Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure (84 page)

Somaliland Expedition (Burton & Speke),
39
,
42
,
55
,
56
,
61

attacked,
51
-3

Burton accuses Speke of cowardice,
52
,
57

preparation,
42
,
43
-4,
50

Speke’s journey to Wadi Nogal,
47
-9

Somerset,
59
,
124
,
198

Southampton,
114
,
190
,
294
,
330

Speke, Ben (brother of John),
119
,
244

Speke, Edward (brother of John),
114

death,
125

Speke, Georgina (mother of John),
59
,
60

Speke, John Hanning (Jack),
7
,
8
,
13
,
24
,
363
,
386
,
413
,
435

aggravates Livingstone,
200

appearance,
45
,
180

arrives in Aden,
44

attacked by Somalis,
51
-3

attacks Bombay,
146

awarded Medaille d’Or,
168

beetle in ear incident,
87
-8,
89
,
201

believes Nyanza as Nile source,
99
-100,
101
-2,
112

‘betrayal’ of Burton,
3
,
106
-9,
111
,
115
-16

character,
46
,
58
,
59
-61,
104
,
121
,
123
,
187

death,
107
,
111
,
202
-3

discovers L. Victoria,
98
-9

doubts over Nile source discovery,
102
,
104
,
206

early life and education,
59

final letter,
204

and flow direction of the Rusizi,
200

funeral,
205
-6

hunting and shooting skills,
46
,
74
,
130
,
205

illnesses,
74
,
77
-8,
79
,
80
,
84
,
85
,
103
-4,
105
,
136
,
137
,
423

invited to ‘great Nile debate’,
199
,
201

invited to RGS,
112
-13

letter to Murchison,
190

in love with Meri,
158
-62

mapping error,
118
-19

meets Napoleon III,
198

memorial in Kensington Gardens,
206
,
244

motivation to explore,
4
,
5
,
6
,
59
,
61
,
126

and Petherick,
124
,
184
-8,
194

plans for an Anglo-French expedition,
197
-8

publication of journals,
117
-18,
123

relationship with Burton,
54
,
57
,
62
,
93
,
104
,
125

RGS expedition proposal,
115

‘Scheme for Opening Africa’,
196

serves in Crimean War,
57

sexuality,
60
,
61
,
158
-62

surveying skills,
47
,
58
,
78
-9,
116

views on Africans,
76
,
93

views on colonialism and trade,
100
-1,
127
-8,
196
-7,
386
,
426
-7

views on slavery,
67
,
68
,
88
,
127
-8,
427

writing style,
62
,
93
,
122
-3,
193
-4;

see also
Great Lakes Expedition (Burton & Speke);

Nile Source Expedition (Speke & Grant);

Somali-land Expedition (Burton & Speke)

Speke, William (brother of John),
203

Speke, William (father of John),
59

Stairs, Lt William,
368
,
369

Stanford, Henry Shelton,
325

Stanley, Henry Hope,
259

Stanley, Henry Morton: adopts new name,
259
-60,
261
-2

and Alice Pike,
296
,
323

appeal for missionaries,
302
,
394
,
419

approached by Leopold’s diplomats,
325

awarded RGS Gold Medal,
282

brutality, accusations of,
307
,
324

character,
9
,
258
-9,
263
,
265
,
267
,
276
-7

convinces Bennett to fund,
263

denies Welsh origins,
281

early life,
257
-9

emigrates to America,
259

engagement,
263

exaggerates size of expeditions,
264
,
297

expedition to find Livingstone,
264
-8

fights in US Civil War,
260

idea to find and interview Livingstone,
262

illnesses,
266
,
268
,
276

as journalist,
263
,
264
,
283

and Kirk,
264
,
279
-80,
324

mapping errors,
300

maps Semliki River,
318

meets Livingstone,
268
-71

and mother,
257
,
260
,
261

motives to explore,
5
,
258
-9,
260
-1,
262
,
277
-8,
282
,
294
-5

offers to return to Africa refused,
283
-4,
324

relationship with Livingstone,
276
-8,
283
,
285

sends support to Livingstone,
285

sets up trading stations on Congo,
352
-3

vindicates Speke,
315
-17

in Tabora,
267
-8

in Turkey,
261

in Union Navy,
260

views on colonialism,
294
,
324
,
352
,
354
,
427

views on slave and ivory trade,
312
,
322
,
394
,
427
,
428

in Zanzibar,
264
,
323
;
see also
Emin Pasha Relief Expedition; Nile Source Expedition (Livingstone & Stanley); Stanley’s Trans-Africa Expedition

Stanley’s Trans-Africa Expedition (1874-7): attacked by Wanyaturu warriors,
298
-9

circumnavigation of L. Victoria,
299
-306

circumnavigation of L. Tanganyika,
308
-9

descends Congo rapids,
9
,
320
-1

driven back from L. Albert,
307

escape from Bumbireh,
304
-6

exploration of Kagera,
308

follows the Lualuba,
311
-13,
315

pioneers direct route to L. Victoria,
297
-9

pre-emptive strike on Bumbireh,
306
-7

preparations,
295
,
296
-7

proves Lualuba to be Upper Congo,
315

at Ripon Falls,
301

shot at on Congo,
319

Stanley Pool,
319
,
353
,
365
,
366

Steamer Point, Aden,
44

Steevens, George W.,
391

Steinhaeuser, Dr John,
106

Stewart, James,
331

Stocks, Dr John E.,
39
,
44

‘The Stones’,
167
,
168
;
see also
Ripon Falls

Stroyan, Lt William,
44
,
51
,
53

Sudan,
24
,
198
,
303
,
307
,
348
,
376
,
384
,
387
,
395

‘Bog barons’,
400

civil war,
402
-3

British responsibility for fate of southern Sudan,
398
-403,
405

independence (1956),
405

independence of South Sudan,
405

southern Sudan and Uganda,
401
-2

Sudan Political Service,
398
-9,

Sudanese Arabs,
336

Sudd (section of Nile),
1
,
24
,
40
,
335

Sudi,
371
,
372

Suez,
107
,
114
,
213

Canal,
264
,
357
,
387
,
405

Sulayyan, Hamid bin,
86
,
88

Sumunter (guide),
48
,
49

Susi, Abdullah (Livingstone follower),
8
,
18
,
27
,
254
,
268
,
285
,
290
,
291
,
292
,
293
,
423

Suwarora (Usui chief),
132
,
133
,
135
,
136
,
139

Swinburne, Anthony Bannister, saves Congo for Leopold,
355
-7

Tabora: Livingstone’s supplies arrive,
285

Stanley in,
266
-8;
see also
Kazeh (earlier name for)