan
lev. after describing how he huutri up
the missin. rci! colu'nn. continues:
THE rear column was ~ drplnTibI,
state: out o. the ~. mcmbcrs rrmllnin.
doubted whether ATTY would live Ia
reach the lake, but having large mum
her Of canoes. the good and sick men
were TRANSPORTED In such smooth aud
expeditions manner that there wire
remarkably few CASUALTIES In tho rem
nan' 81 the rear column. but tile Wild
natives having repeatedly defeated the
tgafrovas natives aud hy this discov-
cred the sy,sn, OF their strength, gave
considerable trouble aud inflicted con.
cidcrablc loss among our best men. who
had always 10 bear the briint Of the
high, and the fatigue Of padding.
when progress by the river became
too difficult m order to cast of the
canoes was given. This four days jour.
800 m''ts above Banaya. and We de-
cided 10 Try the north bank of the ltura
river. although we should have TO ira
verse FOR some DAYS dcspoilcd lands
which had been the common center Of
the Agarrowns and Eilungalamgus
bands Of raiders. We were about 100
miles from grass land. which opened up
a prospect OF future fcasis of beef. veal
and mutton and pleasing variety of
vegetables. rs well as oil and butter for
cooking"
Stanley tells Of n terrible time with
the smallpox among the Mpycma. Tic
mortality was great On reaching n
village called Aniikumu n large planta.
ton of bananas and plantnins was
found. and after n severe starvation.
during fourteen days, the party gorged
themselves 10 such excess that many
died aud many others were incapaciicd
for duty for some time.
lie tell. Of severe struggles had for
several days with the Wambatti dwaris
and many other dangers encountered
by the expedition. and the tale OF alter
mating priva,ions, plenty and lighting
is extremely interesting.
a letter which DR.. Schwrinfurth has
received from Emin Pasha Is dated
Mission Station, tssambrio, Victoria
Nyan7n, August -.
Emin expresses hope that he will soon
be able TO give an account of the mill
tary revolution. Imprisonment, of HIM.
self and Jcphson and Duflc. ARRIVAL
Of the Mahdists Mt L,di, capture and
destruction Of Rcdjaf, massacre Of the
soldiers aud officers sent against the
Mahdis,s. departure from Wadelia and
flight to Tunguri, the Mahdists. attack
on DnnIc and their complete defeat,
his final union with Stanley and the
highly interesting march, geographic
ally and otherwise, from Albert
Nyau,a