The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-29
DUALLA WAS A HERO.
Only Sonah Boy. But He Had
Nerve and COURAGE.
tIeFry N, stanley Tells How lie saved :
steel Barge from Pertaining In the
Great Cataract Of Kintamo ON
the Congo River.

While proceeding 10 Zanzibar in Feb
ruary, 1879, In the chartered steamer
Albion, writes Henry NJ. Stanley. the
celebrated African explorer in Pail
Mall Budget, we stopped at Alden 10
take in coal Presently bright Somali
youth. who lad padded his own canoe.
swung himself aboard our ship, and
after making fast his little craft with
Lanyard accosted me with: want q
boy, sir?''
..No +
INC good by, sir, Do anything"
''No, thank you"
II hear you 20 to Africa and want
men. been TO America, been fore
the mast. been coachman, been butler
in Brooklyn with Mr.. Hines. Ia like
to go with yot. sir"
why, you are quite prodigyl How
old are you?'
seventeen, sir
now examined him more closely
He was a tnll. shapely, comedy, intelli-
gent yonng man, with curly silk hair,
and look Of quite ready for my
thing about him.
.Wcll, what wages do you want7'
Anything you like 10 give, sir. Dol
lar, two dollar, thrce-dollar month
Yon find out yorsef by-m'sby what |
worth. II I'm no good, no money"
why, you are extraordinary. I'll
give you ten shillings a month, and we
shall see afterward Eh?'
''Aw-right, sir"
And upon those terms Dualla, the
So,nali boy, entered my service. For
several months did not pny much
heed to him. There had been no occa.
sion fof amy exhibition Of superior abil.
ity or courage,
Ono day new rifles were served To
company No l. They were taught
how to manipulate them and how to
disconnect their parts. Finally tar
get was set up Mt point blank range
aud prize was offered TO the best
shpt, aud in order to show the Zanzi
baris what good shooting was, five
European officers were requested u
step forward and exhibit their skill.
bat, to my shame, not one white mar
hit the target
DuaFla was called upon. Straight a
an arrow he stood second and fired
plugging the target near the center.
At Stanley Pool an officer requested
the loan 81 onr new steel barge that liz
might proceed up river and visit hi
friends al the next station
The steel boat pulled twelve oars
md completely equipped and launehct
on the Upper Congo had cost us about
eight hundred pounds 1t was lem
| with an injunction that on his return
| he should draw her mp carefully on tn,
| beach ont Of harms way and paddock
| her chain The lieutenant faithfully
| promised, went up the river, and, OF
| coming bncl<, reported himself and as
| snred me of the security ~ the Loaf
The next morning the boat vas need
l3cd for special service. But she wa
not On the beach and no one knew
what had become Of her.
/ The lieutenant was questioned, ant
| ii was discovered that he had given OF
/ ders for securing the boat, but had no
waited 10 see his orders carried out
4 The crew, it then transpired had sim
ply roWed her ashore, and each mar
| had sprung out and gone to his owI
4 mess Ii was then obvious to ali Of u
/ that the surge from tho Great cataract
4 which was but two miles below, ha'
| entered the cove, lifted the boat clea
/ on the strand, and receding towards tn
| terrible vortex had borne her ava.
viii, MI her equipments aboard
,t.kA h -
should ever hear Of the boat again
four several triplets of messenger
we're dispatched In as many direction
| across the country to warn the native
down the river and offer rewards 10
her recovery, and set off with Dnall
and another towards.the Great catarac
Of Kintamo, over the hill Of Leopold
i willie
Il on reaching the summit oyerlookin
the cataract, Stretch, one OF the youn
attendants, with his sharp eyes dt
tectea the boat about midstrcar
stranded on reef, the lower part q
4 which seemed to hang over the edge I
the roaring cataract With my glas
could sec her like a tiny speck con
4 parea Is The mile-wide river. Abcv
| the, reef the puissant Congo was treaci
crously placid, but we. who Ind s
often crossed 1t two miles above Oh
station within view Of the gulf, ha
often occasion to dread its terribl
velocity. and below the reef It was q
d scene 81 remorsciess fury--a couD'
less seriesEof tossing waves and spraJ
crowded crests. &.d here and thcr
yeritablc trwers watch were no soone
formed thanthey seemed y be SWIM
bodily into the air 70 BE- followe
by others. The eye was fascinated
the wild picture Of tremendous strengt
and incessant rage which the Gree
cataract furnished at this view Of !
One could gaze at It for hours for 4
suggestion ofNceaseless passion, powel
J and It's awful ingulhngness. while I