The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12
FROM STANLEY DIRECT.
An Interesting Letter From tho
Great African Explorer.
"Details Of His March Through tho Dark
Continent -Bostiie Natives. Pam
inc. and other vicissit"des
OF the Tramp.

committee, has made puDtlc the iettr'
which he received Monday from Henry
M. Stanley. II i dated Bnngangeta ISL
and. on the Aruwhimi, August - lsSS.
After confirming his short dispatch OF
August IL, already received. he says he
has established palsade camp AZ YAM
buya on the Lower Aruwhimi just below
the first rapids. and appointed Bartielot
commaniant, with Jameson associated
with him. On the arrival OF the men and
goods from Stanley Pool AMI Bolobo. the
officers were ID repor. 10 Bartcllott Tor
duty. but no Important action was 20 be
Ia. s,i without consulting Ncs>rS. jamie
son. Troup and ward. The officers ad-
mitted that the instructions We're explicit
and clear Bartellott lad 20 men. lie
was "a stay until the steamer arrived
from stanley Falls With men and goods,
md II Tippoo lib furnished the carriers
promised he was to march, following the
track hlazed out by Stanlcy's advance
column. II the carriers did not arrive,
Bartellott was 10 disregard these direc-
lions and begin short journeys until
stanley should come down 70 hi relief.
Stanlcy's column SET out June >, lsS,.
from Yambnya with - officers aud men.
On the first day tile natives they met fred
their villages ana began fighting. The
skirmish listed only fifteen minutes. The
natives continued for five days along the
march 70 impede the advance IN every
way they knew OF, but not a man OF stan
lcy's party was lost. The party reached
the river again on July 3. and from that
time ill Octoberis. followed the left bank.
After seventeen days continuous march,
ing they halted one day FOR rest. On the
tweniy-fodrth day they lost two men by
Siesertion. They made only four halts IN
July. On August the first death oc-
cured. II was from dysentery.
They now entered wilderness which
II took nine days to march through.
Their suferIngs began to increase, and
several deaths occarrei. The river
helped them. as the canoes relieved the
men Of much of their burdens.
On the 18th on arriving at Airsibba, the
natives attacked them. and five men were
killed by poisoned arrows. Lieutenant
stairs was wounded near the heart, and
suffered greatly for A month before re-
covering.
ON August Is. Mr.. Jepson, commanding
rthe land party, got too far inland, and
was lost. His contingent relpinei the
lnain party on the 2lst. On the 18th they
arrived In the district 81 Airjel, and
camped for while opposite the mouth of
of the tributary Nepoko.
GA August ., the party fell ia with a
caravan % Mauyema under Uledy- Balyus.
This was most unfortunate, A. Stanley
had taken the route he did IN order ~
avoid the Arabs. AZ expected. several OF
MS men were tempered with by the
Arabs, and within three days tweniy-six
had deserted.
on September y, Stanley arrived at the
camp, opposite Ugarrowwas. He could
not rely on friendly relations with tht
chief. and finally made trade with him
leaving ffty-six sick men with him. ant
1--WE dollars apiece was 70 DO paid ths
CHIEF for taking care Of them.
Three days later Stanley left, and OF
october u reached settlement belong
ing to Kilingalonga, Zanzibare-e SLAVE
II Abei Ben Salin. the fierce old Ara'
who has made SO much trouble In tn
Congo Free State. Stanley says; "Thii
proved ali awful month 70 Us. Not on
member Of our expedition. white or black
will forget IL. On. Of the $50 men Will
whom We had started. we lost sixty-six b,
DISCRETION aud death between Yambnyi
aud Ugarrowwas. and left fitty-six sick q
.be Arab station. On reaching kilinga
1onra. we found we had lost Atty
i've more men by starvation an
assertion. We had lived principall
IN wsld fruit and nuts. Abed Ben Salim'
slaves did their utmost. short OF opei
hostiiites. to ruin the expedition. The
induced the men 10 sell rifles aud cloth
ing. 20 that when we left we were beg
rared. aud the men nearly naked. w
were too weak 10 carry the boat and sey
entv loads OF goods, and we left them y
Kilingalonga. under Surgeon Parka an
Captain Nelson, the latter o. whom wa
unable TO march. After marching twely
days we reached lbwiri. The Arabs ha
devastated the whole country, 80 that M
a natlye hut was standing at lbwir
what had not been destroyed BY slave
~ Abed Ben Salim the elephants ruinc'
50 that the whole region was turned int
horrible wilderness. But at Abwiri y
were beyond the reach 81 the destroyer
IN ponulous region Astounding wthfoo'
Oar snfferings from hunger which bc "a
August 81, Terminated November II, On
selves and men were skeletons. Oat
the 80 men we numbered III, and sever
~ these had no hope 81 life left.
A halt was ordered for the people
recuperate. Hitherto they were skeptic
III what we had told them. Their saffe
ing had been 50 awful. the forests 80 en-
less. that Lhcy refused % believe that
and by We would see plains, and Gait
and the Nyanza and the white man, I'm
Pa~ha. We felt a. thou yh we were dra
giug them along with chain ar"u
our nccks. "Beyond these hardship'
said we. ..the country Is untouched, whs
food Il abundant, and where you will \
get your miscrie-; 50 cheer mp, boys,
men. press on little faster."
They were deaf % our prayers and
treaties, for. driven by hunger and sun
ing, they sold their rides aud equpmen
for few ears of Indian corn. desert
with the ammunition. nndwcre altogeti
demoralized. Percciying that pray
ana entreaties and mild punishmr
were u no avail, then resorted
visiting upon the wrclcAes the death "
alfv. rwD " tAe worst cases We're
cordin~l~ ta.en nal haa'cd IA The NJ
cnce Ot AN.
We halted thirteen days ~ lDwiri
reyeled On fowls, goats. bananas, e.
sweet potatoes. vans. beans, ETC.
supplies ware inexhauStlbie. The pee
ulutted themselves. The result was
had l73 sleek and mostly robust
when / set ont for Albert Nyanza on
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