my curiosity, to permit me to make a muster-
roll of his chiefs. A lw a y s affable and willing
to please white men, for whom he entertains
profound respect, he called together all his
principal chiefs and officers (who in Uganda are
distinguished b y the titles o f Wakungu and
Watongoleh), and commanded them to bring the
respective numbers o f their sub-chiefs. The
following is the muster-roll o f the generals and
colonels made at the time:—
Number o f
Names o f Genera ls. Sub-chiefs
o r Colonels.
1. Pokino, theKatekiro, Chief ofUddu, and Premier
of Uganda ..................... ............................... . . . 6
2. Chambarango, Chief of U s i r o .............................. 6
3. Kae ema .......................................................... 6
4. Kitunzi, Chief of the Katonga valley . . . . 2
5. Sekebobo, Chief of C ha gwe ...................................24
6. Mkwenda ................................................................
7. Kasuju, guardian of the imperial family , . . 5
8. Kagu ................................................................................. ^
9. Kangau ..........................................................jg
10. Kimbugwe ...................................24
ix. Katambale ........................................................
12. Nana Masurie, Mtesa’s mother , .................. ' 1 0
13. Sabaganzi, Mtesa’s uncle . . . 4
151
Emperor’s personal bodyguard . . . 23
Total . . . 154
T h e se sub-chiefs command followers numbering
from 50 to 3000, and Mtesa’s bodyguard, though
claiming twenty-three Watongoleh, must not be
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estimated at a less number than 3000 in the
aggregate. Now, roughly calculating the native
Waganda force at 125,000, we have to add the
quotas furnished b y Karagwe, Uzongofa, Ukedi,
Usoga, Sesse, and the islands o f the lake, Irwaji,
Lulamba, Kiwa, Uziri, Kibibi, &c., also all the
Arabs and Wangwana guests who came with
their guns to assist Mtesa, and 25,000 seems
to me to be a reasonable estimate o f the force
drawn from these sources.
The advance-guard had departed too early
for me to see them, but, curious to see the main
body o f this great army pass, I stationed myself
at an early hour at the extreme limit o f the
camp.
First with his legion came Mkwenda, who
guards the frontier between the Katonga valley
and Willimiesi against the Wanyoro. He is a
stout, burly young man, brave as a lion, having
much experience o f wars, and cunning and adroit
in their conduct, accomplished with the spear,
and possessing, besides, other excellent fighting
qualities. I noticed that the Waganda chiefs,
though Muslimized, d u n g to their war-paints
and national charms, for each warrior, as he
passed b y on the trot, whs most villainously
bedaubed with ochre and ffipe-clay. T h e force
under the command o f Mkwenda might be
roughly numbered at 30,000 warriors and camp-
followers, and though the path ye sterday was