Daring deeds in the tropics. A thrilling narrative of remarkable adventures, terrible experiences, amazing achievements and important discoveries of great travelers in southern climes (1894) (14761810494)

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Title: Daring deeds in the tropics. A thrilling narrative of remarkable adventures, terrible experiences, amazing achievements and important discoveries of great travelers in southern climes

Year: 1894 (1890s)

Authors: (Feather, A. G.) (from old catalog)

Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. E. Potter & co

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should be punished. Accordingly Stanley started off, on the followingmorning, with a force of two hundred and eighty men—fifty muskets, two hundred and thirty spearsmen—in eighteen canoes, and reached the island of Bumbi-reh about two in the afternoon. The natives had evi-dently been anticipating some trouble, for as theyapproached messengers were observed running fastto a plantain grove that stood on a low hill command-ing a clear open view of a little port at the southernend of the island, from which they concluded that themain force of the savages was hidden behind thegrove. Perceiving that they were too strong to attackthem in the plantain grove, Stanley steered for theopposite shore, intending to disembark his force there ;but as soon as the natives saw this, they rose fromtheir coverts, and ran along the hill slopes to meetStanley, which was precisely what he wished theywould do, and accordingly he ordered his force to pad-dle slowly, so as to give them time. In half an hour

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THROUGH THE WlLDS OF AFklCA. 391 the savages were all assembled on the slope of a hillin knots and groups, and after approaching withinone hundred yards of the shore Stanley formed hisline of battle, the American and English flags wavingas their ensigns. Having anchored each canoe so asto turn its broadside to the shore, he ordered a volleyto be fired at one group which numbered about fifty,and the result was ten killed and thirty wounded.The savages, perceiving the danger of standing ingroups, separated themselves along the lake shore,and advanced to the waters edge, slinging stones andshooting arrows. Stanley then ordered the canoes toadvance within fifty yards of the shore, and to fire asif they were shooting birds. After an hour the sava-ges saw that they could not defend themselves at thewater s edge, and retreated up the hill slope, wherethey continued still exposed to the fire from the boats. Another hour was spent in this manner, after whichStanley caused the canoes to come to

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