Ten years in Equatoria; . ing a slave, was made a chief by the Donagla. This unfortunate man was infatuated by a strange ambition,which induced him to bum the Government correspondence and tostrip the messengers of everything they possessed; these misdeedscaused him to be condemned to death, later on, I was accompanied on this road by a Soudanese ofiicer, who, witha small escort of soldiers, had a mission to the Wando chief to ful-fil. When we reached the river Dongu, the chief Baghinde notonly refused to provide carriers, but was audacious enough to refuseto comply with my request that he wou
Ten years in Equatoria; . ing a slave, was made a chief by the Donagla. This unfortunate man was infatuated by a strange ambition,which induced him to bum the Government correspondence and tostrip the messengers of everything they possessed; these misdeedscaused him to be condemned to death, later on, I was accompanied on this road by a Soudanese ofiicer, who, witha small escort of soldiers, had a mission to the Wando chief to ful-fil. When we reached the river Dongu, the chief Baghinde notonly refused to provide carriers, but was audacious enough to refuseto comply with my request that he would supply food for thesoldiers, and forbade my passage through his country. All our attempts, made by means of mediators, to alter hishostility having failed, I resolved to ask for an interview, in anyplace he chose ; he complied with my request, but only on condi-tion that I should be unaccompanied by the Government soldiers;we met by the small river Nacoya, in a locality full of grass andbushes in the centre of a NEGRESS OF THE SAXUEII TUI13E. 62 TEN YEARS IN EQUATORIA. I Lave complied with your request, said I; I came herewithout armed escort, accompanied only by my servant. You must not be afraid of me, he replied ; I bear you nomalice, but I will have nothing to do with the soldiers. But the coimtry has been already occupied for some time bythe Donagla, in the name of the Egyptian Government, thereforethere is nothing fresh that should displease you. Circumstances are altered. True, the Donagla used to makeraids and devastate the neighbouring territories to catch slaves, butI derived some profit from that, and my person and property werealways respected. Two years ago as the soldiers passed (for thefirst time) to fight Mambanga, my country was laid waste, and Iwas maltreated, with considerable prejudice to my authority. Theycontinued to abuse their power, but I would not submit to it, andtherefore was compelled to take up a position of open hostilityagainst them. A
Size: 1288px × 1939px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherlondonfwarneandco
