Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02

| lages day or two in advance of his coming,
and OF the difficulty experienced 10 find
| ing enough food for nv men.
| YES" he said, 81 am particularly sur
| prised at the absence of food in the country
| and the change in the manner of the people.
When 1 went down country in 'S4, before
| going home to Europe, every FilIageI passed
through the chiefs presented me with some
| thing, and by the time L reached Matadi
had % goats saved to give to Vivi station,
where food was always scarce. Why re-
member in this very village of N'Selo, ="
looking around on the deserted huts,
''where now there is not a soul had a
couple of goats given me then and plenty of
food brought for my men,"
At this moment we heard the strange
chant the Zulus had composed during our
journey up country, the burden of which
was 'Yah, Kongo," repeated several times
in quite musical cadence, and they ap-
peared in a few minutes staggering along
under their heavy loads, each party striving
to be the first to gain the river
Bidding Stanley goodby hastened after
my men, who were now descending the
steep hill in a rush, and left him saving to
his white attendant: "Now, William, be
sure you have hot water ready for tea for
the officers when they arrive. They will be
tired after their long march in the blazing
sum-"
STANLEY GUIDING THE BOATS.
I got my two cylinders over the Nkissi
safely in the canoes, and at in the even
ing. Next morning at noon Stanley came
down to the far bank, and the work of
embarking his men was rapidly commenced,
and, steering the boat himself, with Uedi,
his Zanzibari coxswaln, giving orders to
the crew, tie first detachment was con-
veyed across the river.
Every man was safely over by evening;
branches were cut, linen cloths strung rom
them tent-like, aud ali around us an en-
campment sprung up as if by magic, where
the Zanzlbaris ensconced themselves for the
night.
At daybreak the camp was raised, tents
were struck, loads redistributed to their
carriers, and by 6 A. NJ. not a soul remained
among the sticks and impromptu huts of
the Zanzibar encampment. Every one was
streaming along in the wake of Stanley on
his white donkey. Soudanese soldiers
weakened by fever contracted since their ar
rival in the damp air of Congo, dragged
their long limbs wearily over the unequal
path; sick Zanzibaris struggled to keep up
with their stronger companions, or despair
ingly threw themselves down by the bank of
some stream, and, in answer to the appeals
OF their comrades, only shook their heads or
of road winding over some hilltop in front
dipping into the recesses of a wooded valley,
only to reappear mile further on, where
the leaders of the column were now begin
ming to emerge.
AT STANLEY POOL.
On the third day of this weary march we
reached the Lula river, having kept close
behind Stanley's march each day, amid the
ruck of native carriers with ammunition
loads and struggling or sick members OF the
expedition.
The next day Stanley reached the pool
and camped on the hill above Leopoldville
station. where found him on my arriving
the subsequent evening, with the Egyptian
flag floating near his tent.
He pointed to it and said: "You see we
are an Egyptian expedition, going to re-
lieve an officer of the Khedive's Govern
ment'-and then some native chiefs, old
friends from Ngalyiema's village near by,
came to greet their well-remembered Bula
Matadi and see how he looked after four
years absence.
On the morrow continued my Journey to
kinchasa, where 1 found the hull OF the
Florida ready for Launching, only requiring
the engines TO be fitted in her. Stanley had,
however, requlsitioned her as she stood from
the chief of the Sanford expedition, for the
NA'AAe AV1iAid Vi stedmers on Stanley fOol
were incapable of holding all the men and
loads OF the relief expedition, and he wished
to use the shell of the Florida as barge, to
I'll her with men and loads, and to tow her
alongside the State steamer Stanley. Even
then he would be forced to leave several
hundred loads behind in charge of Mr.. j.
Rose Troup, an officer OF the expedition, to
follow by second trip of the Stanley, after
she had conveyed the main body up to the
Aruwimi river.
LAUNCHING THE FLORIDA
For several days during the end of April |