Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-03
THROUGH THE DARK FORESTS.
SANKEY'S Terrible March to Meet Emin
Pasha.

FIGHTS WITH HOSTILE NATIVES. STARVATION AND
| sIcKNEss-LEARyISG OF BARrTELoT's DEATH
MIGHTY sNow-cAPPED MOUNTAINEERING
| PAsHA's POSITION.
| The letter from Stanley which reached Edin-
burgh the other day describes his advance from
Yambunga ::to Albert Nyanza, where he met
Emin Pasha. The expedition. consisting of
3S9 officers and men, left Yambunga on June
%. 1887, and for six days marched eastward
through densely populated region. In every
way the natives tried to modest and delay the
expedition. On the first day ont the natives
fired their villages and made an attack under
cover of the smoke. Stanley did not lose a
man in the conflicts of the first week. After a
time, Stanley. finding he was out of his proper
course, struck out toward the northwest,
| and again reached the river on July
). Then, until October Is, he fol-
| lowed the left bank of the Aruwhimi.
On August l the first death occurred from
| dysentery. The expedition now entered a wild
| country in which all suffered much and several
| deaths occurred. On August 13. in skirmish
| with natives at Airsibba, five men were killed
| by poisoned arrows. Lieut.. Stairs was wounded.
| Worse misfOrtunes began on August 81. when
| they met party of Manzemas who, as Stanley
| had feared, tempted his men to desert. In this
| way he lost twenty-siX men in three days
MONTH OF MISERY
| What Stanley describes as an awful month
begins on September Is. Leaving the station
of the Arab Chief Ugarrava when the expedi-
ton numbered 263 men, having lost &C by de-
sertion and death and having left Sc sick with
| Ugarrava. the march led to the Arab settle
ment, kalinga Tonga. The men lived on wild
fruits, fungi and nuts. Before reaching Kalinga
| Tonga. Stanley lost 50 men through starvation
| and desertion. A slave-owner at Kalinga
Tonga named Abedsalim insisted upon pur-
| chasing rifles. ammunition and clothing. so
\ that the expedition left the station beggared
The men were naked, and so weak they were
| unable to carry the boat. Stanley was there
fore obliged TO leave the boat. together with 20
| loads of goods, at Kalinga Tonga. under the
care of Surgeon Parke and Capt. Nelson, the
latter Of whom was unable to march. After a
twelve days journey the party on November IL
| reached Ibwiri.
IN THE PROMISED LAND.
Here. Stanley says, their sufferings termi-
mated. They were in populous region abound
ing in food. But of the 3S9 who started only
ia living skeletons remained. halt was
| ordered to recuperate, and during the thirteen
| days rest. by feasting on fowls, goats bananas,
corn. vans, &c. the skeletons were turned
INTO sleek, robust men again. Before this
however, the expedition had been so badly
dcmOralzed by suffering that no attention was
paid to Stanley's commands, and he had to
| resort to extreme measures to restore discip-
| line. The men had. in their desperate hunger
sold their rifles and equipments for few ears
of Indian corn. Stanley says: 'Perceiving
that mild punishment would be of no avail,
| resOrted to the death penalty, and two of the
worst cases were hanged in the presence of
all"
The start for Albert Nyanza, 126 miles off,
was made on November a. On December 5
the open PLAINS were struck. leaving the gloomy
m in n
the men. They fairly leaped for joy at getting
out of the depressing influences of the forests
On the 9th they entered the country of the
powerful Chief Mazamboni, with whose follow
ers they had skirmish. In this they cap
tured a COW and enjoyed the first beef since
leaving the ocean. Later Stanley's forces at
tackled MaZambonls village. routing the ma
tives. The march was resumed on the 18th
IN SIGHT OF ALBERT MAMA
ION the afternoon of the 18TH" says Stanley,
''we sighted the Nyanza. with Kavalli the OBJ
jective point of the expedition. Six miles off
had told the men to prepare to sc e the
NyanZa. They murmured and doubted. saving:
Why does the master continually talk this
way? NyanZa. indeedr When they saw the
NydnZa below them many came to kiss my
hands.
We are now at an altitude of 5000 feet
above the sea- with the Albert Nyanza 2. 900
feet below. Ill l degree 20 minutes. After a
the ragged and stony descent. Before the
rear guard had descended 100 feet the natives
from the plateau poured after them. keeping
the rear guard busy until within few hun
dred feet of the NyanZa plain. We camped at
the foot OF the plateau wall, the aneroids read
ing $500 feet above sea level. A night attack
was made. but the sentries sufficed to drive our
assailants Off -
The people of the village of Kakongo. at the
southwest corner of the lake, refused to make
all
water through their territory.
CRITICAL POSITION
Stanley continues: From these singular peo-
pie we learned that they had heard that there
was white man at Unyoro. but they had never
heard of any white men being on the west side,
nor had they ever seen any steamers on the
lake. We camped about half q mile from the
lake. and then began to consider our position
with the light thrown upon it by the CONVERSE
ton with the kakOngo natives. NV couriers
from Zanzibar had evidently not arrived or
Emin Pasha with his two steamers would have
paid the southwest side of the lake a visit to
prepare the natives for our coming Nv boat
was at hllOnga Longo, 100 miles distant, and
there was no canoe Obtalnable. To seize a
canoe without the excuse of a quarrel nv con-
science would not permit. There was no tree
anywhere of a size sufficient to make canoes
Wadclai was a terrible distance off for an expe-
dition so reduced. We had used five cases of
C"i uAuScs III HNe udN ; HSHIlnS on the plain.
month OF such fighting must exhaust our
stock There was no plan suggested that was
feasible. except the retreat to Ibwiri, build a
fort, and send the party back to kilonga Tonga
Tor boat. store up every load in the fort not
cOnyeyable. leave garrison in the fort to hold
1t, march back to lNbert lake and send boat
III search of Emin Pasha This was the plan
which, after lengthy discussions with the Off
GERS. resolved upon"
The return was at once begun, and after some
| lighting. Ill which one man was killed Ibwiri
was reached again on January 7. After q few
DAYS rest Lieut.. Stairs, with 100 men, was sent
10 hllonga Tonga TO bring the boat and goods
also sent Surgeon Parke and Capt. Nelson
Out OF the thlrty-eight men in their charge
only eleven were brought to the fort The
rest had died or deserted. On the return of
Stairs with the boat and goods he was sent to
USarrOw TO bring up the convalescent Soon
after his departure l was attacked by gastritis
and an abscess on the arm. After a months
careful nursing by Parke | recovered and set
out again for the Albert NyanZa on April 2, ac-
cOmpanied 10y Jephson and Parke Nelson was
appointed cOmmandant of Fort Bodo in our
absence, with garrison of forty-three men
| and boys"
AGAIN AT ALBERT MAMA
On the return to Nyanza all the chiefs were
friendly and made blood brotherhood with
Stanley. Supplies of all kinds were furnished
gratis. When within days march of the lake
natives from kavOli came with news of Emin
The next day Chief kavOli gave Stanley a note
| from Emin. The latter had heard rumors of
Stanley's first visit and begged him To remain