However, trouble broke out among his staff. Some of his followers deserted him and returned to Zanzibar, where they spread the rumor that Livingstone was dead.
Taču daudzi viņa pavadoņi izrādījās neuzticami, daļa dezertēja un atgriezās Zanzibārā, kur izplatīja baumas, ka Livingstons esot miris.