should batter them to pieces during the night.
T h e winds are rough sometimes, and waves rise
high. Our canoes are our homes, and we are
far from our friends who are waiting for us.
Were our canoes injured or broken, how should
we return to our friends?”
He next demanded, “Know you this is our
country?”
“ Y e s , but are we doing wrong? Is the beach
so soft that it can be hurt b y our canoes? Have
w e cut down your bananas, or entered into your
houses? Have we molested any o f your people?
Do yo u not see our fires b y which we slept
exposed to the cold night?”
“ W e ll, yo u must leave this place at once.
W e do not want yo u here. G o ! ”
“ That is easily d on e ,” I answered, “ and had
yo u told us last night that our presence was
not welcome to yo u , we should have camped
on yonder island.”
“ What did yo u come here fo r? ”
“ W e came to rest for the night, and to buy
food, and is that a crime? Do yo u not travel
in yo u r canoes? Supposing people received you
as yo u received us this morning, what would
yo u say? Would yo u not sa y th ey were bad?
A h , my friend, I did not expect that you who
were so good ye sterday would turn out thus!
But never mind; we will g o away quickly and
[April 25, 1875.] ORDERED 1 TO GO AWAY. 2 8 ? LMusira Island. J **
quietly, and the Kabaka Mtesa shall hear o f this,
and judge between us.”
“ If you wish food, I will send some bananas
! to yonder island, but yo u must go away from
this, lest the people, who wish to fight you ,
should break out.”
We soon shoved the boat and tw o canoes
into the water, and I and my boat’s crew
embarked and rowed away a few yards. But
Sentum was angry with the people, and instead
of quietly departing, was loudly expostulating
with them. T o prevent mischief and the massacre
o f his entire party, I shouted to Sentum, commanding
him to embark at once, which after a
short time he obeyed, growling.
We steered for Musira Island, about three
miles from Makongo, where w e found four or
five canoes from Kamiru’s country loaded with
^coffee and butter. The Waganda, Sentum and
Sentageya., with feelings embittered against the
natives, seized upon several packages o f coffee,
■ which drew a loud remonstrance from the natives.
The Waganda sailors, ever ready for a scramble,
followed their chiefs’ example, and assisted in
despoiling the natives, which caused one o f them
to appeal to me. I was busy directing the
boat’s crew to set my tent, when I was thus
made acquainted with the conduct o f the
Waganda. The property taken from them was restored
immediately, and Sentum and Sentageya