The Democratic advocate., 1890-11-29

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THE SEARCH OF EMIN PAsHA.
, The next work of African exploration
which Stanley was called upon to perform,
and which he has but just completed, was
} the rescue of Emin Pasha. This man.
, GordOn's trusted lieutenant in the govern
ment of Equatorial Africa, had already rem
dered distinguished service in explorations
about the sources of the Nile and in his
ADMINISTRATION of affairs in the Soudan.
After Gordon's fall at Khartoum, Emin's
position was assailed by the Mahdi, but he
bravely resisted the attacks of the raiding
shareholders. Though reduced by famine.
the Pasha held his own at WadeIai, near
the Albert Nyanza, against terrible odds.
and news of his struggle reaching Europe
steps were taken for his relief
No one knew better than Stanley the
danger and difficulty of such an expedi-
tion, but he boldly undertook the task.
Mr. Stanley has himself written the story
of his brilliant expedition. Though several
routes were suggested and strongly urged,
Stanley chose the Congo as the best suited
for his purpose. He proposed to 90 direct
to the Stanley Pool, and thence up the
Congo to the highest point of navigation
on the Biyarre. He planned to establish
a strong camp there, and thence to march
on Lake Albert through an unknown land
nearly 900 miles. The commander organ
lied the largest expedition which had ever
entered Africa under any but military lea
dership. Tippo-Tib was with the party.
and the force numbered over 700 men.
A TERRIBLE MARCH.
Stanley reached the mouth of the Congo
in March, 1887, and by June was at Yam
buya, on the Aruwimi, over 1000 miles
from the coast. Here strong camp was
made and left in charge of Major Bartte-
lot with Messrs. Jameson, Troup, Bonny
eAhA w tAAht W slSt sla Il IGStENG lOT IIlB Dlalu
body. This much having been accomplish
ed, on June 2Sth, 1887, Stanley er tered
upon the most daring stage of his journey
through an unknown country. The ad-
vance from almost the very first was one
perpetual struggle with hostile natives and
Arabs, and from July to October the waters
of the Congo were never out of sight.
Disease began 10 add to the horrors of the
march, and by October the expedition had
lost 66 men by death and desertion, and
56 were disabled. Many of the men bar
tered their arms and ammunition for the
necessaries Of life, and when Ibwiri was
passed Stanley had but ia of the 389 men
with which he had started from the Aru-
wimi. A temporary camp served to rest
and enfreshen the men, so that when the
march was resumed, November 24th, the
condition of the little army had much i'm
proved. In December Stanley encountered
and defeated the Congo King Mazamboni.
and on the 18th Albert Nyanza was reached.
Hostile demonstrations here and the alb
sence of large boats for use on the lake
forced a retreat to Ibwiri, and the lake was
reached second time in April. Here
Stanley found that Mazamboni was now
disposed to be friendly, and note was
brought to him from Emin, who had been
apprised of the expedition, and on April
30 Emin Pasha joined the distinguished
explorer. The subsequent events connected
with the fatal camp on the Aruwimi, Stan
ley's return to find only Il men of the 257
left under the command of Barttelot. are
still fresh in the memory of all. The Ma
ior had left his camp early in 1888 to fol-
low up the traces of the advance column,
there having been no communication with
Stanley since his departure in June, 1887;
but he was murdered by his carriers. On
September ) Stanley decided to return to
Emin, Wadelai having in the meantime
fallen, and he reached the Nyanza for the
third time January IS, 1889. On May 6
the entire party, including Emin Pasha and
his people, started from the Nyanza for
Zanzibar, reaching Mpwapwa November
10th, and the sea by the latter portion of
December last, thus bringing to a triumph
ant conclusion one of the most remarkable
and adventurous enterprises of modern
times,
To complete this hasty sketch of Stan
ley's explorations it is only needed to add
pen picture of the man himself, one writ
ten not long ago by correspondent of the
Boston Transcript. Here it is: "Stanley
is different sort of a man from what |
expected to see. He has fine face
clear, piercing eyes, and features, the lines
of which suggest determination, will power
and resolute nerve. But he seems to be
weak and i'll. His step lacks irmness and
elasticity. He has the aid of stick in
walking, and his manner is that of man
who would find welcome relief and rest in
an escape from the lionizing to which heis
necessarily subjected. He has been often
enough described as short and of sturdy
build, but L was surprised to observe that his
legs were so short and his body was so long
in proportion. Any man who has walked
back and forth across Africa as many times
as he has, has some excuse, it must be ad-
mitted, for appearing to be weak in the
legs. Ones first thoughts is that thousands
of miles of walking may have had the eff
feet of preventing Mr.. Stanley's legs from
developing to a proper proportion for the
rest Of his body, but imagine that he had