Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-04

our coming. MY DoaL was ~ Alllngh
LoDga, 100 miles distant, and there were
no canoes obtainable. There was no
plan feasible except to retreat to Ibwiri,
build a fort, send party back to klllnfa
L lnga for the boat, store up everything IN
the fort not conveyable, leave garrison
in the fort to hold it, march back to Al.
bert lake and send boat in search OF
Emin Pasha. This was the plan which,
after a lengthy discussion with my ottl-
GERS, resolved upon.
- 80 On January 18th we were II IbWiri
once again. After q few days rest,
Lieutenant Stairs, with 100 men, was
sent to Kilinga Longa to bring the boat
and goods. On the return of Stairs with
the boat and goods, he was sent to Ugar-
rva. He was to bring up the GONZALES
cents.
"Soon after his departure l was at
| tackled with gastritis and an abcess on
| the arm. After months careful nurs-
| ing, l recovered and set out again for
| Albert Nyanza on April I'd, accompanied
bv Jephson and Parke. A garrison was
| left at Ft. Bodo. On April 26th We ar
rived in the Mozambinis country again.
This time, after some hesitation, the
Mozambini Chief decided to make blood
brotherhood with me. His example was
| followed by all the other chiefs as far as
the Nyanza. Every difficulty seemed
now to be removed. Food was supplied
gratis. When one days march from
Nyanza the natives came from Kavali,
and said that white man named
Malejja had given their chief a packet to
give to me, his son. They remained with
US that night, telling us wonderful stories
about big ships, etc., which left no doubt
on our mind that the white man was
Emin Pasha.
"The next days march brought us to
the Chief of Kavali, who handed me
note from Emin Pasha, to the effect that
there had been native rumor that
white man had been seen at the south
end of the lake. He had gone in
steamer to make inquiries, bu. had been
unable to obtain reliable information.
He begged me TO remain where l was
until he could communicate with me.
The next day, April 23rd, Jephson was
| dispatched with a strong force to take
the boat to the Nyanza.
"0n April Goth we once again reached
the bivouac ground reached by us
December 10th, and at P. NJ. of that
day saw the Khedive (steamer), about
seven miles away. Soon after o'clock,
Emin Pasha, Sig. Casati and Jephson
arrived at our camp, where they we're
heartily welcomed by all of us. We
we're together until May 25th, when l
left him, leaving Jephson, three
Soudanese and two Zanzibars in his
care.
Fourteen days later 1 was at Fort
Bodo. At the fort were Captain Nelson
and Lieutenant Stairs. Lamer had re-
turned from the Ugarrowas twenty-five
days after / had set out for the lake,
bringing with him, alas only sixteen
men out of ifty-six. All the rest were
dead.
ION June 10th 1 left Fort Bodo with
all the ZaI zibar men and 101 of Emin's
people, leaving all my officers at the
fort. On June oath we reached Kilongs,
and on July 10th the Ugarrowas. The
latter station was deserted. Passing
down the river as fast as we could, daily
expecting to meet the couriers had sent
to Major Bartelott, we INDUCED ourselves
in pleasing anticipaticns as we neared
the goal.
''August 10th we overlook the Ugarro-
was with hotilla of fifty-seven canoes,
and our couriers, reduced to seventeen,
who related an awful story OF hair
breadth escapes and tragic scenes. Three
had been slain, two were still feeble from
wounds, and all except five bore on their
bodies the Gears of arrow wounds"
A week later Stanley met the rear col
umn of the expedition at Bunalya, and
found Mr.. Bonney. From the latter
Stanley learned, greatly to his sorrow,
of the shooting of Major Bartellot by
native q month before. Jamison had
gone to Stanley Falls to try to get more
men from Tippoo Tib. Ward was at
Bangala, and Bonney was the only white
man at Bunalya. After describing what
a wreck he found the rear column to be,
Stanley complains of the officers at
Yambunga having too readily accepted
| the deserters' report of his death, and
sending his personal kit, medicines, etc,
down to the Congo, leaving him naked
of the necessities for bis return to Emin.
| The letter then summarizes what has
been accomplished. The expedition was
100 days in continuous, unbroken, COM
pact, forest. The grass land was ira
versed in eight days. How far west be-
| yond the Congo the forest reaches STAN
ley does not know. The superficial ex.
tent CT the tract described above, totally
covered by forest, is 246, 900 square
miles. North of the Congo, between
Upsoto and Aruwhimi, the forest en-
braces another 10000 square miles. Be-
tween Yumbanga and Nyanza, Stanley
came across five distinct languages. At
a distance of fifty miles from the camp
at Nyanza they saw mountain probably
IL, 900 or 18, 900 feet in height above the
sea, its summit covered with snow. It is
called Ruevenzari, and will prove rival
to Kelimarriro. Three natives who saw
the lake to the south agree that it is
large, but not 30 large as the Albert Ny
aDza.
Emin Pasha has two battalions of regu-
lars, the first consisting of 750 rifles, and
the second of GAO. Beside these he has
a respectable force of irregulars. In con-
versation with Stanley, Emin said if he
consented to go away from there they
would have nearly 10000 people with
them. Emin was much worried to know
how all the women and children. num-
bering over two thousand, could be
brought away. He and Stanley dis
cussed the matter at great length,
but reached no conclusion. Emin
said the Egyptians, of whom he
had 100 men, beside their wo.
men and children, would be very
willing to leave and he would be glad to
get rid of them, as they undermine his
authority and nullify his endeavors for
retreat. When he informed them that
Khartoum had fallen and Gordon Pasha
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