, 1890-11-09


young fellow that will prove just what
you what. He is strong and courageous,
Il said, Yes, l can see hat Maj.
Bartelot looks promising, as far as pluck
and good health are concerned, but there
is one quality l weuld like to see better
than either Of these and hal is the power
10 control his feelings for vengeance and
his passion. Mai. Bartelott also had q
letter of recommendation from Mai. But
Ter. l accepted the recommendation and
the young major was taken as one of the
members OF the expedition. That is how
| selected him"
What did you rear about Bartelot's
death.
Il heard that he had been shot on
July 10. He was simply shot. not cut or
mutilated. | did not see him, as | did
not arrive at his camp until Aug. II,
twenty-eight days afterwards.
what was the cause of his being
killed?''
The causes we're his violent temper
and his constant inclination 10 quarrel.
He had been away from the camp of the
rear guard for some time. At 1.-THE time
OF the killing he had just returned from
Stanley camp and his presence seemed to
destroy the harmony that prevailed during
his absence. Maj. Bartelott demanded
men from the Arab chief to carry his own
loads of goods, saying that if he did net
get them he would go back to Tippoo lib.
He also complained to Bonney that he
could not get the men, asking Bonuey
il he did not think he (Bartelottl had done
well In his management with so few men.
Bonney said no, so | don't think you
need any more men. Here you have
carriers for fifteen loads of rifles. Dis
tribute these loads among your men-by
30 doing you will have gotten rid of the
loads and have SO many more guards.
If the men are going to run away they
will run no quicker with the rifles then
without them. Barefoot her told
Bonney that he would leave there on July
10. and would put him in charge while he
(Bartelott) would go to look after Emin.
zoo the 18th Of July Bartelott beat
one of the Zanzibaris chiefs and disturbed
the camp generally. Bonney went to him
and said he would manage the camp as
lo1Q as he had been put In charge of it,
'On the morning of July 10, lust at
dawn, Barefoot was disturbed from bis
sleep by the beating Of a drum and by
some one singing. He sent a Soudanese
sergeant to find out hat the noise was
and to stop it. The sergeant returned
and reported that be could not find out
what it was. Bartelott then sent his little
black boy to see what was disturbing him.
The boy returned and said it was a
woman singing and some man drumming
an accompaniment, this being the way
the natives celebrated the breaking OF day
in some parts of the dark continent.
"Bartelott thereupon jumped up and
said he would stop the noise and shoot
the first one who did not obey him. With
a revolver IN one hand and a pointed
stout wood staff in the other, he started
out toward the woman who was singing.
He commanded her to stop. She was
kept on drumming, only looking up at
him in a defiant name knowing that
every one in camp disliked him. Again
Barefoot told her to stop and gave her a
prod with his sharp stick. Then he he
gan to punch her ann kick her. While
this was going on the woman's husband
was 10 his hut only FIVE or six yards away,
cleaning his gun. lie heard his wife's
screams and looking out of the loophole
in the hut he saw Barefoot with a pistol
in one hand and a stick in tie other beat
ing the woman. He was a chief of the
tribe and thought as much of his wife as
we do OF ours. In an instant he threw
his gun through the loophole of the hut
hAld blOt bdllClOtI oCdus AhC nhOlC Ill
was done in a spurit of anger. There was
no premeditation in it. Just as you or |
would have done under the circumstances.
/ did not rely on the written statement of
Mr. Bonney for all this. L heard the
same from the Arabs, the ZanEibarIs and
other no 500 of them altogether
and they certainly had no object in telling
the story different from what il was after
their enemy was dead" p
Can this be taken as a fair sample of
his treatment OF the camp followers2"
We'll, OF course | did not see all of
this, but judging from the statements of
the surviving officers, | should say yes.
One of them told me that Barefoot had a
habit of standing in front OF the mon and
~grinning at them like a fiend. He could
do this as he had four large front teeth
white ones-that would give his face a
horrible appearance when he made these
grimaces
When you left the camp for the rear
guard, Mr.. Stanley, did you impress it on
the men that they must guard those loads
OF goods at all hazards?'
Il told them that they must not lose
them, but did not give them to under.
stand they must not go away from the
camp at all. ! explained it to them this
way pOule VI pui loioe 10 ueie, sOme
gone down the river. If we don't hurry
we will be too late. The only thing l can
do is to take an advance party aud 70
on cutting our way through the bush.
You can follow by the straight path and
soon overtake US. You have 81 men to
carry 600 loads of goods. Many of these
loads are not necessary-for instance, the
brass rods, tools. biscuits. rice, -four and
such things, BY giving each man his own
r~ations to carry you can easily get rid of
some 100 loads on packs. The beasts,