How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
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Soud, The Handsome Arab Whom I Have Noticed Already As The Son Of
Sayd The Son Of Majid, Spoke:
"My father used to tell me that he
remembered the days when the Arabs could go through the country
from Bagamoyo to Ujiji, and from Kilwa to Lunda, and from Usenga
to Uganda armed with canes.
Those days are gone by. We have stood
the insolence of the Wagogo long enough. Swaruru of Usui just
takes from us whatever he wants; and now, here is Mirambo, who
says, after taking more than five bales of cloth as tribute from
one man, that no Arab caravan shall go to Ujiji, but over his body.
Are we prepared to give up the ivory of Ujiji, of Urundi, of
Karagwah, of Uganda, because of this one man? I say war - war
until we have got his beard under our feet - war until the whole of
Uyoweh and Wilyankuru is destroyed - war until we can again travel
through any part of the country with only our walking canes in
our hands!"
The universal assent that followed Send's speech proved beyond
a doubt that we were about to have a war. I thought of
Livingstone. What if he were marching to Unyanyembe directly
into the war country?
Having found from the Arabs that they intended to finish the war
quickly - at most within fifteen days, as Uyoweh was only four
marches distant - I volunteered to accompany them, take my loaded
caravan with me as far as Mfuto, and there leave it in charge of
a few guards, and with the rest march on with the Arab army.
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