The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-12

himself, taking with him HIS loaded revolver
and that cypress staff with n steel point which
had already ma1s such mischief, and with these
weapons ia Lis hands no walked TO the scene OF
the singing There be saw woman beating
drum, accompanying ~ with her voice, IN Is the
usual custom with The Manyemas at the dawn
OF hs day, which they always olen with
wild music. Major Barttelot. ON seeing the
woman 30 engaged ordered her 10 desist
two or three times, accompanying each
order with prod OF lis eteel-pOinted sta1 then
With blow OF the staff ana finally he began 10
Kick her. Attracted by the Womans shrieks,
her husband, Sanga, seeing barttelot with re-
Yolyer IN hia hand, thrust his gun through tho
loop-hoie OF hut opposite 10 where this was
taking place and shot Barttelot dead Jameson
then went TO Stanley Falls, where Sanga was
proved 70 have killed Major Bartteot, and WAS
consequently sentenced 10 death. III Sanga had
been brought before me, ana IL the story as re-
ported 10 me personally and in writing was
shown 10 be true | should have acquitted him.
suppose such An incident occurred IN the streets
OF any civilized city would not any Jury have
acquitted the husband who thus killed the as
sailant of his wife?
"Since 1 have censured the whole. 10 is per-
haps necessary IL the foregoing does not con-
tain sufficient explanation tor me To say Why
1 censured them. IL must be understood that
any one OF these officers with little irmness
could have arrested MAJOR Barttelot's proceed
tngs without violence. A mere letter from any
one OF them protesting against such acts and
threatening 10 report the cifcums nnce 10 The
committee AT home, would have stopped it, IL
has leon clearly shown from many accounts,
oven MI IrOpp 3 own narrative shows
II, that they disagreed with many things.
Major Bnrttelot did and IL Is prof. ably true that
they protested By word of mouth but no
amount OF verbal protests would have the same
effect as n written arraignment of these tyran-
meal proceedings. am sure had Major Bartte-
lot received such letter he would never have
dared TO repeat them Hence as this was not
done-because have never seen such written
protest. must needs censure their conduct for
not doing the utmost they could in order to
stop them, inasmuch as each had declared his
"a ha nd aV.I "a
the interests of the expedition. / viii leave
this 70 the judgment OF every reader
Assuming The facts they are stated in
the foregoing, can any man conscientously say
that my censuie Of the rear column was harsh,
unjust undeserved, when l state this after
hearing all these horrible things, and after see
ing the effects of those acts on the rear column
when l said, two DAYS after being brought
face TO face with this misery that the rear col
umn was wrecked by the irresolution of its OFF,
GERS, the neglect OF their promises und their in
difference 10 written ordsrs2'
Starvation and continued ill-treatment
caused the condition OF the men % which |
have referred, and produced the ulcers which
ate away the esh 80 that their bones were al
most exposed Their backs were entirely gone.
They were unable TO stand. and still they were
punished day after day. There is the log book
as IL was given 70 me, with day after day the
accounts OF the most horrible punishments.
The records arc signed by all the officers. They
old not appreciate the amount Of IL, making
the daily entries, but as l read AZ over. all to-
gether, there it stares me in the face-a record
of evils and continuous story OF horrors.
THE reason why was absent from the camp
for fourteen months instead OF five, as / ex-
pected, this / left Nambuya on June %
aud arrived at Albert Nycnza on Dec 10, 1851
Then l returned, since there was no news OF
Emin. distance OF 100 miles, where / built a
fort, housed the sick, stored the goods and re-
turned 20 the Albert Nyanza. l arrived there IN
April 1855 AMI stayed there twenty-siX days
having found Emin. Then l started 10 hunt FOR
tho rear column, aud found it only ninety miles
from Yambuya. Emins own letters, published
I'm In Darkest Africa, explain how he camo tC
my camp and that no was not taken prisoner
10y me. rs has been charged
"As TO this story about Mr.. Jameson. A wit.
ness 20 the incident, n man, drew up IN his own
handwriting an affidavit, wherein he swear in
the presence o. witnesses TO the following
story: hat jameson, returning from kasougc
and conyersing with Tippu lib and another
Arab about cannibalism. informed them that he
did not believe there was any such thing a
canni balisn, because, although hs had heard
much OF IL, ne had never seen IL, and no white
man had ever seen IL done In reply TO this
Hlpu lib Is said 10 have said: 1t il easy
enough 20 prove il il you Ike. Upon which
jameson asked how, and Tippu lib responded
Pay for n slave and give 1t TO those men
there They will show YOU WhereupOn Mr.
jameson said he was very willing Twelve
cotton handkerchief were then gwen, and with
them little girl aged some ten or twelve years
was purchased She was given TO the men
and Mr. Jameson is said To have then told them
Now let us see what you can do. The child
was tied so she could not move. Mr.. jameson
took Sketch-DOok IN nand, ana when ne was
ready "a knife was plunged into tho child s heart
and Nh. jameson is said 10 have stood there
while the life blood spurted over The body. He
is said 60 have made six sketches descriptive OF
the various scenes that took place, the cutting
up and the disposinc OF the body
This appeared so ircredible at first that when
we expressed doubts European came forward
aud said ho had seen the sketches. Another
European, upon being asked what he knew Ci
IL. said jameson showed the sketches TO hin
also. This was reported 20 the authorities OF
the Congo Free State and they took evidence
regarding it,
Mr.. Stanley concluded by saying: If neces
sary l shall be glad TO 90 into a court OF las
where the whole matter eau be ventilated"