The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-11-07
DR.. CIVINGsTONE'S HEART.
A Journey to the Tree Under which 1t
Is Buried.


A Journey to the Tree Under which 1t
Is Buried.
The second article made up from
the journals of the late E. j. Glave,
who crossed Africa in the interests
Of The Century, appears in that
magazine 1t is devoted to the jour-
ney to the Livingstone tree and gives
the following account of this me-
mortal of the great missionary:
July S.-This is a red letter day in
my r l have visited the place
where DR.. Livingstone's heart is
buried beneath a big tree, called
mowula, and by the Ilala mpundu.
Although done 20 years ago, the in
soription Is in a splendid state of
preservation. The tree shows no dis.
fgurement, and moreover the cary
Ing is not on the bark. but on the
grain Of the tree itself. 1t is a hard
wood tree, 3 feet in diameter at
the base. At 80 feet it throws out
large branches. Its top is a thick
mass of foliage. When Livingstone
died, the heart and other viscera
were buried beneath this tree, and
the bark was cleared off for q a
of 2H square feet. In this space ia
cob Wainwright, whose account my
discovery verifes to the letter, cary
ed the inscription with no ounces
hand, the letters being we'll shaped
and bold. The tree is situated at the
edge of the grass plain and is very
conspicuous, being the largest tree
in the neighborhood. 1t is about five
miles south-southwest from the
present site of the village of Karon-
ga Nzofu, an important Bisa chief,
whose father was a friend of Liv-
ingstone. Chitambo's is now ten
miles away. 1t was originally near
the tree. In fact Livingstone died a
few minutes walk from the old vii
lage of Chitambo. About ten years
ago Chitambo was so harassed by
the Awemba raiders of Chiquanda
that he left his village. The sacred
tree has often heard the fierce yell
of the man hunters and the screams
of wonlen and children and wound
ed men.
Livingstone's long prayers for AT
rica's deliverance have not yet re-
ceived fair response. Since his death
new raiders have appeared in the
shape of Awemba from the north.
There is now no vestige of Chitam-
bo's old village standing, merely a
big space covered with young tim
Der. The livingstone tree looks
sturdy and healthy and likely to
last many years. | GO not see how
/ can contribute to the future recog-
milton of the place. Metal, if / had
1t, would be stolen. There are no
stones in the district to make q
cairn. The tree will outlive any
wooden cross | might erect. Several
of the older men at Karonga Nzofu's
remember DR.. Livingstone and de-
scribe his appearance very well in
deed. They mention the cap he al
ways wore.
July 9.-Today revisited the tree
where Livingstone died, and in or
der to guide others to the exact spot
in case this tree should disappear
from any cause I selected another
big tree likely to last many years,
cleared away ~ square feet of it's
bark, and in the space marked as
follows, This tree is magnetic
southwest of the tree where Living
stones remains are buried and is As
PAGES from it," | brought away a
bit of the bark of the memorable
tree-a dead part, so as not to he
guilty of vandalism.
LivingstOne's grave is in II quiet
nook, such as he himself desired, in
the outskirts of a forest, bordering
on a grass plain where theroan buck
and Gland roam in safety. When I
visited the place, turtle doves were
cooling in the tree tops, and q litter
OF young hyenas had been playing
near by. In the low ground outside
the hole leading to the cave were
their recent tracks, They had scam
pered into safety at u approach,