The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

Zanzibar Stanley had completed all ar
engagements fol his expedition. He had
employed two Englishmen named Shaw
and farQuhar rs his lieutenants, and 1872
natives as carriers or Soldiers" as he
refers to them, and on Feb. the expo
dition started with the Stars and Stripes
waving in the van.
Tho objective point of the expedition
WIS UJiji. whence the last news of Liv-
lngstone had come. Stanley declared that
he would reach Unyanembe, the half
way station" within three months, but
the Arab traders declared he could never
make 1t In that time. After long delay
at Bagamoyo, only ten hours from Zan-
zibar, Stanley started his expedition for
ward In five divisions, the last Of which
he accompanied.
The march to the interior had scarcely
begun before there were mutterings and
incipient mutinies among the carriers,
and Stanley was made to realize that
these black children Of the forest were
difficult people to deal with. They were
dominated by cupidity; they were treach-
erous. and knew not the meaning of graf
itude. Tho natural obstacles in the way
of rivers, swamps; and dense jungles were
all but insurmountable, and increased as
the expedition pushed on
But one day they stopped by the Gombe.
an ideal spot for game and rest. The SUD-
ply of meat had run short and Stanley
decided to devote a couple of days to
hunting. In this connection he has paint
ed one of his most graphic pictures Of
inter-African life and SURROUNDINGS He
had passed the day in shooting, and con-
tinues:
JUNGLE LIFE
The adventures of the day were over.
The azure of the sky had changed to a
dead gray; the moon was appearing lust
over the trees; the water of the Gombe
was like silver belt; hoarse frogs bel
lowed their notes loudly by the margin
of the creek; the fish-eagles uttered their
d1rge-like cries as they were perched
high on the tallest trees; Glands snorted
their warning to the herds in the forest
stcalthy forms of the carnivora stole
through the dark woods outside of our
camp Within the high Enclosure of bush
and thorn, which we had raised around
our camp, all was jollity, laughter and
radiant. genial comfort. Around every
campfire dark forms of men were seer
squatted; one man gnawed at a luscious
bone; another sucked the rich marrow in
a zebra's legbone; another turned the
stick garnished with huge kabobs to the
bright blaze; another held a large rib
over flame; there were others busy
stirring industriously great black potfuls
meat simmering and the soup bubbling.
while the freight flickered and danced
bravely and cast a glow over the naked
forms of the men and gave crimson
tinge to the tall tent that rose in the
center Of the camp, like temple sacred
to some mysterious god; the fires cast
their reflections upon the massive arms
of the trees as they branched over our
camp. and, in the dark gloom of the foil
Y1fo obod
visible. Altogether 1t was wild, ro-
mantle and impressive scene"
This Is one of the best bits of descrip-
ton that Stanley gives in the story OF
his travels. The expedition camped in
this hunters paradise for two days, and
at the end of that time the game bag
contained two buffaloes, two wild boar
three hartbeest one zebra, one pallat
and a large number Of feathered game.
When Stanley gave the order to marcel
there were murmurs among his follow
ers. The native African loves meal
above all things, and he protested
against moving away from the ground
where game was plentiful. The mer
begged Stanley to wait another day but
he was obdurate and gave the command
to Forward march,
MUTINY QUELLED.
The men went forward sullenly. They
had not proceeded far when those In the
advance came to a halt Stanley realized
that he had a mutiny to contend with
and that 1t must be met at once and set.
tied one way. or the other. He took j
double-barreled rife from his gunbearer
looked to his revolvers, and started to.
ward the mutineers. The latter. scent.
ing trouble, seized their guns, and two
Of them dropped behind an outhill with
| their weapons pointed towards Stanley
! The explorer halted. took careful aim al
| one of the heads. and announced thai
| he would blow 1t off IL Its owner did moi
| drop his gun and come forward The
| two men were giants. but they feared
| the white man, and walked towards hin
slowly and sullenly. but they still re-
! tained their guns.
| One Of the giants raised his piece quiet
| ~ and was about to fire, but STANLEY
| wac too quick for him and had him "coy.
cred" before he could pull the trigger
| At q stern command he dropped hi.
weapon. but at the same moment hi!
| companion. who had sneaked behind the
white man. leveled his rife and was abou
| to fire. when Stanley wheeled on hin
and ne instantly dropped his gun ant
| cringed for mercy.
| That was the end Of the mutiny. TIL,
other men rushed up and threw them
selves at stanley's feet. loudly cailinf
| on their god to witness that they wsr,
loyal to THE master" and that the,