New-York tribune., 1890-01-12

whether he wanted to be rescued or not. lie hau
S tx two battalions numbering some 300 men,
and he appeared to think that he could hoIu
out indefinitely His lieutenant, Captain 'as'u'
was equally non -committal. lie would 90 "h"u'
ever Fmin did. After a long halt, iindlng II III
possible to get decision from the facha' o''h-
Low ,esolvcd TO leave one Of his own officers
Jephson. with Emin, and return on MS own
tract, 70 meet the rear-guard, which had not
been heard of now for eight months, ana "hich
ought 70 be somewhere between Yambuya ana
,be Albert Nvanza. So he set out on the return
to Yambuya. with the understanding that when
bo came hack Fmin would lie waiting for nm
and readv TO start for the coast. Inc return
march was made much more easily, TIE river
! boing followed instead Of the forest, ana aV
| Iroanawa the remnant of the rear-guard was
| found. all the European officers but one having
! h.en invalded, Barttelot having Deeh muir
! dercd by his carriers. and this END oil the en-
pedition being completely parayzed' 10 a"u 'C
| his disgust Stanley learned that his onlcers h""
voted him dead, in the absence of all 'ru''-
worthy information. and on the strength oi
native rumor alone. and they had sent the whole
of his pcrsonal bclongings-his kit, as he Gals
| it-back to the coast.
So there he stood, in the heart OF Africa IN rags
and without a single change Of clothing. four
! paiV of
conld muster of his outfit at this critical iuncture
and with these things and his rags he appears 10
| have made shift to the end Of the WORK
Ucavy work indeed was before him. and aitcr
. necessary pause for reorganization he set onp
| onco moro for the Albert Nyanza This time IL was
NOT the forest that menaced his party. Tor theS
fool, the north bank of the lturi river vet never
! tbeless ne was in more imminent danger than on
any former occasion. For the Arab raiders ha'
50 blchtcd and cmpted the country that presently
the food supply ceased altogether. oh 'he u"
Of December they were compelled TO nan iol
forage in the middle of vast forest ana N''nleS
sent 100 of his men armed with rifles back 10 a
settlement fifteen miles away on the route 'heN
had come Then those in camp had nothing TO do
but await the return Of the foragerS. Inc pro
visions were almost exhausted. and every daN was
90 imnortancr On the fifth day. Stanley writes
in his journal, Having distributed al 'he SIOUX
Of -four in camp and killed the only goal we
possesscd was compelled to open the oihccrS
nrovision boxes and take pound pot of hntier'
with two cupfuls of my -four, to make an lm'a-
tion cruel there being nothing else save tea'
coffee sugar. and a pot Of sago in the boxes IL
tho afternoon a hov died and the condition OF a
majority of the rest was most dishcartenlng; some
could not stand but fell down i'm the chort Ihesc
constant sights acted on my nerves unll "esah
~ feel not only moral hut physical sympathy MS
we'll as though weakness was contagious hfloI'
nirht a Mad carrier died the last Of our NoInnhS
gave SIGNS of collapse the few NoudahcSe WIN IFS
,oro ecarcelv able to move" The morning of the
sixth day brought no relief, and there remained
nothing but the broth or Cruel made ou' oI
Dot of butter, can OF coh'ehS'u
milk. cupful Of -four. and unlimited
water. whercwith to keep life In l3o people
Nobody could imagine what had become ol 'he
foragers. Stanley began 10 suspect that they had
run away altogether. Others thought theV miIht
have lost their way. Only one thing was certain
that if food was not speedily obtained. cvervho1Y
in the camp would die Of Starvation. In ''''
dcsperate extremity Stanley resolved 10 leave
fcw men in camp and 10 set out with all "h"
could still travel in search Of the missing ioraeeIs
| On the eighth day of their absence they were
met. marching in an easy fashion II had mol
/ occurred TO them that they were perilllng '"c
lives Of all their comrades by their slureshneNN
/ This saws Stanley has been the nearest APP
proach 10 absolute starvation in all my African
experience. Twcnty-oue persons altogether sue
cumbcd i'm this dreadful camp
On rc4aiuing Fort Bado, where Lieutenant
Stairs and a garrison had been left when the
search for tie rcar-euard was taken up S''nIcV
found that nothing had been heard Of Emln
Pacha or Nh Jcphson during the seven months OF
his absence Evidently there was something
wrong. and STANLEY pushed on onXlously. ~ "a
Mace called Gavira3 he met messengers ii'n
KavaM with letters from Emln ana MI "'P-'""
containing the disturbing intelligence tl'l ''A
were both prisoners. lie truth Was t""l Inn"
Pacha's authority had been crumbAns iof IL I"n-
time. and when thc ManusL adj 'dncc Wa met
mis- feypirn officers stirred up mHllI% "NoE- JAS
,cr .,,d br MAS dcposrd and placed uHdci Ic-
straint. Even then he coGld not DIiA5 H''I'''',
10 the admission that his Tcsponsi pI!Ii| was 3D.,
an end lis own officers ana men A"u Icp'"'"''''
and displaccd him, thereby bIcdKIng NclI slut
OF the contract; but he was slIl s'i"iSN "!9-
posed to hold That lie was bound 10 s''S VIII.
ihcm and IL was with extreme reluctance ana
mlsgiving that he finally, ana allcI pIpb"''c"
areument, consented 10 accompany HtNl4r4 10 u'c
coast The troubles of the explorer ana not eAd
when he had Emn III MS camp ii'c ~ P'.
officers then began 10 plot and intrigue against
the relief eNpcdItion, doing their utmost 10 "'"5
il urocrasi mating i'll every way, and hnaly under
taking TO wreck il by scizlns The arms "l me
Zanzlbaris Stanley acted with chardciciisllc
energy and promptItudc. lie made examples "i
. the rnglcadcrs. issued an uluma,hm as J." Ue
time OF marching, and marched on 'hc ''ty an
/ uounccd. Tie homcward journey laT| be1"u
Tie long strain upon the leader tod. lie ''I-
lapsed, aud for month halilcd WIN SERIOUS
Illness tI,rouph which the dey voted Surgeon Parkc
nurscd him. At the outset OF TINS m1fch 1Iodoic
was had with WarasIra, kabba Kaea men, pul
having thrashcd them sOundly The lame ol tnls
victory proved an ." open sesame 10 'hc IcfII''tt
/ Of the tribes beyond. All Of these were h"St Ic
10 Kabba Raga, who raids upon theM constant D.. :
and all were prepared 10 fratcrnizc with any
poHcr capable Of defeating their foImdaplc
enemy. In this way the path Of tie lciicl
expedition was smoothcd in its later stages, and
j, was enabled 10 reach MW0pwa, and finally
Raoamovo without experiencing further serious
accidents Incidentally TINS last march led 10
the discovery of the great mountain 'nwcnzoli,
and To that Of an Important extension 81 the
Victoria Nvanza concerning both which matters
, Stanley will no doubt have much of interest -
tcU i'm his forthcoming book. The present pioneer
volume however. is especially valuable for the
connection il gives TO dislocated events and
records and il certainly outlines one Of the most
arduous painful and glOrlOusly crowned enter
prises Of the century.
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