New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-12

pSSpsHy they ' foaSS ave %S9tss they s
Ep sMss miles. '''s Not tong one Village had been
ding, 5n: s n sSon ss'S Ssa et n:a
Of the forests This Is the why in 1887 our ex
peaSp ass so b deS He% oa he the
native cIearngs would have appeared like SO many cir
uar s % P on GSe steel Boa. for the
part Of this journey, therefore, had to be made 6y
too thick We scattered through the underbrush but we
had billho and cutter In constant exercise. .
The first month In the bush we ProgresseG very
slowly When we finally. after many months laoorsa
reached track our pace was incrcas0o Y" on0 ~'u
three quarter miles al hour
BLAZING THE TREES.
As the column stretched in file considerable
length Of ground, the pioneers had to slash away
broad blaze tree every few yards. 1t was most
difficult to distinguish the track. BY the time the
whole of the column had passed over 1t tho trail was
pretty cea Some days 0 when lose a trace &c
Of it. They would leave the river and relying too
s uSs on course snsF sasl OCCASIONS
lost their way, and the caravan would be wandering
be an anxcusIy waiting for them. ON one occa,
sion the parties were separated six days As we drew
voices Of the foremost men would be heard bawng
os Showers wee below below @Ants~red ants on the march
< tansiius root. "ware sheyers' Mushy mud with
These warnings served to prevent accidents. Their
pace was tardy.
BIG MEN AND LITTLE MEN
II were 20 enumerate the ramcs OF the various
tribes whose territories we tversed, there wouid De
general hilarity fear in American audience The
inbabtan OF the forest are divided into big people
and little people The taller are those who own
cearngs in the forest The pgmies are unsettled ana
restless little nOmads who slide about through tne
soSd two So or three miles outside Of the banana plana
lions. The first are very Ike other niricas; y fom
T,%r 40 much in the shade Each tribe has its dis
Dgnishlng marks, tattooings Of some ngune OF o
on have 0 their heads some wear their hair long In
ringets There elaborate hair dressing IN se .ot
est as lower down along the Congo Ihelr ornamehts
consist Of crocodile monkey human teeth. strung IN
and ankets and beestS t rae Ionr For
ea Mo Wear these people have head piece OF basket
work adorned with parrots red taii iea'hefs'
WEAPONS OF THE NATIVES.
Their weapons are spears, bows and arrows, br0ad
| knives. and sometimes bauieaxe. These are they
,o sometimes make great cearngs In the woods, and
IN the midst OF confusion OF fallen trees build com
| nact villages outside the villages there is tangle
Of brushwood half hidden by plantain groves The
villages sSa s swaIm furnish them With food The natives
are addicted to cannbasm but mus, not DC r s
Neither is human victim always easy to secure Inc
tribes are too far apart TO render II easy on sccomPs
dozen miles OF advances there may possibly be an &C
cident when a body may be secured once wttessea
the ,r for ss"R Rce fred shot to
Ma2n sss CHEZ e nxS wig sn
gasU patty Of few seecna @ boats we're
the bank Of the river and we saw me boy OF
The black pots, the bananas were all there and IN o
short time everything would 3 t e %aa read had been
| sick and had been left by the ARABS
CASE OF AN ARAB BOY.
| W. had also a Monuema boy, who slipped into the
bnsh 70 eyade the rear guard after caravan passed
He advanced slowly toward the camp and had almost
! reached IT when he sighted by natives and slain
almost at the time when party OF companions
i inso BODY ihe In WOODS sSs paul and '' covered i.
win With the sa ns Ss na ii 'u Wa sn
been close Observers Of what Lad been done came up
carried tG1ws oa hs eG few the
During many months Of marching In the forest we
we're very useful in their districts giving pforma
ton about the tribes and showing paths 20 banana
sre Of no earthly use and were permitted TO return
To- their homes though IN ,ees sy The result
oi0 nv nO Observation and experience that morally
The forest natives the lowest OF the human race;
GT lived ' that It might be compared to that Of fierce
piece Of beef just thrown 10 it,
EMIN AND THE GERMANS.
Mr.. Stanley's closing words were:
II had gradually dawned that there was intense
noIittcal rivalry between England ana uerhsn! III
Hfca. As our expedition had been solely 70 relieve
Emn, We fattered ourselves that we naa no,nlhs "
we accepted German hospitality as proof Of the
knew ss Es wa paS very ana Deep g''d R
nothing could rupture shs Soe6 ad fesnt
che Nrct eutn af
and Being embraced by his countrymeu was wholly I'M
gave h S,G S nso East a eSSs
how beautifully the Germans understood Emlns char
,Sa ssr ana r mols Rs1nRs without s
the the sapssae WAS liz ssas a to
Nelson and Jepson sod nums himself on se nee
to 5auB 6e'T eenvs anS them went
fe over the balcony to the dlsmay of the company
s Sss aesa To fe kindly
ing and then the operations OF MS c"untrymcn began
/; THE FIRST SLIGHT.
First Dr. Parke who had volunteered TO attend th
sufferer was made to feel that his presence was irk
| some servants became careless; the food wa
stnted II he went to the officers mess table. TIN
German officers continued to show their strong dsap
| prevail of his presence Then Dr. Parke fell III o
! fever and was conveyed to lanzibar almost dying
pressed desire to visit him NJ Bagamoya at ono
bulletin came out with stoy Of nj, RELAPSE lapse, W.
I
play deepened In interest and tine conclusion wa
darby limited. go,
Having succeeded In relieving himself from obligation
to us our acquaintance renounced This incivlit.
was presently fauned by hls country men into no
c hostility. on coming out Of the hospital Emin pub
ished broadcast through Zanzibar the fact that he ha
Ss a as see from $ r. 1e
Of lie next sought TO quarrel with the Egyptian Gov
b eminent. He cabled TO Cairo for a small credit o
h | Zanzibar Sir Evelyn Barring kindly autographed bac
: that the British Consul General at Zanzibar woul
honor the credit EInin construed this as an insult
Tho he
Province, should receive drafts through an Ensls
| Consul General To his old officers and generals
| Egyptian and Soudanese. he wrote frankly that h
would have nothing TO do with them, and declined
. pay their accounts, these soldiers. who had bee
y with him fourteen years, were compelled 10 wait ii
months before getting any money.
y EMPLOYED BY THE GERMANS
To General Casati. with wh,m he had lived clgl
years like brother. he turned the cold shoulder Po
ID whole month he seemed to he negotiating with tl
. British Fast African Company for employment The
ta and f,,H valo xrth