Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-22
srANLEx,s REAR GUARD.


Description of Events That Trans
pired I'm Major BarteIlot's Command
- Assad Farran,s Letter to Rev.
Edward r. Merriam-A Young Girl
Bought by Jameson and Given TO
the Cannibals-Chargeso of Cruelty.
BosroN, Nov. 21.-In July, 1888, Assad
Farran, the Syrian interpreter with Stan
ley's rear guard, wrote a letter to Mr..
Camp, engineer of the upper Congo steam
er Henry Reed, the property of the Ameri-
can Baptist Foreign Missionary society, de-
scribing events transporting in the Stanley
expedition with special reference to the
rear guard under Major Bartellot. This
letter Mr.. Camp sent to Mr. Lewis, Bap-
fist missionary at Lukungu. Mr.. Lewis in
turn sent copy of it to Rev. Edward F.
Merriam, assistant foreign secretary of the
society in Boston, and it is now published
for the first time. The letter is as follows:
LuKuSeU, Aug. /, 1888.
Dear Brother Merriam-Below is copy Of
statement sent me by Brother Camp with a re-
quest that send you copy:
Having been engaged in Mr., Stanley's expedi.
to give some information about it.
Mr.. Stanley's idea was that it would take him
HaSna.
relieve him and settle his affairs and six months
to go back, When Mr. Stanley arrived at Zanzi-
and twenty ser boys With these and say
Soudanese soldiers which he engaged in Egypt
and thirteen men from Alden, two interpreters
Before he left Zanzibar an engagement was made
with Tippoo lib that he should give him 600 men
when they arrived at Stanley Falls The expedi-
they made a strong. camp and Mr.. STAN
ley after staying there week took 400
at that anu camp in Charge na of e Major ne rt
BartteIot Mr. Stanley left Yamboya camp on
the the ta Of Of promising to return abCg.
in camp had great difficulties, especially about
their food, for in that place there was nothing
feed for twelve months Almost all the men be-
came sick, good many died Of starvation. The
major who was in command had many means of
He had great quantity of cloth, brass rods,
beads, ETC., which is the native money there
ed the men, beating them two and three
hundred stripes at q time for small offenses and
dPpotp IF
and Tippoo lib himself was sorry that he had
made an agreement to give Mr.. Stanley six hun
ee no rs b
loads and follow Mr.. Stanley. During this time
some deserters from Mr.. Stanley arrived at the
ley but there was nothing Interesting except that
many of the men were sick and left on the way.
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fore they deserted. There were nine men-seven
were eaten by cannibals and two reached the
camp. After this the major begged Tippoo lib
to give him some men, and If necessary make a
new contract and increase the mems pay, in
the river and go back to Zanzibar. He ordered
]. s. Jameson, one Of the white men. to go with
Tippoo lib, thirty days from Stanley Fails by
native canoes, to try and get some men. Tippoo
them that he was dead. Therefore Tip
poo lib was obliged to give Jameson
how the natives eat each other, bought girl
about ten years old and gave to the natives that
tree STABBED her twice. in the boSles. When eight
men rushed up with knives and cut her up and
put her in their cooking pot; Jameson was
Bartellot intended to leave camp with the men
while two steamers arrived and took about half
of the load back to Bangalia. Many things were
would have sawed ali the 70 mem enc who ded from
hunger. We heard ut that time that fifty Zanzi-
baris and one white man from Stanley were at
supposed to be the remainder of Stanley's expe-
dition, but could not believe this as there was
men who were sick and had leave to go home,
but they were not supplied with food for the
after Stanley on the 18th OF june ISIS. ' 'e''
ISignedl A.E. FARRAS. July II, 1888.
Mr.. Stanley was seen this afternoon.
When shown the letter he said: HYes, its
genuine, and / am glad to hear it. But it
does not make the matter any, stronger in
my mind than it was before. Jameson's
own letter is the most damning evidence
against him. He was blinded by his
scientific desire. 1 would gladly prove
Farran liar, but after Jameson's letter
how could II When Bonny told myself and
my officers about the trouble I did not be-
lieve it. Mr.. Jameson was as nice fellow
as you ever saw. But he simply did not
see the thing from humane standpoint.
His science led him astray. You see, Mr..
Jameson was a rich man, and the thought
came that maybe this man was blackmail-
ing him for not paying him his salary. But
Jameson's letter settled it, and this letter
from Earran corroborates il ALL