Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-03
GENERAL GORDON'S LAST DAYS
Tho Sole Survivor Of tho Party Which Was Sent Out IN
Search Of Root Tells Of the Terrible Massacre Of Brit
lsh Officers.

from Khartaum. Consul Hcrbin Frank
Power r.yCrll creeks and others wh1te
uHmai . fufsal Tho rest uf the party
muHtIy graEH and fiufhrruru mere
ehlntaat together with The women and
children. followed ln two native sailing
crafts called nurrHrH. Gordon gave uH
Tor pilots two experienced p1nF1ia
roIaas ur captains. COR armament
small cannon with "a number Of l,om-
inrtuna and % plentiful supply 90 lm.
muuItIun Two OF the pnchhH armed
rfrumefr werr told M 60 escort W. past
Uurher al ns t1 afford uH protection.
"gor1Hu gave special Instructions To-
the steamboat captains that ns soon ll
thp Abbla ana uurEura rlHHed south "
rHrnur tho latter town was tu hn hotly
tHmNlHind fnr three days This WiH
done In order Go enable u1 Gao escape
over tho tuiuracia in safety Goo give
us boz short IL good start Hn that we
should escape pursuit All went Wol
until We elt tY uOrlrr. There The Der
vlah rrIaHn opened nro upon The iln-
ana. nHur uvo rounds ut uH 20 was
hlrh NIH. thr river being full go we
m1uHrai tH pass without being hit
"UUluW THfhor wo east ~ The sailing
boats uU had Do tow. intending that
they should Hil down. while we and
the AhnHH steamed ahead Row 70
turned out that Che captains M the
armed steamers which bad accom-
uHuird ua declined tl remain behind
1r 90 execute gordaua orders 90 bonn.
hard uafner Fear uf trltpruua conduct
alone explains ihOIr strange ana sud-
dru Behavior without engaging the
rurmy thry steamed huule1ly past.
returning toward khnrtnum
"MolnflmU che sailing boats. with tho
refugee greCk1 and women and child
rem. had 20 dfiu down ua hest they
U.. ..H u HHH HHNUI
iftia steam launch called TcwnMch.
which iha doryishoH had iyinE concealed
Ht UHfhHr started No pursuit ~ our
rHUhuitH The instant our uuuhuntH
turned hack She had mo- difficulty IN
nVprhuuiinF and capturing ihem. With
40 ou board Tho Townkloh failed 90
uyrrtakc tho Ahhaa s1 we struggled
along pact Ahu fiamcd. into The great
gorge III tho cliaurtH lying between
that place and MCrawl.
"Our rIisaH heard and saw a good deal
of the daryiHhHH. I suspected their good
faith but colonel stewart Insisted on
tnpnalng perfect confidence IN thcm.
ON tho second day beyond tlerbor they
began diaputlug with each other
RHiHuuul0hi village. ln inc ~ s'r
country. our pilots coutHndr1 Wdrthrr
tho AhhlH should bo taken Town the
irr ur right channel NJ the island.
They took che n1nt Side WHtefnuurnHs
every Soon after We bumped twice
vury heavily upon Hunk1n rocks. knock.
inr great hole IN the vessel. through
which thH water came pouring lu.
Colonel Stewart had the launch run
hard ashore uuln q lltt'O isint 90 pre-
vent her sinking. Tho sun and nmmu-
milton hn hnd thrown into The Nllo.
which WINS about nifty icHt dtop nj that
point We managed On save most ~
the hnrFlTe and the punt our ruiseH
docHWuUd, swimming un Co the mnins
land mid ln Hu hour ur two tnHY rlmU
hhckHHy.ng they had been tu the village.
and brought uH the precious word
Amauu' lprlro and fcllnwuhlpl. The
natives, they said, wUrr not dnrNlshnH.
MuHinrhl Yuwrr. VI n0nFolh. and
would provide uH with camclH.
colonel Stewart told On me. the
French canvass aud au Arabic clerk Go
take the punt ana row ashore ana mud