The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-04

There were constant little fights
an along the route. The afternoon of
the 10th we sighted the NyanZa. told
the men to prepare to see the NysnZa-
They murmered and doubted. saying,
WHY does the master continually
| talk this way? NyanZa indeed. !"
When they saw the NyanZa before
them many came to kiss my hands.
| We were now at an altitude OF 800
| feet above the sea with the Albert
Nyanza 2, 900 feet below. Every dent
in its low, fiat shore was visible, and
traced like silver snake of the dark
ground as was the tributary Lanilake
flowing into the Albert NyanZa from
the south west. After short halt to
enjoy the prospect we commenced the
ragged and stony descent. Before the
rear guard had descended hundred
feet, the natives from the plateau
poured after them, keeping the rear
guard busy until within few hundred
feet of the Nyanza plain.
We camped at the foot OF plateau
wall. the areroids reading $500 feet
above the sea level. A light attack
was made, but the sentrieS sufficed to
drive our assailants of. We after
wards approached the village of KakOn-
go, situated at the southeast corner of
Albert Lake. Three hours were spent
by us in attempting to make friends,
but we signaly failed. They would not
allow us to go to the lake because we
might frighten their cattle. They
would not exchange the b.ood
of brotherhood because they
never heard of any good
people coming from the west side of
presents from us because they did not
know who we were, but they would
give-u water to drink and would show
US the road up to Nyam SasSic. From
these singular people we learned that
they had heard that there was a white
man at UDgOrO. but they had never
heard of any white man being on the
west side, nor had they eyer seen any
steamer on the lake. There was no
excuse for quarreling. These people
were civil enough, bnt they did not
want US near them. We were shown
through a path and followed it for
miles.
We camped about half mile from
the lake and then began to consider
our position with the light thrown upon
it by the conversation of the KakOngo
natives. My couriers from Zanzibar had
evidently not arrived or Emin Pasha'S
two steamers would have paid the
southwest side visit to prepare the
100 miles distant and there was no ca
noe Obtainable. To seize a cenOes
without the excuse Of a quarrel my
conscience would not permit. There
was no tree anywhere Of a size sufficient
to make canoes and Wadelia was a ter
rible distance for an expedition so re-
duced.
We had used five caess of cartridges
in five days. fighting on the plain. a
month of such fighting must exhaust
our stock. There was no plan sug
treat to IbidWiri, build fort, send a
party back To Kilonga Tonga for boat,
store up every load in the fort not con-
veyable, leave a garrison in the fort
to hold it, march back to Albert lake,
and send a boat in search of Emin
Pasha. This was the plan which,
after lengthy discussions with the Off
GERS. l resolved on.
On the fifteenth we began night
march and by ten 0 clock on themOrniDg
of the twentieth we gained the crest
once more. The natives followed us to
the plateau. We had one man killed
and one wounded
On the seventeenth we were at Ibid
Wiri again. After a few days a force
| of 100 men was sent to kilonga Tonga
to bring the boat aud goods. [ also
sent Surgeon Parke and Captain Jep-
son.-On the return of Lieutenant
| Stairs with the boat and goods he was
sent ahead. He was taking up the
convalescents. After his departure L
was attacked with gastrics and an alb
careful nursing by Parke l recovered
| and set out again for Albert NyanZa.
After awhile all the chiefs agreed to
make blood brotherhood with me. The
difficulty seemed now to be removed.
Food was supplied gratis. Cattle,
goats. sheep and fowls were also given
in abundance, SO that our people lived
royalty. When one days march from
| the NyanZa, some natives came from
| Kalango and said that white man
named Malekafa had gwen their chief
u black packet to give me, his son.
| Would l follow them. they asked.
| if your words are true l will make you
! rich. "
They remained with us that night,
| telling us wonderful stories about big
ships as large as islands, filled with
men, etc, which left no doubt in our
mind that the white man was Emin
Pasha. The next days march brought
us to Chief Kavili's place. After a
while he handed me a note from Emin
Pasha, covered with a strip of black
American oil cloth. The note was TO
| five rumor that white man had been
seen at the south end of
| the lake he had gone in
steamer to make inquiries but had
been unable to gain information. He
begged me to remain where l was I'M
! til he could communicate with me.
The next day, April 2Srd, MIR. Jepson
was dispatched with u strong force to
take a boat to the NyanZa. On the
26th the boats arrived where they
could see Emin Pasha. Mr.. Jepson
garrison. The boats crew say that
they were embraced one by one and
| that they never had such attention
shown to them as was shown to them
by these men who hailed them as
brothers. On April 18th we again
reached tle bivOuac ground occupied
by US on Dec 10Th and at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon of that day l saw the
| khediVe steamer about seven miles off
steaming up towards US. Soon after
Up. m. Emin Pasha, SignOr Casata and
Mr.. Jephson arrived at our camp,
where they were heartily Welcomed by
| all of us. Next day we moved TO bet
ter camping place, about three miles
| above NyamaSsie. and at this spot
Emin Pasha also made his camp. We
were together until May 25th, when !
left him, leaving Jephson. three Sou
danese and two Zanzibar with him.
My twenty courIers, whom had sent
with letters to Major BartOlot, had
safely left Ugarra for Yambuga on
March 16. Nearly ten acres were under
cultivation there and crops of Indian
corn had been harvested. On June f6
I left Fort Bodo with Ill ZanZibarians
and 1O1 of Emin's people. Lieutenant
Stairs was appointed commander of the
fort. The garrison consisted of fifty.
nine rifles. On June "a we reached
KilOnga and on July 10 Ugarrowas
The latter station was deserted. Ugar-
Uowas, having gathered as much ivorJ
as he could obtain from the district
about three months before. Or
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