quite true, but as their chiefs were some distance!
away in the woods they must have time to J
communicate with them, but that they would]
announce their decision next day. We then left]
them, not, however, without throwing packets of|
shells towards them, as an earnest of our wish to]
be friends, and rowed to our camp at Vinya-Njara,
The forests for a distance of ten miles around
Vinya-Njara were clear of enemies. The friendly
natives of Mpika Island came down to our
assistance in negotiating a peace between us
and the surly chiefs, who had all withdrawn into
the forests on the right bank.
On the 22nd Dezember, the ceremony of
blood-brotherhood having been formally conclud-j
ed, in mid-river, between Safeni and the chief
of Vinya-Njara, our captive and fifteen canoes«
were returned, and twenty-three canoes were
retained by us for a satisfactory equivalent, and
thus our desperate struggle terminated. Our
losses at Vinya-Njara were four killed and thirteen
wounded.
In the afternoon, Tippu-Tib, Sheikh Abdallah,
and Muini Ibrahim declared their intention of
returning to Nyangwe by another route, and
with such firmness of tone that I renounced the
idea of attempting' to persuade them to change
their decision. Indeed, the awful condition of
the sick, the high daily mortality, the constant
attacks on us during each journey, and the
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last terrible struggle with Vinya-Njara, J^d $ro-
duced such dismal impressions on the jmnds of
the escort that no amount of money would have
bribed the undisciplined people of TippniTib to
have entertained for a moment the idea of
continuing die journey-
Though eight marches .were , still wanting to
complete the twenty camps frppi WauerHirunfou,
in Uregga, I felt that their .courage , was exhausted.
I therefore consented to release ¡Tippu-
Tib frpm his engagetnenb 9a condition that he
used his influence with the rpeople of the Expedition
to,follow me- He consented to do so,
and in consideration for his services thus far
and the calamities ,fofo ,fos people had undergone,
I distributed foe .following gifts: —
To Tippu-Tib, a draft for 2600 dollars, 1 riding-ass, x trunk,
x gold chain, 30 doti o f fine cloth, 150 lbs. of beads,
16,300 shells, 1 revolver, 200 rounds of ammunition, 50
lbs. o f brass .wire.
„ Sheikh Abdallah, 20,doti of cloth.
„ Muini Ibrahim, 10 doti of cloth.
„ Bwana Abed, the guide, 10 doti of cloth.
Hamadi, 5 doti o f cloth.
Cheche, 5 doti of cloth.
Khamis, s doti of cloth.
„ 50 of, his principal men, 2 doti of cloth.
„ 90 o f his escort, 1 doti of .cloth.
„ each of the Wangwana chiefs, 2*/* doti o f cloth.
„ each o f the Wanyamwezi and Wangwana o f the Expedition,
i 1/* doti o f cloth.
„ each woman and bpy, 1 ¡doti of cloth.
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