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Title: Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Kelsey, D. M., (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: St. Louis and Philadelphia, Scammel & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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d the Turkish and Kussian frontier inAsia. He was next engaged in the expedition against Pekin;and afterward remained for several years in the service ofChina. His journeys through this country took him to placeswhich had never before been visited by Europeans. In 1863,he was appointed commander of the Ever Victorious Army,and suppressed the formidable Tai Ping rebellion. His ex-ploits in that connection, and the measures which he took forthe relief of the districts involved, together with his service inthe Chinese army, procured for him in Europe the nickname of Chinese Gordon. He received rapid promotion in the Britisharmy, and was made Lieutenant-Colonel and Companion of G87 688 GORDON AND THE MAHDI. the Bath in 1864. In 1871, he was appointed British Vice-Consul to the Delta of the Danube. At the sitting of theDanubian Commission at Constantinople, he met with NubarPasha, the Armenian vizier of the khedive. It was throughthis officiaj that Gordon was appointed as Bakers successor.
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General C. G. Gordon. He arrived at Cairo in February, 1874. It was his wish totake a steamer that would shortly leave for Suakim, and reachhis post of duty as quickly as possible; but this did not suitthe ideas of the vizier; the khedives representative must trav-el in state. Attended by an equerry of the viceroys, he wentto Suez by special train, to take the steamer which had beenchartered for his use. But a railway accident had occurred,and the special train was blocked. Gordon was compelled,despite the vizier, to be shunted into a common train with agreat many people—begun in glory and ended in shame. GOKDON AND THE MAHDI. ggg He reached Gondokoro, April 16, 1874; and found that thepeople there did not know of his nomination. Almost his firstofficial act was in connection with Abou Saood. We have seenthat this notorious slave-dealer had been appointed Gordonsassistant. The Englishman had not been unwilling, hoping tomanage him in such a way as to eliminate his bad qualities,and

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