The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-11-29
HENRY M. STANLEY.
He Relates His Adventures in
the Dark Continent in a
Letter to a Friend.
The Hardships Which the
Great Explorer Had to
Undergo.

Undergo.
LONDON. Special Mr. Marston. of Samp-
son, Lowe & Co., has received letter from
Henry NJ. Stanley, dated South End Vic
toria Nyanza, Sept. 3, from which the fol-
lowing extracts are taken:
Stanley goes on to recount the arrange
ments made by him to meet Ennin and,
after describing how he hunted up the miss
ing rear column, continues:
have already told you that the rear col
umn was in deplorable state; that out of
the 102 members remaining doubted
whether fifty would live to reach the lake;
but having collected a large number of
canoes, the goods and sick men were
transported in these vessels in such smooth
and expeditions manner that there were re-
ularkably few casualties in the remnant of
the rear column. But wild natives, having
repeatedly defeated the Ugarrowwa's raiders
and by this discovered the extent of their
inflicted considerable loss among our best
men, which had always to bear the
brunt of the fighting and the fatigue of
padding. However,, we had no reason to
be dissatisfied with the time VIC had made.
When progress by river became too tedious
and difficult, an order to cast off
canoes was given. This was four days
or about three hundred miles above Bana-
laya, we decided that, as the south bank OF
the Itura river was pretty we'll known to us,
it would be best to try the north bank,
although we should have to traverse for
some days the despoiled lands which had
been common center for the UgarrOwWas
and Kilongalangas bands of raiders. We
land, which opened up prospect of future
feasts of beef veal and mutton and pleas
ing variety of vegetables, as well as oil and
butter for cooking.
IN THE DREADED WILDERNESS.
'On Oct. 80, having cast off the canoes,
the land march began in earnest, and we
two days later discovered large planta-
ton in charge of Dwaris. The people flung
themselves on the plantations to make as
large provision as possible for the dreaded
wilderness ahead. The most enterprising
Always secured fair share, and twelve
hours later would be furnished with a
weeks provision of plantation -four. The
feeble and indolent reveled for the time be-
ing in an abundance Of roasted fruit, but al
ways neglected providing for the future, and
thus became victims to famine after moving
from this place. Ten days passed before we
reached another plantation, during which
we lost more men than we had lost between
Banalya and Ugarrowwas. Smollpox
broke out among the Manyena, and the
mortality was terrible. Our Banzibaris es-
capped the pest, however, owing to
the vaccination they had undergone on
board the Madura. We were now about
for days march above the confluence o 1the
1hura and Ituri rivers, and within about a
mile from Ishuru. AS there was no posi-
bility of crossing this violent tributary
of the Ituli or Arunmwimi, we had
to follow it's right bank until crossing
could be discovered. -Four days later we
stumcled across the principal village of the
district, called Andikum. 1t was sur
rounded by the finest plantation of bananas
and plantins we had yet seen, which all the
Mayemas' habit of
sPoLIATION AND DESTRUCTION
nas been unable to destroy. There our
people, after severe starvation during four
teen days, gorged themselves to such excess
that it contributed greatly to lesson
our numbers. Every twentieth individ
ual suffered from some complaint which
entirely incapaciated him for duty.
the Ihuru river was about four miles south
southeast from this place, flowing from
broad and deep, owing to heavy rains.
From Andikumu sixty days march
brought us to another fourishing settle
ment called Indeman, situated about four
hours march from q river supposed
to be the Ihuru. Here was
considerably non-plussed by a grievous
discrepancy between native accounts and
my own observations The natives called
it the Ihuru river, and my instruments and
chronometer made it very evident it could
not be the Ihuru. We knew finally. After
capturing some daris we discovered it was
the right branch of the Ihuru, called the
Dui river, this agreeing with my own
views. We searched and found a place
where we could build a bridge across. Bon
ny and our Zanzibar chief threw themselves
into the work, and in few hours the Dui
river was bridged. We passed from indie
man into district entirely unvisited by
Mayema.
CHANGED ROUTES.
Here the writer describes daily conflicts
with the Wambutti dwarfs. which we found
very numerous in this region The Wam-
butts chung to the northeast route, which
Stanley wanted to take Accordingly he
went southeast and followed elephant
tracks. He says:
But on Dec. 8 we were compelled to halt
for food in the middle of vast forest at
spot indicated by my chart to be not more
than two or three miles from Ituri river,
we resided at Fort Bodio l sent $50
rifles back to settlement that was
fifteen miles brck on ther we had come,
while many Manyema followers also under
took to follow them. quote from my jour-
nal part of what wrote on Dec. IA, the
sixth day of the absence of the fora gers:
''Six days have transpired since our forag-
ers left us. For the first four days the time
passed rapidly, 1 might say almost
pleasantly, being occupied in recalculating
my observations from Ugarrowwa to Lake
Albert down to date, owing to few dis
crepancies here and there, which my Sec
ond and third visit and duplicate and trip
licate observations enabled me to correct.
My obbupation then ended 1 was left to
wonder why the large band of foragers did
not return. On the fifth day, having dis
tributed all the stock of flour in camp, and
having
KILLED THE ONLY GOAT
we possessed. l was also compelled to open
the Offices provision boxes and take a
pound pot of butter with tho cupfuls of my
Hour to make an imitation Cruel, there be-
ing nothing else save tea, coffee sugar and
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