Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-10

weakened from hunger and sickness. we
We're obliged TO leave nfiy-siN OF the
i weakest with him, and agreed ON our re-
turn TO pay him s per month for every
man he would return 10 us alive. We
= only had 70 pay him $50. Tor they ali of
2 them died except ten,
n We started from ugarrowwa'g camp
with &c men out OF the 800 with whom we
z had set out from Yamhuya. Thus In two
1 Ind half months we had lost ia men
i'from sickness. death and dusertion. As
i soon we got out OF the district devlH-
tka,ed by gEnrrowwaa slave raiders, we
entered another district which was now
also a lonely wilderness, for IL had been
(! olilagod and destroyed by the slave-rald-
arH OF another Arab, named Kilongu-
Onga, whose settlement was reached on
! October IS. The month"; OF September and
October were as MIR. Stanley has said,
awful months, and no member OF the OK
,pedi,lon. black or white, Will ever for
Bet them.
The entire region had been 20 thorough
fN laid waste by the Arabs that not II sin
Gle native hut had been left standing. In
Fdr weakened state we struggled on
lfhrough the gloom OF the forest, after
K, .aNing to wade through us many As thir-
fgy streams, rivers Or swamps during the
1ay We were wet through from morn
iN1E TO night, and had no food to still tie
! sFavings OF hunger Al this period. too
bie were frequently visited at night by the
" tN+Nf'h A'AAAAA uANlllhs Mllltn tore up our
fnls from tho ground aud quickly lev
4 1ied tho little shooters OF boughs and
ipaves which the Hanzlbarls always made
'i'p sleep In. These atorms were generally
tFecoded by day OF sitting heat. ike "A
llpor bath, but late IN the evening the
80 would suddenly grow cold, and the
tl4ght birds anu insects became still
lNefe was hushod silence through the
liatiTo forest. suddenly far away wo could
az "A low, hummlng sound, which grad
n slly grew louder AMI louder, and nenrer
lla hehrer, Ike the noise OF rushing wa
tNfH. until with a roar and a howl the
mpcst was upon us The whole forest
fioaned and bowed It's head before tho
tEorm' the branches were dashed by tho
iitnd, and giant trees crAnhod down
ound us; tho thunder doomed, tho light
sNnR burst from the sky, showing ~ a
kr4ld and dreary scene; and down came
Itluges of rain, which quickly reduced
~ camp TO a swamp. Wet through, be-
at4mbed and HhiYoring, we sat on through
H fSe nlsht, trying vainly 20 make up the
( Hes and when mnrning broke the men
roulderod their londs with a Sigh and
pt on once more through the dark and
hippng forest
2n Oct. the expedition had become 90
teebled that we were unable 10 carry
2t. The loads OF ammunition which we
if IRE bringing 10 hmln Pnsha, for must
mind you that each man, In addition
.sit nus gun cartridges. blankets and food,
~ ''AA vi Hlf ltNu WIl ulr~tlwnl hON
slHmmnnitlon WEIGHING sixty pounds. THIS
/. LING tho only means OF TRANSPORT thnt
had In that part OF Africa, Ii was ia
Iel, therefore. to form camp on the
. ter nank at the junction OF the Aruwlmi
4 lburn rivers. which camp ~ now
2wn ms Nelson's Starvation cnmn
fre' then We decided to leave Cant.
Z olson, who was very siok with dvsenser,,
;Ntl ulcers, In his charge we loft INV
N men who were too sick to mnreh. and
-
rs leh We were unable to carry.
NJ 4 ieanwhic we lahorod nninfuuv n, os
fili 'NhN - trH ana rNtfi soir.
4 '1t.H w, tr 1854 eolld be obtained. and
irfttn which reliof could be sent back Ia
4 Piah season win MS sick ana s,arv-
ri men, have not space TO describe
hunufedth part Of tho mIseries We
tfefed during those awful months onr
til ihfvl men daily. l may say hourly
fllh In the path from sheer exhaustion
,ls could do nothing TO help themi il
flkf as much as We could do 10 rel alon,,
Il Efelves. But 1t wns terrible 10 sae
toff. with whom We hud worked IN close
VII hpaniorship for so many months s,Ii
III fhe way, and be obliged to pass by on
t had the greatest difficulty in get
tl.s Tor they constantly exclaimed "Jtou
Attg Is this misery TO lastY What 10 ,ha
master, Of tollins on where there 10
ltly and der SV"n
rs . existed upon fungi. blue. green. ,,,r-
N anu yellow, which We piuekod fra,,
IN trouen trunhs Of trees. and on n lslnh
NJ free bean, which had n nauseo,,s INA
shste like horse chestnut. can
speak gratefully enough OF our faith
~ 1anzibaris at this period. on them
lfIsero entirely dependent for such nssr
l@4tat rs we we're able to scrapc torethrr
lanzihnrl, though Mahometon
rs v Is true. lie and thiavc-most nm
II mt negroes will shut with the white
II Er With whom he has worked, whom
M Hespects and likes. though starving
M theii, he VIII shore his last crust. il
Hll often pluful to see a man who wns
l.t feely more tfpn skin and bone, and
14tl was half mad with hunger hlinaelf,
fins us his little store Of ningi and
h tools and laying It bafaro us. saw
III III Matter take your share; Allah is
\ ana He Will watch over U.S."
~ ffc was something chlldlile and sim.
/ 'oout these zanzibarls which always