waiting for your submission; yo u rebelled against
my authority, and attempted to throw o ff your
allegiance; you have slain more than half o f my
principal chiefs, and yo u have v ex ed me with
taunts, telling me to go and seek the graves of
Kaguru and Kamanya, and. to hide myself there
for shame. You have mocked me— me! who am
called Suna— Suna, the Emperor {Kabaka). I go
to my grave b y and by, but b y the grave of
my father Kamanya y o u shall die to-day, and
yo u may tell your fathers that Suna the Emperor
sent yo u to them.”
Then turning to the Waganda, he fiercely
shouted, “ Cut them to little pieces, and pile
their remains on the plain without the camp.”
A s Suna commanded, so was it done, and the
Waganda were employed on this monstrous
w o rk for five days, for th ey obeyed his command
literally, and, beginning at the legs and
arms, hacked their victims to pieces without
taking the trouble to despatch them first.
U soga, upon hearing o f this terrible deed,
sent all its principal men and chiefs to implore
pardon and proffer submission and allegiance,
which Suna was pleased to accept. This event
closed the war, and Suna returned to his palace
in Uganda with a train o f 5000 female captives
and 8000 children.
Soon after his return to Uganda the Wasoga
rebelled a second time under the leadership of
Rura, chief o f Nakaranga, upon hearing which
Suna smiled grimly and said, “ Rura has taken
much time to make up his mind; since he has
waited so long let him wait a little longer, and
I will show him who his master is.”
Meantime Namujurilwa, chief o f Uddu, after
returning to visit his home, heard that his neighbour,
the king o f Ankori or Usagara, was preparing
to invade his country with a mighty
force. Ever prompt for mischief and war, Namujurilwa
did not wait to meet the Wasagara on
his own soil, but beat his war-drum, and,
mustering his followers, marched through Bwera
and penetrated into the ve ry heart o f Ankori,
and there surprised his enemies, assembled under
five princes, in their own camp.
Namujurilwa fell upon them with a ferocity
and vigour that the numerical superiority o f his
enemies could not equal. For five hours the
battle lasted without intermission or advantage
to either side, when Namujurilwa was accidentally
met b y one o f the princes o f Ankori.
“ Not dead yet, Namujurilwa?” cried the prince.
“Wait a little for me,” saying which he to o k a
bow from one o f his servants and shot an arrow
which hit the border o f the tough double bull-
hide shield which the chief o f Uddu generally
carried.
Namujurilwa did not wait for a second arrow,
but bounded forward, crying out, “ No, not dead