DEATH OF PROFESSOR DENTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 280, 30 October 1883, Page 2

DEATH OF PROFESSOR DENTON.

Argusj; Octpibe* 13) ■ ; H A,.tf}U>gr9m was tecdivdd ik^y&viiy y^Bterd»T r frpm Cooktown, eUtm^ that the a £liangowan had arrived 1 fcbm "Port [Qloreßbj,. bringing Captain,/ rmir, our; special .cof^eipondent W'New t! Guinea,! and Mr Eoftus Irving, b*tlPill wiibj yferer. ■ We.also received. the following telegram from tfap'taiti W v " ; "; " Cooktown, Friday. ~- if "Pro(eTg|brDetttott' died*^Hhe?*iK Jage of Berigabadi, m the Moroka lg £ tncfpoiT Bonday—^veniDgj— thB r -2g; t jj August. Only one man of Our is free from torer. , "^ f a T^? *? llo ! i^^teh from Oaptaiay Wt, dated P^ Mortby, September* * 5 » * ttd telegraph from, oktoWD^c^ris acconnt of tbV illness^ a^d ? at£ of professor Dentop t . aD .a pajrticuUrs of the^ctuses which led to the return of the A^os expedition!: Arrived f hera Moresby) on the 3rd September,^ after «mpst disastrous ytrip. m poinfr~of~ illness* Beached : Paama^Village'of the-Seramina,,l2b-miles E. S.JHJ. , ; on" the-17th August The natives 'were 1 eWry where ve»yririendty. Made«tbfe^aßquamtftnce._of a two entirely new tribes, who -knew nothing of 'WhiiteFy'aiid possessed not;! one lcr»p of 'iron. 1 } They , were tery frightenedjii tis^r but ebon became : reaasuredy and jtery; irieiidlyi These^people-were caUivatn 'large areas on the mountain. Elopes. ; -tcfrritbry lies'fonrthe lala , Biyer,v one of the Kemp : Weloh-.so^ceß,^The country was fearfully mountainous, n^>fc an.'^nch of flajb anywhere. On the 18&.r August, Profassor; Denton ! coniplained. . .of/ind|Bp9sitibn", 'bjit not $iffi}iii: :i ' J BLe had before been suffermgfroin' a'nasty ulcer on Me' instep," 1 As f we 3 «ouW upts _piOToe_ JjQitojthe^ange of mountains: before us, owing to~War belwwu. the 'tribek, I determiiied to/reiurn aad make, an attempt from -a new point. (JWe rested three Bays' at'^ebottine, having to climb oyer Mount Belfor^.36oo feet high;- Pfofessor^Detiton wasiomptetely exhausted,, having refused all nourishment' and "smce tdcomingiill. I reniained. with- him and cheered hinT along -V ftnl K dver ■'<■ ithev -summit*..: r-lfcr' u HutiteiF met fi U8 hereyaandvjweiigQt on yery welL , Going- down heavy win soaked ! t& tlirough, : md ?■ itlCmks "very cold. Belford returned from the village with fresh meat arid a hammockr ,We carriedi Prbfessbr cDehton inW< iochlyago. On' the 24th Belford was! pros^ated by fev l r; "P^Jfessbr-De'ston:-getting weaker, yet'obstinafe even regarding- food-as-welL-as -physicT^rj6n f . the; 26th wq .started for r 'Moroka» Pri^" fesspr^entonjand Belford on sjtretchWThe fever me l>efore breakfast, and I had a terrible day. We reaohed GBerigabadijatJ p.m;r //Jhe village was' deserted.. J heanatiyes prdppied up the crumbling roof o^a^iiut,J}ut*the"flpor > had/sankliny thQipenJr^. :(l^Mi. iHuni^r^ 0 iiwho? was, ithejtpiJy. :Bpund]. ,ma^ o| the party, made pur 0 r?^fessor iDen-stoh-oqcupied tiie^jeyel^sp^pe. m &c centre^ I lay to, his right, and Belford oniialefti b Atsbalf^past; 8 pm., Professor Denton ;h%d very qopVul. siv»i fits, ii, JKve,;minutes,afterwarc[g i he' i was^dead. Jt w.as-pouring,. wij£E. rain^ and the weathejr.was jpiose ; and js^try; 1 That night we—were forced to" camp -i-with- <the dekdi body: between jus. (Mr rHunter, ( dug a grave, and we buried pur unfortunate frieno! 1 b'dleck! on" 'Monclay mb^umg. ;' TO then proceeded to Moroka, ,'tlien^ to Sugairee,aSd pii to P«r|, MbresW'by.lJarHriouMa. % c:a T e: beeix sujen^g .fedrni^feVet'eVep " Have^»<«d Boirft^'RSbyfif whioh ar> ihe fiues^ distp ilfaWtiffi' yef seen. fiill narrative and charts by firs¥-Bssmer.