handed down from generation to generation
peon“! people, wwree mm°a'ey easily baemcoomnge l»ost in a mate
evvee7r, just as much ground for Tbhueilrdeiinsg- >s■u»c»h■
sapposmona, and to plausibly d em o n s * * ! the^
other fern and faCtS' as ^ many
ther fables now generally accepted as Verities
Kintu thT raSS 6’ WWIe reading the ^ of
IT e KameI“ s Priest, not to be reminded
° fJAdam ’ at ° f ^oa” _ fo r
oninhabitrf ” ^ f° “ d eartb Toid and
tt >1 ’ Kintu is said to have found
ganda and the neighbouring lands. In the
S T S T * “*he “ ^ A u n t e r , ” we
o T th fo a T d ’ “ * " th 8 Wicked < * * »
to the P f larcb can susPeot a feint resemblance
noo lleisos rporoflfifli c cowH, gaoma't , sThheee p,p ar°nUd fitch ew wifoen' der,
ful banana.plam, have their counterparts fc th e
a t ions of every people under the sun. And
do we not ourselves believe
“ That all began
D Clrs sflade> and one created man” ?
he ingenious mind can also find the prototype
that I " , ” 0 h T ^ ^ K b a S a “ tbe a n ^ l
x t r r , * v r b ° “ ° { E g y^ * * «
vinei o , ch°h ° f Assyria,; and Naki-
WakhleTiru and bls mis* .ty warrior
akingunr, might stand fo r David and his champions,
and the final disappearance o f Kintu may
be taken to represent the end o f the age o f
miracles. But speculation on these points will
only lead one into wild and vain theories: and
it is enough for the purposes o f this b ook to
accept the tale o f Kintu as a . dimple tradition
of Central Africa.
There is great reason to believe, however,
that Kintu, if not a myth, is a far more ancient
personage than Mtesa’s list o f kings would lead
us to suppose. A t any rate, from other sources
I have collected the names o f three kings of
Uganda omitted b y him. These are Semi-kokiro,
Karago, and Kimguvu.
That the reader may be able to estimate the
duration o f the Uganda monarchy, I append in
a tabular form the list o f the k in g s , including
the names o f the three kings not mentioned b y
Mtesa:—
1. Kintu.
2. Chwa.
3. Kamiera.
4. Kimera.
5. Almass.
6. Tembo.
7. Kiga ra.
8. Wanpamba.
9. Kaeema.
10. Semi-kokiro.
11 . K a ra eo .
13. Morondo.
14. Sekamanya.
15. Kimguvu.
16. Jemba.
17. Suna I.
. 18. Kimbugwé.
19. Katerega.
20. Ntewi.
25. Kaguru.
26. Kikuruwé.
27. Ma’ anda.
28. Msangi.
29. Namugara.
30. Chabagu.
31. Junju.
1 1 . Waseié.