Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-04-11
uE1eR IRON STANLEY.

LETTER FROM STANLEY
An Interesting Letter In the Mature - .
Report From the Great Explerers
! LONDON, April &-Stsniey' . letter to Sir
Francis De Wiuton il in the nature Of .
report Of his expedition. sad In addressed
70 him as chairman of the Emin Fasha re-
lief expedition. It II dated 1t Bungan-
getta island, on the Aruwhimi river. An
gust % 1888 It Is . record of hard fight
ing and great privation. stanley saysS
The expedition started from Yambuga On
June - 1857. 1t consisted Of $50 officers
and men. Twelve miles were covered tho
FIRST day. On the secuad war begun.
As they entered the Yancoude dis
trict the natives fred their huts.
. and under cover OF the smoke
attacked our pioneers es they were
clearing away the obstacles placed in
front of the first village. The skirmish
lasted quarter Of IN hour. The next day
we turned inward from the river and for
Ave days marched through dense pop
uiation. Every effort however. known -
the native mnd WAS made to oppose our
progress. Finding We were going too far
from our course we turned back, reached
the river again July 4 not yet hav-
ing lost q man. and followed the left
bank until October IS On the
twenty fourth day out two men deserted,
and on the thirty-fourth the first
death occurred from dyse MT cry. The ex-
pedition then entered the wilderness. and
Its suffeTings began. Several deaths oc-
Cured and the sick multiplied A boat
was OF great use in carrying them and
the provisions, and steady progress was
made. On August Is we arrived at Air
sibba, and lost 1--WE men from poisoned ar.
rows. Lieutenant Stairs was wounded
but recovered. On August Is Mr. Jepson.
wandered inland and lost his way, but We
were reunited on August q.
On August 81 they fell in with an Arab
caravan under Ugarrowas, formerly .
tent boy of Spoke. Then their misfortunes
began. The Arabs tempted the men to
desert, and twenty-six left them within
three days. On September Is they camped
near Ugarrowas. Food was scarce and he
had devastated the country for miles
around. They pushed ON from Ugarro-
was and on October IS entered q settle
ment belonging to Abeben Saliar, of bad
and bloody reputation.
This was awful month. They had lost
sixty-six men by death and desertion. and
on reaching the last station found they
had lost ffty-five more by starvation and
desertion. They lived mostly on wild
fruit and nuts The slaves of Saliar did
the most they could to ruin the expedition
| except to open hostilities- They bought
! our rifles, ammunition and clothing,
that when we left their station we were
beggared, and naked and ply sically weak.
They were obliged to leave their goods and
boat behind with Swegion Parke and Cap
tain Nelson, being unable to carry them
| all owing to want of food caused by the
| Arabs devastating the country. At Ifwisa
they reached an untouched country and
the famine ceased They were mere
skeletons, and only numbered ia Two
! rebels were shot on the way. The party
rested thirteen days at Ifwisa feasting,
and were completely restored. There
they went out for Nyanza, 126 miles, on
November "a. They were threatened by
thousands of natives on December in the
country of Mzamboree, powerful chief.
An effort was made to treat with them,
but next day the enemy fired upon the exc
pedition, and on the 11th there was .
pitched battle in which the natives were
| dispersed. On the following days they
were attacked constantly by new forces,
but successfully repelled them.
On the 18th Stanley told his people to
prepare to see Lake Nyanza The men
| murmured and doubted, but on the fourth
day thereafter the lake lay before them,
and they crowded around hi m and kissed
his hands for joy and gratitude. The exc
pedition had reached the plateau of Un-
yoro, 1900 feet above Albert Nyanza.
They were in latitude degree 20 minutes.
They descended into the plain, then the
| 0O8ll1e natives poured QOWn 8Lter t0eU,
but were repulsed by the rear guard.
On his arrival at Kahongo. at the foot
| of the lake, Stanley was disappointed at
| finding neither news from Emin nor the
couriers he had expected from Zanzibar.
He returned through the hostile country
and came back with fresh supplies April
| d He marched alongside of the lake and
| arrived at Kavali, where he found q letter
! from Emin, who wrote that he had gone
to the south shore of Nyanza in search OF
| ''White man."
On April % he saw q steamer approach.
ing. and Emin and Cossati landed and
there was joyful greeting. They re-
mained together in camp until May 25.
| when Stanley left them to return to
Aruwhimi He took mp Nelson and Stairs
on the way. OF fifty-six men left with
/ them, only sixteen remained. All the rest
were dead or had deserted On August Il
he reached Bunolya, where he first heard
of the murder of Major Bartelotta. and
| found the rear guard a wreck.
Stanley reports that Emin Paaha had
two battalions of $50 and $40 besides irreg-
ular sailors, artisans, clerks and servants.
| Altogether there were 10000 people, in
Guiding women and children, who would
have to leave the country IL the Pasha
| did These he would be unable to bring
away, and lie was unwilling to leave them
to their fate, so he decided to remain He
| was urged to come without avail STAN
| ley has gathered men and stores and ex-
| pected to be back with him ON Nyanza in
| two months, taking what he describes as q
| new and short cut
| Klein Testf6os.
| WASHINGTON, April 3--John C. Klein,
the correspondent at Samoa, visited WASH
fngton last week, having been surnmoned
by the State Department. to testify in re-
iation to the outrages- by the Germans
while he was there's and also about Samoan
matters in general He also e1plained his
connection with the events leading up to
the battle Of FagaiI fought December