would cut down every banana, burn down every
hut, and scorch Ihangiro to a cinder, &c.
But M’kwanga was persuaded to be patient,
and not foolishly throw more lives away. We
should, I told him, consult together; and if I
found, after consideration, that my duty was to
avenge this deed, I should do it.
Said he: “ If yo u do not assist me to punish
this treachery, yo u need never expect to see
Mtesa’s face or Uganda again. The Waganda
came to do yo u service; th ey came to seek
y o u while Mtesa believed y o u were lost. The
Waganda with myself and Sabadu promised to
stand b y yo u when we heard yo u were in
danger. T h e Waganda left your camp with
yo u r consent to g o and g e t food for y o u as
well as for us. K y taw a ’s chief is dead, and here
are eight wounded men. What will yo u do?”
Only what I think is right, and after proper
•consideration. I f I do not assist you, it will
not prevent yo u from going to fight them tomorrow.”
“ B u t,” said M’kwanga, “ i f I g o to fight tomorrow
b y myself, I shall never return to
Mahyiga.”
He stalked away sullenly, and the Waganda
became cold and distant towards us, as though
we were to blame for the sad event. T h e Wa-
zongora bewailed their chief aloud, and the
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strangely mournful tones o f their lamentations
produced a powerful impression on all who
heard them.
Before many minutes had elapsed, I had
manned my boat and five canoes, and was on
my w a y to Iroba before the intelligence could
be spread, simply with the view to ascertain
how far the king o f Iroba was involved in this
affair. I found him to be perfectly innocent o f
all knowledge o f anything that had occurred at
Bumbireh since morning. Upon 4asking him if
any natives o f Ihangiro were there, he answered
that one o f Antari’s youngest sons was there.
We proceeded to the hut, and the young man
was secured and conveyed into the boat, and
the king o f Iroba was instructed to convey the
intelligence to Bumbireh to the chiefs o f Antari’s
p eople, and to tell them that, if they intended
to make peace, th ey must be quick, and send
me word o f it before noon o f the next day, as
I should not be able to restrain the Waganda,
or defer my departure another day.
The arrival o f messengers from the post of
observation on the summit o f the island, announcing
that the canoes o f the Expedition were
seen coming from the south, distracted the
attention o f all for a period, and soon the summit
was lined with the figures o f the anxious Wa-
ngwana, some o f whom had wives and children,
besides relatives and friends, in the little fleet