Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-04
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Sli cohiiooh 1Ato piAottACl ' ttliOy .
Stars crossed a deep river in
face of the natives and assaulted the
first village and took it. The sharp
shooters did effective work End drove
the natives back up tile opposite slope
until the fight became general. John
son also drove the ratIyes in front of
him. We marched straight up the val
ley, driving back the teopie and taking
villages as we went along. Not a ma
tive was visible anywhere, except on
one small hill a mile and a half west
On the morning of the 18th we con-
tinucd our march. During the day we
had four little fights. On the 18th we
marched straight east and We're at
tackled by new forces every hour until
at noon, when we halted for refresh
ments. At p. m we resumed, and fifteen
minutes later / cried: Prepare for sight
of Nyanza.' The men murmured and
doubted, saying, Why does master con-
tinually talk this way Nyan2a, indeed
Is not this n plain, and can we not see
the mountains. But tiften minutes
later, and after our four days march,
the Albert Nyanza was below them.
All came to kiss myhands in recognition
of my prophecy.
One days march from Nyanza they
met natives from Kavila, saying a
white, named Malejja, had given their
chief a black packet to give to Stanley,
and asking him to follow them. They
convinced Stanley this white man was
Emin Pasha. The next day they met
Chief Kavila and he handed him a note
from Emin, which was to the effect that
a white man had been seen at the south
end of the lake. He had gone to make
inquiries. but had been unable to obtain
information. He had heard that Stan
ley was in Mascomboni's country and he
begged him to remain where he was
| until he could communicate with him.
Stanley continues:
April % we once again reached the
bivouac ground, occupied on Dec. 10,
and at 5 p. M. of that day | saw the
Khedive steamer seven miles away,
| steaming towards us. Soon after Z p.
m. Emin Pasha and Signor Casata and
Mr.. johnson arrived at our camp. We
left him. Fourteen days later | was at
Fort Bodo, where were Capt. Nelson
and Lieut. STAIRS. The latter had re-
turned from Ugarrowwas twenty-five
days after i had set out for the lake,
bringing with him only sixteen men out
of forty-six. All the rest were dead.
My twenty carriers, whom / had sent
with letters to Mai. Bartellot had safely
left Ugarrowwas for Yambuya on
March Is. Fort Bodo was flourishing
with nearly ten acres under cultivation.
June l6, | left Fort Bodo witllll1
Zanzibaris and l01 of Emin Pasha's peo-
pie. Lieut.. STAIRS had been appointed
commandant of the tort. The garrison
consisted of tifty-nine rifles. l had thus
deprived myself of all my officers in
order that | should not be encountered
with baggage, and provisions. and med
icines which would have t o be taken if
accompanied by Europeans.
August 10 we overlook Ugarrow with
an immense fotilla of fifty-seven canoes,
and to our wonder, III couriers were
reduced to seventeen. They related an
and tragic scenes Three had been slain,
two were still feeble from their wounds,
and all but five bore scars of arrow
wounds. August II we met the rear
column of the expedition at Banalya.
MI. Bonne met me and told ME of
Bartellots death, and that Jameson had
gone to Stanley Falls for more men,
and Mr.. Troup had gone home sick. |
found the rear column a terrific wreck.
Out of 25T men only eighty-one re-
NAMED, and of these only tifty-three
were fit for service.
During the fourteen months since
left the record had been II of disaster,
desertion and death. Many of the de-
tails seem incredible. There remained
still far more stores than we could
carry. Deserters had spread the report
that was dead and the officers ac-
ceptea n report ana agreed to cancel
my Instructions. ihey accordingly
SEM my XIV OF medicines, soap, candles
provisions down the Congo as su'
p~efnolties. lhus, AFTER my immense
sacriilces 70 felleye and cheer them
hha myself NAKED ana deprived OF
necessafles; put strange TO say | have
Kept Two mats Jour pair OF boots, a
ha1nei Jacket II ! propose to go back
to Eliiii fasna ana across Africa witt
TINS truly African KIT On returning
mere we iost only lnree men, by de
sertioh. oue Oh COL left at 1ambuya
ohiy sevehty-one remain, n ten o.
that dasn;+a tI,a s,,tTern go s y > Sly w
n,ortal;fp vas NOT cn mreat as a. ~
ha NC enrr;rors of IL Iou.
ara thin ond most han,.i leu soiiin,
M ,s"a iooAihs'
lhe party passed 10Y days goini
lIougl one CONTINUOUS forest; Stanle.
esuliate5 lls area az s'o'ooo square
hiiies' pe."een 1aihooya ahd Nyan
fa NY alstiiiGs We're Spoken
/ i,nn 60 Ill, -. aa,n;. aa.so, -
snow.
Referring to Emin he saws he mach.
has two ba~ttalions, one of 100 men an,
/ M ntn 49, t..