The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-11-28

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ten ~ lskH, by Asssd Farran' W
ssr VII. Ssnniey's Rcar Guar. ep1
Camp Engineer of the nart,~, ~
AIRY steamer Henry iissd-St..,s
ciars~ the Letter t.enuine.
i'osTo~. Nov An Julv ~.
sad iarran. tho Syrian In,...
with Staniey's rear guard. wros.
ter to Mr. Camp. engineer ~ t,n
per Congo steamer Henry Reed
property Of tho American nan,i.,
eign Missionary Society. Dr.
events transporting in ihe S, wv
expedition with special rcter.n."
the rear guard under Major nar,,,
This letter Mr.. Camp sent y
LOWS, baptist missionary \.
knngu- Mr.. Lewis In turn scnt
Of IL 70 Rev. Edward n. Merriam
sistant foreign secretary 81 TIE VI.
In Boston, and IL Is now puhlish.a
the first time. The letter * AZ fo,,,
LukuScU Ang. n Al
DEAR BROTHER MERRIAM: nelow
OF statement sent me by Erotl., ~
with request that send you a COW.
Having been engaged IN Mr. III.
expedition a. interpreter through ~,
shall be glad 20 give some lnf.sw.,
about u. Mr.. stanley's idea wa ~.
would take him six months a. react, n
fashn. six months 60 relieve him NM, !.
MS Affairs. and six months 10 "a n.
when Mr. stanley arrived M /anxIb,,
took ok hundred men from there VI \,
the loads and twenty servant hnss MI
these and sixty Soulancsc soldiers. ~
ne engaged In Egypt. and thirteen /,
from Alden. two interpreter. ana ,,
men. he started the expedition. i.ns.-.
lett /lnzibar an engagement W.. .
with Tlppoo T.b that he should IN.
SIX hundred men VIII. m they arr.x.,
stanley Fails. The expedition w.u. \.
as the Yaroulm river. there thev ,snt
strong camp anu Mr. STANLEY \,
staying there week. toni
hundred men and fiye AM .r.
LEFT the rest mt that camp In char... IN u.
Barttelot Mr.. stanley left YamA lv.. \,
on the y,ti 81 June. 1857. pruinl-sn. NJ
turn about the 1T or Sovembrr. The
who were left IN camp had great 4 .ileuh
especially about their food. for Ia t..at n,
there was nothing but roots. and "a m
they Ted for twelve months. Almost An
men became sick, and good many dled
The Major. who was IN N
mand. had many means Of preserving
men II he had wished TO- He had a n
quantity of cloth. brass rods. beads.
winch isthc native money there. which
threw away at last. ~ cruelty treated
men. beating them two and three huna
stripes az time for small offenses ana n
shot them. Tlppoo Tlb's men. who hoard,
- "a 0fA
Tippoo lib himself was sorry that h. m
nm agreement 10 i've Mr. stanley Xix M
bred men, Twelve months elansrd r
they could get no men from Tsppl. Tib
carry the loads aud follow NJ. stanley.
During this time some dcrerter- from
Stanley arrived nt the camp We exprct|
good news from Stanley. but there
nothing interesting except that many OF B
men were sick. At one time Mr. stanley !:
Iorty men on tile way who would not mar
The men Went with him five months /
iid not reach the place lie was 10 = 10. Il
therefore deserted. There were nine In
seven were eaten by cnnnibal-. and
reached the camp. After tlis the NJ
begged Iippoo lib to give him some isrn,
i necessary to make "A new contract
Increase the men pay. intending I he
used 90 throw their stuff into the river
% back a. Zanzibar. he ordered j. = ia
.son. one Of the white men. "a "a with
Interpreter 10 kosongo. village belong:
10 Tiproo Iib. thirty days from Stan
Falls by canoes. to try and ret some n
iippoo Tlb goticttcrs from snzlbar urs
him 90 send some men t. look for stan
i news reached them that he wax ~
Therefore T.ppoo lib was obliged 10
Jameson men.
n~. IL
'rc Eow the natives eat each other. hou
! girl about ten years old. and gave hc
he natives 90 see them eat her. They
Ter 20 a tree and stabbed her twice IN
bowels. when eight men rushed up
Lnivcs and cut her up and put her in II
'ook ing pot. Jameson was pleased
he sight and made pictures OF the sam
A. soon a. they arrived In camp. Ma
sartteiot intended 10 leave camp with !
men and 20 20 Wade'ai to look for MIR. 81
ey. Meanwhile two steamers arrived
ook about half ~ the bad back to Ban
~. Many things were thrown away
wen "a the natives which would ha
erved all the men who died. We heard
hat time that nifty Zsnzibari- aud one VII
nan from Stanley were az CJlji ani gol
. Zanzibar and that they were sunp f<el
q the remainder Of SANKEY'S expedite
ut we could not believe this a. there
o foundation. The steamers returned
nv men who were sick. but they were
upplled with food on the way. Three ia
fter the expedition started after >tanl'
n the 18TH ~ June. 1sss
tsigncil A. f. FARRES
Mr.. Stanley was seen this afternod
When shown the letter he said: ''Ya
IS genuine. and I'm glad to hear
'nt IL does not make the matter al
tronCer than IL was. Jamcson's OF
sttcr Is the most damaging cviden
gainst him. He was blinded by
sicntific Sesire. i would gladly pro
arran liar. but after Jamcson's 4
r. how could 1? Whom Benny ID
lyself and my officers about tho
lir ! did not believe it. Mr.. James
as as nice fellow as you ever sa'
ut he did not see the thing from
umane standpoint Ills science
i'm astray. Mr.. Jameson was a ri
ian, and the thought came that may
bis man was blackmailing him for n
aging his salary. But Jamcson's ID
y settled it."
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