. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... ore they reached Ntewi, he hadalready marched against Usoga. Two courses were open toStanley; either he could attempt the journey to the AlbertNyanza unaided, or he could proceed to Mtesas camp, andthence prosecute the journey. He decided upon the lattercourse, believing that the delay would be made up by theshorter route which Mtesas help would enable him to take. He found the emperor of Uganda and his warlike court en-camped about the Ripon Falls. Mtesa
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... ore they reached Ntewi, he hadalready marched against Usoga. Two courses were open toStanley; either he could attempt the journey to the AlbertNyanza unaided, or he could proceed to Mtesas camp, andthence prosecute the journey. He decided upon the lattercourse, believing that the delay would be made up by theshorter route which Mtesas help would enable him to take. He found the emperor of Uganda and his warlike court en-camped about the Ripon Falls. Mtesa received him with greateordiality, but informed him that it was not customary forstrangers to proceed on their journey while the Kabaka was atwar; if Stanley would but wait until he had chastised the in-solent Wavuma, he should have guides to Muta Nzige. Stan-ley was also informed that the natives of the country lyingalong the route, under their chief, Kabba Rega, were at warwith the whites of Kaniessa (Gondokoro), and hence that aconsiderable force would be required. There was nothing forit, then, but to await the end of Mtesas STANLEY CROSSES THE DARK CONTINENT. 547 Mtesa attempted to end it by negotiations, but his peaceparty, dispatched to the Wavuina camp on Ingira Island, wasmassacred before his very eyes. He decided at length to givebattle to the enemy daily becoming bolder and more result was that the Wavuma were left masters of the situ-ation. Mtesa threatened that in the next battle, the chief whobehaved cowardly should be burned, while his lands should begiven to the peasant who distinguished himself. Let us againquote the words of Stanley: The entire war-fleet of two hundred and thirty vesselsrode gracefully on the calm gray waters of the channel. Theline of battle, I observed, was formed by Chambarango, in com-mand of the right flank, with fifty canoes; Sambuzi, Kukavya,Chikwata and Saruti,all sub-chiefs, w^ere ranged with one hun-dred canoes un
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