New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-03
sTANLEYs TRIP To EMIN.


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x, Jephson arrived at our camp where they
ve Z N s. dsy we moved to q better camping
,,ace' about three miles above Niamsassie, and
K this spot Enin Pacna siso made his CAMP 9ag.
Nm leaving Mr.. Jephson, three Soudsnese and
,Svo ganxibaris IN his care In setnrn be caused
- accompany me three OF his irreguiars and
was Ell Fort Bodo At the fort were Captain
S~,sor and Lieutenent Stairs. The latter had re-
tssrned nom Ugarrowwas twenty-five days after
I ksd set ont Tor the Lake, bringing with him.
Alas, only sixteen men ont Of fftysix. al the
rest were dead. My twenty. courlers. whom l
had sept with letters TO Major Barttelot had safely
lcft Ugarrowwas for Yambuya on March 10
Fart Bodo was In fiourishing state. Nearly
,bn acres were under cultivation. One crop OF
Indian corn had been harvested and sas in the
efanaries.
HAIGBREApTH ESCAPE OF THE couRIERs
son June ls left Fort Bodo with III zanzi-
bars and l0l Of Emin's people. Lieutenant
Stairs was appointed commandans OF the fort
Captain Nelson. was second In command. and
Surgeon Parlxe was medical officer. The garrison
eonsiSted Of ffty-nine rifles. / thus deprived
myself cf al niy officers in order not TO be en-
numbered with baggage provisions and medicines,
which would have to be taken II accompanied BY
On June "a we reached Kilongalongas, and
on July 10 Ugarrowwas. The latter station was
deserted Ugorrowwa, having gathered as much
ivory as be could obtain from the district had
proceeded down the river about three months
bsfore. ron leaving Fort Bodo / had loaded
every carrier with sixty pounds Of corn, so that
we were Able 70 pass through the wilderness UNI
scsthed Passing on down the river as fast as
we could 20, daily expecting TO meet the oouriers
who had been stimulated TO exert themselves for
q reward of o pounds per head, or the Major
himself. leading an army OF carriers, we INDUCED
ourselves in pleasing anticipation as we neaFed
On August 10 we overlook Ugarrowwa with
an immense fotilla of ffty-seven canoes and, to
our wonder. our couriers. now reduced 30 seven
teen who related an awful story of bairbreAdth
escapes and tragic scenes Three had been slain I;
, two were still feeble from wounds; ell except
fye bore On their bodies the scars OF arrow
wounds.
THE EXPLORER HEARS OF BARTTELoTs DEATH.
A week later, August / z. we met the rear col
INN Of the expedition at Bunalye. There was a
white man at the gate of the stockade, who at
first I thought was Mr.. Jameson. A nearer view
reyealed the features Of Mr.. Bonney, who left the
medical service of the army 70 accompany us.
. Well my dear Bonney, where's the Major p
asked
'He is deal, sir; shot by Menyuema about
month ago. replied Bonney.
Good God cried, and Jameson 2
So He has gone TO Stanley Falls TO try TO get
more men from Tippoo 1ib.'
And Troup?
Well, where is Ward
Ward is at Bangalas
Heaven alivei Then you are the only one
Yes; sir.,s
Mr. Stanley describes the wretched and wrecked
condition in which he found the rear guard, and
continues: According to Bonney during the
thirteen months and twenty days that had elapsed
since had left Yambuya the record is only one OF
disaster desertion and DEATH have not the heart
TO 90 into details. many OF which are incredible
and indeed have not time, for, excepting Mr.
Bonney, have no one to assist me in recognising
There are still far more loads than can carry.
AZ the same time, articles needful are missing.
SPREADING THE NEWS or sTANLEY's DEATH
Deserters from the advance column reached
Yambnya 10 spread the report that was dead
They had no papers, but officers accepted the
report of deserters as fact
!. In January Mr. Ward. at an officers mess meet
ing proposed that my Instructions should be can
ceIled The only one who appears to have dis
sented was Mr.. Bonney. Accordingly nv personal
kit medicines, soap, candles and provisions were
sent down the Congo as superftuities. Thus, after
making this immense personal sacrifice 20 relieve
them and cheer them up, find myself naked
and deprived Of even the necessaries of life In
But strange 20 say, / have kept two hats,
four pairs Of boots, fannei jacket and propose
p go back e Emln I, Pacha and across Africa with
S Tayinpstone. poor fellow. was all in patches
when met him. but il will be the reliever him
self who Will be in patches this time. Fortunately,
no. one OF my officers will envy me, for their
k 81 are intact. II was only myself that was
/ pray to YOU to say that we were only eighty.
two days from Albert Lake TO Banalya. Add
sixty-one from Fort Bodo the distance Us not very
great. 1t IS the people who fail one who is going
81 dragging til them on ssuna nsa Each
knew the road and did not need any STIMULUS
between Syanza and here We only lost three rec
here [ left fifty-nine at Fort Bodow: total. 90
men, out OF sS9: loss. fifty per cent At iambuya
left EST men. There are only seventy ono left,
ten Of whom will never leave the Camp, Loss
RESULTS OF THE TRIP SUMMARIZED
The letter then proceeds TO summarize what
had been accomplished Stsnky says: We were
so days In, the forest-one continuous, unbroken,
compact forest The grass land was traverSed by
us in eight days. The limits Of the forest along
the edge OF the grass land are well
@sf W saw y sass asd S oopes
Just Ike seasllore. Sonthwesterly It pre-
served the same character. North and south the
forest area extends from Nysagive 70
and west il embraces all from the Congo, at
the mouth Of the Aruwini, to about east long-
tude. 2e degrees, latitude. 40 degrees. How far
not know. The superficial extent OF the tract
described totally covered by forest, is $4,000
SQUARE miles North OF Congo, between lJpota
square miles. Between yambuys and Nyanza
we came across five distinct languages.
The land slopes gently from the crest of the
plateau above the Nyanza down TO the Congo
River. from an altitude OF $500 feet TO 1,400
feet above the sea-. North and south OF our track
through the grassland the face Of the land wac
much broken BY groups OF cones or isolated
mountair ridges. To the north we saw no land
higher than about g. 600 feet above the sea, but
bearing BIS degrees magnetic, at q distance of
nifty miles from our camp ON the Nyanza, we
saw towering mountain, its summit covered with
snow probably 1000 or $4,000 feet above the
SEA- " Is called Rneoenzori, and viii probably
prove rival TO kllimaEjafe. am not sure
mountain in Gambsragara, but there are two
reasons Tor doubling il II be the same First, IL
r. . little too far west Tor tho position
1R16 SeeandIr we saw m snnnr on