In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of EquatoriaStanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Emin Pasha, 1840-1892
Missionary work along the shores of the Victoria Nyanza and along the
Congo river--The road from Mackay’s Mission--The country at
Gengé--Considerable difficulty at preserving the peace at Kungu--Rupture
of peace at Ikoma--Capture and release of Monangwa--The Wasukuma
warriors attack us, but finally retire--Treachery--The natives follow us
from Nera to Seké--We enter the district of Sinyanga; friendship between
the natives and our men--Continued aggression of the natives--Heavy
tributes--Massacre of caravan--The district of Usongo, and its chief
Mittinginya--His surroundings and neighbours--Two French missionaries
overtake us--Human skulls at Ikungu--We meet one of Tippu-Tib’s caravans
from Zanzibar--Troubled Ugogo--Lieutenant Schmidt welcomes us at the
German station of Mpwapwa--Emin Pasha visits the Pères of the French
Mission of San Esprit--The Fathers unacquainted with Emin’s repute--Our
mails in Africa continually going astray--Contents of some newspaper
clippings--Baron von Gravenreuth and others meet us at Msua--Arrival of
an Expedition with European provisions, clothing and boots for us--Major
Wissman--He and Schmidt take Emin and myself on to Bagamoyo--Dinner and
guests at the German officer’s mess house--Major Wissman proposes the
healths of the guests; Emin’s and my reply to the same--Emin’s
accident--I visit Emin in the hospital--Surgeon Parke’s report--The
feeling at Bagamoyo--Embark for Zanzibar--Parting words with Emin
Pasha--Illness of Doctor Parke--Emin Pasha enters the service of the
German Government--Emin Pasha’s letter to Sir John Kirk--Sudden
termination of Emin’s acquaintance with me--Three occasions when I
apparently offended Emin--Emin’s fears that he would be unemployed--The
British East African Company and Emin--Courtesy and hospitality at
Zanzibar--Monies due to the survivors of the Relief
Expedition--Tippu-Tib’s agent at Zanzibar, Jaffar Tarya--The Consular
Judge grants me an injunction against Jaffar Tarya--At
Cairo--Conclusion 432
APPENDICES.
A.--CONGRATULATIONS BY CABLE RECEIVED AT ZANZIBAR 481
B.--COMPARATIVE TABLES OF FOREST AND GRASS-LAND LANGUAGES 490
C.--ITINERARY OF THE JOURNEYS MADE IN 1887, 1888, 1889 496
D.--BALANCE SHEET, &C., OF THE RELIEF EXPEDITION 513
GENERAL INDEX 515
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME II.
_STEEL ENGRAVING._
PORTRAIT OF HENRY M. STANLEY _Frontispiece._
(From a Photograph taken at Cairo, March, 1890.)
_FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS._
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ENTERING ANDIKUMU 50
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