, 1890-03-01
Letter from MIR. Stanley.
From the Daily 1elegraph.)

the enclosed letter from MI. H. NJ. STANLEY
to MI. Alexander L. Bruce, DR.. Living
stones S0n-in-Iaw, which will doubtless be
read with interest,
With reference to Mr.. Stanley'S observa-
ton as to non-receipt of letters, those sent
to him from time to time by Mr.. Bruce
have, like the letters of other correspon-
dents, failed to reach their des t%ination.
Ug0go, CentralAfr lea, October 18th 1889.
Nv Dear Mr.. Bruce have no idea of.
sending any cOurierS a head until l reach
M2wapwa, but 1 write this to lay by ready
for the opportunity. | am about to write
to YOU q true Story-such a story as would
have kindled Livingstone and caused him
to say, like Simeon, "NoW let thy servant
depart in peace" We had arrived at a
certain point on the shores of the Albert
Edward Nyanza, and we had to decide
which of several dan gerous rou tes seward
we should take. To the south lay Ruanda,
a vast kingdom, gov erned by King Kigiri;
to the south-south east lay Mpororo, with
a people noted for their daring and fero-
city; to the east southeast rose the
plateau walls Of AukOri, a land defended
by 200,000 spears; tr"ndng nOrtherly lay
an extent of conutry which, after a few
days, wonld take US to Uganda, with it's,
half Il million Of spears and 1000 guns.
After a detailed description of each land
and its resources, the officers decided that,
az there was not mucll choice left, the
decision should rest with me. AS the
|straightest and most direct route lay
through AukOri, | chose the latter.
So ia" as preparation for hostility, if any
were offered, we were as perfect as it was
possible for us to be. The marches were
shortened. The advance halted frequent.
ly to enable the rearguard to be in touch
and within sound Of the foremost rifles,
and most admirable close order was MAN.
tanned. At the same time, though every
one knew the Importance OF being ready
at a moments notice, no one gave any
reason for offence to be taken-that is
we were not defiant. Well, we arrived
within one days forced march from the
Kings capital, due west Of 1t. We were
quietly camped when we were made aware
that "a body Of superior people had arrived.
They wore cotton dresses, spOtlessly
white, and were Just as we'll clothed as
any of the tidieSt natives of Zanzibar.
We were rather SURPRISED, as you may
imagine. They were introduced to us by
the Kings mess tngerS as the Waganda.
| daresay YOU have followed the history
of this expedition from the beginning.
Y0u know how Junker telegraphed his
painful details Of the needs of Emin Pasha;
you know how Felkin pleaded to the
public for assistance to be sent TO Wadelai !;
you know how | was prevented from going
near Uganda by Lord Iddesleigh and the
French Minister therefore you will know
what we supposed this information that
the Waganda were in Aukori to bode to
us. After all my endeavours to steer clear
Of U9anda-why here the Waganda stood
before us, nearly 200 miles from where
they opghl to be! The Wanyankori
by themselves were altogether out of all
proportion to us, but if the Waganda were
to be added to them, we had only to
choose some soft grassy ground to lie on,
We found the Waganda were II deputa-
tion from a body of 5000 Waganda, who
were camped a days march east of the
Kings capital, or about two days march
from us. | believe you are aware that the
WagaHda are exceedingly diplomatic in
their way. These Waganda amazed me
by the manner in which they warded off
all inquiries as to what they wanted. at
night the deputation came to my hut and
revealed to me one of he most astonishing
bits of real modern history that l know of.
The Church Missionary S~oeiety'S missiona-
ries who are involved in this period and
its troubles, no doubt, have given the
British public full accounts /; new eltheless,
l will give you the pith of what Zachariah,
a uganda convert of the deputatiOu, told
me, so that you can compare the va
accOuntR