The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-18
DUALLA WAS "A HERO.
Only q Somali Boy, But Ho Had
Nerve and Courage.
He ~ ~. stanley Tells How He saved .
steel fsnrcr from PerishinR IN the
Great Cataract Of Kintamo on
the Congo River.

Willie proceeding to Zanzibar in Feb
quarry, 1879, in the chartered steamer
Ali,iun. whites Henry NJ. Stanley, the
celebrated African explorer, in Pail
Mall Midget, we stopped Mt Alden to
take Ia coal Presently bright Somali
youth WHO had padded his own canoe,
swrng himself aboard onr ship, and
after making fast his little craft with
lanyard accosted me with: Want q
boy sir?' H.
mo-
''Mc good boyssi Do anything"
No thanh. you.
a hear you 10 to Africa and want
men. ! Keen to America. been fore
tile mast, leen eoachman, been butler
IN brooklyn with Mr.. Hines. I'd like
u 50 with you, sir"
"Why, you are quite a PRODIGY How
oil are you2a
Seventeen, sir.
! now examined him more closely.
lie was i tall, sharely, comcly, intelli-
gent young man, with curly silk hair.
and u look Of quite ready for any
thing about him.
..sVell, what wages do yon want?'
Anything you like TO give. sir, Dol
lar, two dollar, three-dollar month
You find ont yorsef by-m'.by 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 Ehp'
.Aw-fight, SIR
And upon those terms Dnalla, the
Somali boy, entered my service. For
several months did not pay much
heed to him. There had been no occa-
sion for any exhibition Of superior abil-
ity or courage
One day new rifles were served to
company No. |. They were Taught
how to manipulate them and how TO
discoaneet their parts. Finally tar
get was set up at point blank range
and n prize MaSs offered to the best
shot, and in order to show the Zanzi-
baris what good shooting was, five
European officers were requested to
I step forward and exhibit their skill.
NBnt, to my shame. not one white man
hit the target
Dualla was called npon. Straight as
an arrow he stood a second ard fred,
plugging the target near the center
At Stanley Pool an officer requested
the lean Of our new steel barge that he
might proceed up river and visit his
friends at the next station.
The steel boat pulled twelve oars.
and completely equipped and launched
on the Upper Congo had cost us about
eight hundred pounds. 1t was lent
with an injunction that on his return
he should draw her up carefully on the
beach out Of harm's way and paddock
her Chain The lieutenant Faithfully
promised, went up the river. and, on
comiEg back, reported himself and as
snFed nae Of the security Of the Loat
Lac tlext- morning the boat was need
ed FOR special service. But She was
not on the beach ana no None knew
what had become Of her.
The lieutenant was questioned, and
il was discovered that he HAD given or
ders for securing the boat but had not
waited to see his orders carried out.
The crew, it then TRANSFERRED. had sim
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had spran+ ont and gone to his own
mess. Il was then Obvious To all OF us
that the surge from the Great cataract,
which was but two miles belovr, had
entered the cove, lifted the boat clear
Of the strand, and receding towards the
terrible vortex had borne her away
with an her equipments aboard.
Though it appeared hopeless that we
should eyer hear Of the boat again.
four several triplcts Of messengers
were dispatched in as many INFECTIONS
across the country TO warn the natives
down The river and offer rewards for
y her recovery; and | set Off with Dnalla
and another towardsthe Great cataract
OF klntamo, over the hill Of Leopold.
* vile.
On reaching the summit overlooking
the cataract, Stretch, one of the youua
attendants, with his sharp eyes de
tected the boat about midstrcam
stranded on reef, the lower part 81
which seemed TO hang over the edge OF
the roaring cataract With my glass
could see her like tiny speck cTm
pared 70 the mile-wide river. Abcye
the reef the pnissant Congo was treaeh
erousiy placid, but we. who had se
often crossed it two; miles above The
station within view Of the gulf, hac
often occasion to dread its terrfbl,
velocity, and bciow the reef 1t was al
secneef remor;esess fury "a eoub
less series o. toss E1g waves and spra,
crowded ceeetS, I'D here and theil
yer,t2blc trwe;s aHlch were no soon.l
formed than they seemed TO be sw un
1oal'y iEt9 tnc air IN b. followes
w othesf The eye was fascinated i,
the miidpietarc u tremendous strength
ana ipccssant rage which the Gse,.
cataract furai sheI at this view OF 1t
Gfe cnnsl gazs at IL for hours for IL
s9sSssSti91 of ceaselass passion, power
ana IS @wfui .ngulfingness, while Il