Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03
will be in q position to overawe hostility by
force if they cannot disarm it by kindness.
The Stronrast Party Ever Orcauixad.

The Strongest Party Ever Organized.
No exploring party, comparable In
| strength with Chanler's, has ever entered
| the Somal and Gala countries if we except
Teleki's, and his men were crushed to earth
by heavy loads. The Somalis always ex.
pect that European parties will come to
them directly from the coast and are pre-
| pared to resist them before the expeditions
are fairly organized and disciplined. Chan
Ter will approach these nomads une1pect-
| edly from. the land side, and his force,
| should be an effective military body whose
guns, if unhappily need be, will probably
make them irresistible.
Chanler has better knowledge than any
of his predecessors of the sorts Of trade
goods required by travellers in the regions
he will try to cross. An explorer NAV have
great quantities of cloth and beads, but he
is q beggar if they are not in demand. The
Massai, for instance, want no cloth thst is
not made up into war dresses. When
Teleki reached the Reshiat Gallas north of
Lake Rudolf, he was in straits though he
had an abundance of goods. The one thing
needful, blue beads of the size of peas, he
did not have. South of the lake also his
goods did not meet with approval Tobacco
was what the people wanted, and if he had
had the weed to sell he might have bought
hundreds of cattle and camels.
Has q Very Able Assistant
Besides having in all respects the finest
equipment ever taken into that part of
Africa, and one that is better adapted also
for the requirements of the country, the
Young American has the advantage, in
Lieutenant Won Hohnel, Of a thoroughly
tried and competent explorer who, 1t is be-
lieved, with his experience and peculiar fit
ness can succeed if success is attainable.
II the explorers are fortunate the most
interesting discoveries are probable. Be-
sides the big lake which is rumored to exist
there are reports of active volcanos of
whose location we have only the haziest
idea There are also some very unusual
hydrographic problems to determine
Both Teleki and Won Hohnel assert that the
large lake Rudolf has no visible outlet; and
yet its water, while slightly brackish, is
palatable, and the thirsty caravan drank long
and deep OF it when they first reached the
brink. Sweet water lakes without visible
outlet are rare phenomenon and usually
occur In regions undermined by caverps
with which the lakes have hidden connec-
tion. Whether the waters of Lake Rudolf
have such means of exit is not vet known,
but it is more probable that their compare
tive sweetness is due to the fact that dur
ing the four months of floods, the great
quantity of water suddenly poured into tn .
basin, causing an enormous overflow upon
the fiat northern shores, carrying with it a
large part of the salts that would otherwise
make the waters undrinkable.
May Have to Wait for Rain.
Lake Stefanie, little east, is bitter salt.
It is probable that for considerable dis
tance to the east OF these lakes the party
will be able to advance only during the
rainy season owing to the scarcity of water
at other times Another popularity of
Lake Rudolf is that its shallow northern
waters have yellow tinge, while in the
southern part of the lake the water is dark
blue, whence comes the native name Basso
Norok, or Black Lake. Stephanie is Basso
Naebor, or White Lake.
The explorers will thoroughly investigate
these interesting lakes They will try to
learn the truth about the big Bass river,
which, the natives say, flows into the lake
from the north, though no white man has
yet seen it They will ascertain if the ONO
river, which Borelli followed for some dis
tance south, really empties into the Man
ANN, the other northern aff1uent of the
lake Then they will march several hun
dred miles east-northeast through country
as unknown as any in the world. 1t is
Chanler's purpose to find the headwaters of
the Juba, and then to follow that most i'm
portant of all the rivers in ''the unknown
horn" from its source to the sea.
Not long ago a great lake called the
Samburu was indicated on all the maps.
1t was entirely wiped out by the investi-
cations of Teleki, and the name is now
applied to district of the country. If the
expedition succeeds it may greatly change
our preconceived notions of vast territory
now known only by hea rsay.
Eighteen Months in the Dark.
On the march to the JUDAS headquarters
z hanler is almost certain to meet many
thousands of Gallas who have never seen q
white man and have hardly heard, that such
beings exist The wide distribution of this
family is shown by the fact that along the
Tana river, on the threshold of his
journey, be will first encounter Gallaa
When on the last stretch, homewsrd
bound down the Juba, the party will see all
they want of the wild Somalis. It is the
opinion both of Chanler and Won Hohnel
that these people, instead Of trying to drive
them back toward the lake region, to incite
their mortal enemies, the GalIas, against
them, will be glad to get rid OF their visitors
40 soon as possible by aiding them in their
Journey to the sea-
II this large programme Of discovery can
Be carried out the party probably Will be