Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-19

II was one nuHQTeu years ago To-Day
that David Livingstone. the noted mis-
sfonary and explorer whose work
among the natives in the African jun
giles has keep recorded in the annals
OF the worlds history, was born in
Blantyre, Lanarkshire. Scotland To-
day his admirers in Honolulu and
other cities all over the world are
concentrating his birthday @... ~
LiVingstOne's parents we're fairly
well-to-do, his father being farmer
of the better class. They settled in
the neighborhood of the cotton mills
near Blantyre, where David became a
''piecer" at the age of ten years While
at work in the mill he learned TO read
and speak Latin and became very fond
of books. and having attended the
medical and Gre elk classes at Glasgow
University during the winter months,
finally became a licentiate of the Fac
ulty of Physicians and Surgeons at
Glasgow b.: -. ....-. .. -. -. ...... .
Under the direction of the London
Missionary Society he proceeded in
1910 to South Africa, where he joined
Robert Moffat in the missionary field.
His first station was in the Bechuana
territory, and here his Iabors for nine
years were associated with Mr.. Moi
fat, whose daughter he married Hear
ing from the natives that there was
a large lake north Of the Kalahari des-
ert, he proceeded to explore that re-
gion, and discovered the valley of the
Zouga and Lake Ngami. Subsequent
~ he penetrated farther northwest
until he reached Linyanti, the capital
Of the Makololo territory, situated. on
the Chobe, tributary of the Zambesi,
which river he also visited.
A Notable Journey .
In 1856 he made a great eXplora-
tory journey, or series of journeys.
Starting from Linyanti he assembled
the Leeambyo upper Zambesi), jour
neyed overland to Lake Dilolo, and
thence to st. Paul de Loanda on the
west coast. Returning to Linyanti, he
went eastward from there in 1855,
tracing the Zambesi to the Indian
ocean, and reaching Quilimane on the
east coast in 1856, having thus crossed
the entire continent. The record of.
this journey is found in his Mission
airy Travels and Researches in South
Africa" l1S57). After making various
journeys and exploring the Lake
Nyassa and zambesi region, Living
stone set forth in 1856 to set at rest
the question of the sources of the
Nile. From this time until his
death he was engaged in laborious ex
plorations in the lake region of South
Africa, especially to the westward of
Nyassa and Tanganyika, where he
discovered Lakes Bangweolo and Mo-
ero, the upper Kongo. etc.
For about three years no communi-
cations had come from him, and the
doubts regarding the travellers safety
were only set at rest when it was
known that H. NJ Stanley, the special
correspondent of the New York Her
aid, had seen and assisted Living
stone at Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika.
They parted in March, 1872, Living
stone going to explore the southern
end of Tanganyika and Stanley pro-
ceeding to Zanzibar. After another
year of wandering the explorer was
attacked with dysentery near Lake
Bangweolo May 1, 1873, and there he
died. The body was buried in West
Abbey, having been conveyed
to the coast, rudely preserved in salt,
by his faithful followers.
DIR. Seudder Paws Tribute.
DR.. Doremus Scudder, of Central
Union Church, paid a splendid tribute
to the memory of David Livingstone