The story of the life of MacKay of Uganda told for boys by his sister . Mutiny in Camp, 75 was a land of plenty, but food was th^n not to behad, except by going great distances for it, and eventhen paying prices much above ordinary. One day Lieutenant Smith ordered the pagazi tocut grass to thatch the mission house. He did notknow that the men were already almost exasperatedat having to pay out their own cloth, owing to thedearness of provisions, and were merely waiting thespark to kindle the fuel of impatience and wrathamong them into flame. At once they all picked uptheir guns and their own
The story of the life of MacKay of Uganda told for boys by his sister . Mutiny in Camp, 75 was a land of plenty, but food was th^n not to behad, except by going great distances for it, and eventhen paying prices much above ordinary. One day Lieutenant Smith ordered the pagazi tocut grass to thatch the mission house. He did notknow that the men were already almost exasperatedat having to pay out their own cloth, owing to thedearness of provisions, and were merely waiting thespark to kindle the fuel of impatience and wrathamong them into flame. At once they all picked uptheir guns and their own cloth and bolted, leavingtheir loads in camp. Unasked, and entirely of their own accord, theWagogo—natives of Mpwapwa—seeing the whitemans men desert, turned out of their villages in greatnumbers, and with martial skill and true braverydrove them all back into camp. Next day the caravan started, but the men set off,most of them, without their loads. They ultimately,however, returned for them, and by the 7th OctoberLieutenant Smith saw the vanguard of the expe-dit
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