[2] At Kimpoko Amelot got into an argument with a chief and six of his headmen over the rotting carcass of a hippopotamus, which resulted in their being killed.

[3] Soon there were rumors that the post was in danger, and Henry Morton Stanley ordered the complete evacuation of its staff and equipment to Léopoldville.

[2] In 1884 Edde Gleerup was appointed head of the Kimpoko Station at Stanley Pool.

[4] A Baptist missionary station was established at Kimpoko in 1886 as a way-station for transportation to the Upper Kasaï region.

From the 88 miles (142 km) stretch of the river from Isangila to Manyanga they could travel by a launch propelled by oars and sails.