The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-11

would give us water to drink, and |
would show us the road up to Nyann
Sassic. From these singular people we
learned that they had heard that there |
was white man at Unyoro, but they |
had never heard of any white men be- |
ing on the west side, nor had they ever |
seen any steamers on the lake. There |
was no excuse for quarreling, The peo-
pie were civil enough, but they did not |
want us near them. We therefore were |
shown the path and followed it for
miles. We camped about half mile |
from the lake and then began to consid |
er our position with the light thrown on |
it by the conversation with the Kakon-
go natives ga
Ny couriers from Zlrzibar had evil |
IDENTITY not arrived, or Emin Pasha, with |
his two steamers, would have paid the |
southwest side OF tie lake visit to pre-
pare the natives for our coming. My
boat was at KIlinga Longa, 1850 miles |
distant, aud there was no canoe obtain |
able. TO sc re canoe without the eX-
cuse of a quarrel my conscience would
not permit. There. was no tree any
where of a size sufficient to make ca
noes. Wadelai was terrible distance
off for an expedition so reduced. We
had used five cases Of cartridges in five
days fighting on the plain. A month OF
such fighting must exhaust our stock.
There was no plan suggested that was
feasible, except to retreat to lbwiri,
build a fort, send the party back 10
KilInga Longa for boat, store up every
load in the fort not conveyable, leave a
garrison in the fort to hold it, march
back to Albert Lake and send boat in
search of Emin Pasha. This was the
plan which. alter lengthy discussions
with the officers, resolved upon. On
the 10Th we began night march, and
by 10 o'clock q, m. on the 10th we had
gained the crest of the plateau once
more, the Kakongo's natives having per
sisted in following us to the slope OF the
plateau. We had one man killed and
one wounded. On January we were
| IN Ibwiri once again After few days
rest Lieut. Stairs with 100 men was sent
to KIlonga Longa to bring the boat and
goods. also sent for Surgeon Parke and
Capt. Nelson. Out of the 80 sick men in
their care only IL men 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 Ugarrow. He
was to bring up the cOnvalescent. Soon
after his departure l was attacked by
gaslritis and an abscess on the arm.
After months careful nursing by
Parke | recovered and set out again for
the Albert Nyauza April ,, accompanied
by Jrphson and Parke. Nelson was ap
pointed commander of Fort Bodo in our
absence with a garrison of AZ men and
boys. On April 20 we arrived in Mo
zambini's country again. This time,
after solicitation Mozambini decided TO
make blood brotherhood with me. His
example was followed by all the other
chiefs as far as the NyanZa Every dif'
ficulty seemed now to be removed.
Food was supplied gratis. Cattle. goats,
sheep and fowls were also given in aOun-
dance, so that our people lived royalty
When one days march from the Ny.
ANA. natives came from kavail and
said that a white man named MalelJa
had given their chief a black packet TO
give to me. his son. Would | follow
them? they asked. "Yes. tomorrow, l
answered, land if your words are true,
[ will make you rich" They remained
with us that day telling US wonderful
stories about big ships ss large as islands
filled with men, etc, which left no
doubt in our mind that the wEite man
was Emin Pasha.
The next days march brought us to
Chief Kavali. After a while be handed
me note from Emn Pasha, covered
with strip of black American oil cloth.
The note was to the effect that as there
had been a native rumor that white
man had been seen at the south end Of
lake he had gone in steamer 10 make
enquiries, but had been unable to obtain
reliable information. He begged me to
remain where l was until he could com
: municate with me. The next day, Apr.
%, Mr.. Jepson was dispatched with Il
; strcng force to take the boat to the Ny
ANA. On the Goth the boats crtw
/, sighted Mawa Station, the sovthern-
most belonging to Emin Pasha. Mr..
Jephson was there Hospitality received
by the Egyptian garrison. The boats
crew say that they were embraced one
] by one, and that they never had such
D attention shown to them as by. these men
who hailed them as brothers. On April
80 we once again reached the bvouac
! ground occupied by US on Dec, IL. and
at 8 p. m. of that day l saw the Khedive
steamer about seven miles away steam
r ing up toward us. Soon after p. m.
Emln Pasha, Sigpor Cassati and Mr..
, Jephson arrived at our camp where they
e were heartily welcomed by all of US.
D Next day we moved to a better camp
, ing place, about three miles above Ny.
] am-Sassic, and at this spot Emin Pasha
: also made his camp. We were together
I until May 25, when | left him, leaving
Mr.. Jephson, three Soudanese and two
Z Zanz baris in his care. In return he
r. 60 ~ i
b regulars and 102 Madi natives as porters
Fourteen days later | was at Fort Bodo.
/. At the fort were Capt. Nelson and Lieut..
t Stairs. The latter had returned from
e Ugarrowwas 90 days after had set oul
D for the lake, bringing with him, alas
I only 16 men out of So. All the rest were
deaf. My 20 couriers, whom l had sent
with letters to Major Barttelot, had safe
e ly left Ugarrowwas for Yambuya March
I 10. Fort Bodo was in a hOurishlng
e state. Nearly ten acres were under cul-
e tiyation. One crop of Indian corn had
D been harvested and was in the granaries
{ On June l6 left Fort BOdo with III
s Z4pzibaris and 10l Of Emin's people
e Lieutenant Stairs was appointed com.
i mander of the fort. Captain Nelson
b.. was second in command and Surgeon
I Parke was medical officer. The garrison
= consisted of SO rifles. thus deprived
/ myself OF all my officers in order not tc
a be encumbered with baggage, provisions
e and medicines, which would have To bt
d taken If accompanied by Europeans.
e On June 81 we reached Killnpa, and
July 10 Ugarrowwas. The latter st tior
J. was deserted. Ugarrowwas hayine
gathered as much ivory as he could OBJ
v tain from the district had proceeded
!. down the river about three months be
l. fore. On leaving Fort Bodo had load
9 ed every carrier with go pounds of corn
d so that we were able to pass through tn,
a wilderness unscathed. Passing on dowr
d the river as fast as we could 90. dali,
It expecting to meet the couriers, who hac
e been stimulated to exert themselves fol
:, a reward of ten pounds sterling peI
!, head, or the Major himself leading al
!, army of carriers, we iudulged ourseivel
= ia pleasing anticipation as we neared III,
r goal. On August 10 we overlook Ugar
g rowwa with an immense hotiIla Of g.
canoes, and, to our wonder, our courier
e now reduced to II. who related an awfu
's story of hairbreaIth escapes and tragi,
scenes. Three had been slain; twt
10 were still feeble from wounds all ex
= cept five bore ON their bodies the scar
l. of arrow wounds.
y A week later, August IL, we met th
v rear column Of the expedition at Bunal
2, va. There was white man at the Rat
Ie II tho stockade who at first though
ii was Mr.. Jameson. A nearer view re
le yealed the features Ut Mr. Bonney, wb
y left the medical service Of the army l.
ID accompany US.
IT "Well, my dear Bouney, where's tb