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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I Seated Myself On A Bale, And Each Of My Men Sat Down On Their
Loads, Forming Quite A Semicircle.
The Wahha slightly outnumbered
my party; but, while they were only armed with bows and arrows,
spears, and knob-sticks, we were armed with rifles, muskets,
revolvers, pistols, and hatchets.
All were seated, and deep silence was maintained by the assembly.
The great plains around us were as still in this bright noon as if
they were deserted of all living creatures. Then the chief
spoke:
"I am Mionvu, the great Mutware of Kimenyi, and am next to the
King, who lives yonder," pointing to a large village near some
naked hills about ten miles to the north. "I have come to talk
with the white man. It has always been the custom of the Arabs
and the Wangwana to make a present to the King when they pass
through his country. Does not the white man mean to pay the King's
dues? Why does the white man halt in the road? Why will he not
enter the village of Lukomo, where there is food and shade - where
we can discuss this thing quietly? Does the white man mean to fight?
I know well he is stronger than we are. His men have guns, and the
Wahha have but bows and arrows, and spears; but Uhha is large, and
our villages are many. Let him look about him everywhere - all is Uhha,
and our country extends much further than he can see or walk in a
day.
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