Show bakers discovery tire THE IDENTITY OF lares LAKES ALBERT NYANZA AND tanganyika PROVED DETAILS OF SIR SAMUEL BAKERS expedition 1 IN AFRICA via alexandria july 26 1 I hasten to communicate to you facts odthe of the highest importance and interest in connection with the expedition of sir samuel baker who has reached this place from the lake regions and the far south on sunday the of june the english pasha arrived at khartoum accompanied by lady baker his nephew lieutenant baker and seven english engineers besides his personal attendants they had traveled hither from Gond using one of or the tile steamers which had been taken up country for the navigation of the lakes and occupy occupying lnla iDla a period of thir thirty ty two days for lor t the 0 journey baker has accomplished even more than was expected of il him lm 1 he has penetrated as far southward as Mo sandi sandl which is a point near the head villages of the chiefs ka ariki and kamrns Kam nisi risi on reaching this place the pasha found that the ivory and slave traders had spread all kinds of evil rumors about the expedition inflaming the native tribes against it Ka briski had been informed by them that baker pasha was coming at the tile head of an egyptian army to take lake forcible possession of his country and annex it to egypt with the view of exacting heavy taxes and tributes and carrying away the people eople lopie it was accordingly ag agreed ree d between between the traders and the negro chiefs to murder baker if possible and by every means to prevent the progress of the egyptian soldiers shortly shortly after the arrival of the pasha with a portion of his troops at Mo sindi Kab niki riki ki following an african custom sent ten tell jars of a beverage resembling beer to the strangers the liquor was heavily charged with poison and all those soldiers who partook of it were suddenly selz seiz seized ed with frightful symptoms and soon fell to the ground insensible and apparently lifeless by administering strong M antidotes the poison was neutralized neutralized in every case and no lives were lost baker then dispatched some of his off omm meers officers as messengers to demand why the poisoned beer had been sent into camp but as soon as they entered the negro village or ordered dered them to be killed and they were immediately murdered in cold blood var war was then proclaimed the chief beating his great drums and ordering a levy of 1000 lomo warriors A large body of these attacked the pasha rasha who had oil orl only y a hundred odd egyptian troops with him these men were nil all greatly fatigued with the long journey into the interior and some of them were suffering from the poisoned drink baker was therefore compelled to beat a retreat before the swarms of enemies assailing him and he retired after burning his camp and heavy baggage during seven days of great danger and hards hardship hip bIp the backward march of the egyptians was sorely harassed and as many as thirty ty men were left dead on the route at tho the end and of this perilous V week e ek the english pasha came to the tho province of Ee winka a chief hostile to rab Kab riki and welcome assistance si was then obtained the pursuit had bad been already abandoned but with a view to punish ka ariki it was arranged that should furnish 2000 armed men and that these with thirty picked egy egyptian soldiers should return towards war I 1 s Mo sindi and do their best to take and kill hill the treacherous negro nugro baker promised that if this expedition was successful should be appointed governor of his own and district in the name of the viceroy of egypt with the remainder of lila dorco the pasha then returned northwards towards on place called lazarita he and his men were unexpectedly fired upon from the houses of the slave traders there thirty v of baker bakers s soldiers were thus slain iain the remainder entrenched themselves till assistance could bo be obtained and then issued from their entrenchments to attack the traders who held a strong position in dense thickets of reeds the attack was very successful the reed beds were taken by storm and of the slavers clavers sl avers party were slain many prisoners being also captured while the remainder fled inland the captives in explanation of the attack made upon sir samuels command said that the orders of their masters and of the chiefs friendly to them were to kill rill the nazarene meaning baker wherever and whenever they co could p id they all confirm this declaration which was drawn up from th their air I 1 own mouths signed and sealed by each and then forwarded to the government of soudan at khartoum oum as a documentary proof of df the malignancy of these slave hunting li merchants this chastisement cleared the whole country about Gond and down toward nevin Revin drevinkas kas territory after a period of repose which was imperatively needed baker commenced systematically to orga organize the districts which were in his hil possession he made fatico the chief town of the new territory and appointed superintendents at the 0 other ther stations before long iong the natives settled down wonderfully well under the new government and appeared exceedingly satisfied with the safety and quiet IM which it afforded the light tribute exacted of a basket of bread and a bundle of grass per month for each hut huft was paid with alacrity and regularity and when sir samuel went vent finally northward having established the reinforcements sent him along the annexed region the negroes at fatico gave him the most moat vociferous farewells calling him father and master and looking upon him as their future protector the term of the contract signed by sir amuel samuel baker and by the english engineers with the khedive has now expired and having made all arrangement the pasha embarked at Gond in one of the steamers brought up country by the expedition tion another ve vessel isei isel of the same model has been successfully carried as far as Gond Gondol koro and as soon as camel transport can be obtained it may betaken betoken to the lakes and set afloat there the third of the three iron vessels sent u up in n pieces with the same object nesbet lies lles yet at khartoum the difficulties of transport having proven extremely great next to fatico the chief station of the new territory will be gondo koro baker has marked out eight more spots gpo ts principal posts and these will constitute a chain leading from numa nubia to the albert nyanza one thousand additional troops have been orde ordered ried down to complete the tho garrison of these stamens stanos thus much for the political portion of the tidings brought by the gallant pasha I 1 have further a most important geographical discovery to communicate one which cannot fall fail I 1 think to astound many scientific men in england it is declared as an ascertained fact by the returning party that lakes tan tanganyika Tang anika and albert nyanza are brov proved ed to be one and the same water the length of this tills magnificent ent inland sea thus for the first time made known to mankind I 1 is not less than miles and it is announced as positive that a vessel can be launched above mur brur chi sons falls at the head of the nyanza and sail away to or lower through ten degrees of latitude sir samuel baker with with his lady and suite were all in excellent when they arrived and they leave us today to day by the tho t the be berber autry country I 1 1 for to which C z por port alf the e egyptian government government are dispatching a special steamer which whish will bring them thera up thene theBe sea to suez no losses have hate occurred of late among the europia europeans T from sic bic knies kries except that 01 ol 0 if mn ra higginbotham gin botham the chief engineer I 1 send you this thia 1 intelligence direct from the lips of the emancipator of central africa cot cor london 1 tells telegraph |