The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
STANLEY'S STORY.
All His Adventures in a Nutshell
as Told by Himself.

Great LakeS-The Congo-W11d AMI
mals-Tippoo and His Crew-Prob-
lens of Geography-Rescuing Emin
The Rear Guard-Barttelot.
The following is the story of his whole
life of adventure as told by Henry M.
Stanley in Montreal recently:
Mr.. MAJOR and Sir William Dd,osOn:
/ was convinced that in Montreal / would
have an intelligent audience, and so pre-
pared, especially for it, with a new lee
ture, but your printers treated me as the
rear column did, deserted me at the last
moment, so that / only have six pages
printed, and you must excuse any mis-
takes. / have come to tell you what we
have been doing in Africa of late years.
The art of elocution am deficientin. My
life has been spent in barbarous lands,
and / have been too busy to obtain such
excellence as you have been accustomed
TO in speeches. / am simply a specialist
in q forgotten continent, and, having
twice crossed it, discovered lakes, noun
tains, tribes and natives, of which the
world knew nothing, / have come to tell
that which / have personally seen. 1
cannot tell a fine story, but / can tell a
strange story plainly. At the
CLOSE Of THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
I was special correspondent with General
Hancock, then with the Peace Commits
sion of General Sherman for the pacifica-
ton of the Indians. In 1867 l went with
the English army to Abyssinia. In 1868
Theodore committed suicide, the place
was stormed, and we returned to the sea
with the released captives. In 1869 L was
correspondent during the revolution
which dethroned Isabella and for time
established the Spanish Republic. In
October received message bidding me
take the first train to Paris. l got there
at midnight. Mr.. Bennett had retired,
but admitted me to his bedroom, and in
a few minutes l learnt that I was to at
tend the opening of the Suez Canal, then
ascend the Nile, describing points of in
terest to Americans, interview Sir Sam
uel Bakers officers, and on my return to
see the underground explorations then
being carried on in Jerusalem. Then
was TO go to the Crimea and see how Sc
bastopol and the scene of the great bat
ties looked after Is years, then across the
Caucasus through Persia, and then pro-
coed to Central Africa and see what had
become of Livingstone, supposed to be
dead.
A GREAT COMMISSION.
My eyes expanded, my heart throbbed,
and with the buoyancy of youth and the
confidence of a young reporter, / asked
If there was anything else to be done.
Yes" said Mr.. Bennett, go to China
and write up the possibilities of trade for
Americans, then to Japan; come back by
San Francisco and home. Good night.''
That was the last / saw of him for three
years, and was then able to report that it
had all been done, save China and Japan,
which he cancelled on account of my
youth. But l Will not describe all those
journeys; this lecture is for Africa, but I
have 10 tell you why |, a simple news
paper reporter, went 10 Africa. In jan
uary, 1870, / reached Zanzibar and was
at once Sobered by the difficulties. The
Khedive had forgotten me and sent no
letters. | had no money and no friends,
but / had no recall. so l applied to the
American Consul and through him Sc
cured 4 loan OF $50, 600, on promising to
pay 5000 more. Then / organized my
expedition, two white sailors and 1856
Zanzibaris, all, to my horror, as black as
coal. 1t had not dawned on me before, so
! shivered when | saw them all drawn up
to receive four months wages in advance.
The glare of the heat and the excessive
perspiration confused me, and ] had
A SNEAKING WISH FOR RECALL;
But there was no use wishing for that,
and at the end of March we started from
the coast. Those first 500 miles were the
most awful of my life; the pack animals
were deyoured, the porters deserted and
mutinied, the white sailors were of de-
PRAYED habits and poor constitutions, and
- Itio uf 100 l.iee "oeAS lalci "a uIoPsy.
told that var had brol, en- n,'i hetv weao
thn l,in~ ond Aroh tradars Tbo 49,
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DIR. LIVINGSTONE, PRESUME"
And he greeted me kindly and ackowl-
edged that he was. We compared notes
and wondered, for ten days before he had