All The Words And System Of Language Were
Wholly Changed - As For Example, Poko Poko Wingi Bongo, Means "We
Do Not Understand"; Mazi, "Fire"; Pi, "Water"; Pe, "There Is
None; Bugra, "Cow." In Sound, The Language Of These People
Resembles That Of The Tibet Tartars.
Chongi considers himself
the greatest man in the country, and of noble descent, his great-
grandfather having been a Mhuma, born at Ururi, in Unyoro, and
appointed by the then reigning king to rule over this country,
and keep the Kidi people in check.
30th. - We halted at the earnest solicitation of Chongi, as well
as of the Chopi porters, who said they required a day to lay in
grain, as the Wichwezi, or mendicant sorcerers - for so they
thought fit to designate Petherick's elephant-hunters - had eaten
up the country all about them, and those who went before with
Bombay to visit their camp could get no food.
1st. - We halted again at the request of all parties, and much to
the delight of old Chongi, who supplied us with abundant pombe,
promised a cow, that we should not be put to any extra expense by
stopping, and said that without fail he would furnish us with
guides who knew a short cut across country, by which we might
reach the Wichwesi camp in one march, instead of going by the
circuitous route which Bombay formerly took. The cow, however,
never came, as the old man did not intend to give his own, and
his officers refused to obey his orders in giving one of theirs.
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