Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . o guards the frontier betweenthe Katonga valley and Willimiesi against the Wanyoro. He is a stout,burly young man, brave as a lion, having much experience of wars, andcunning and adroit in his conduct, accomplished with the spear, andpossessing, besides, other excellent fighting qualities. I noticed that theWaganda chiefs, though Muslimized, clung to their war-paint and nationalcharms, for
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . o guards the frontier betweenthe Katonga valley and Willimiesi against the Wanyoro. He is a stout,burly young man, brave as a lion, having much experience of wars, andcunning and adroit in his conduct, accomplished with the spear, andpossessing, besides, other excellent fighting qualities. I noticed that theWaganda chiefs, though Muslimized, clung to their war-paint and nationalcharms, for each warrior, as he passed by on the trot, was most villain-ously bedaubed with ochre and pipe-clay. The force under the commandof Mkwenda might be roughly numbered at 30,000 warriors and camp-followers, and though the path was a mere goat-track, the rush of thislegion on the half-trot soon crushed out a broad avenue. The old general Kangau, who defends the country between Willimiesiand the Victoria Nile, came next with his following, their banners flying,drums beating, and pipes playing, he and his warriors stripped for action,their bodies and faces daubed with white, black, and ochreous mm (399) 400 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. Next came a rush of about 2,000 chosen warriors, all tall men, expertwith spear and shield, lithe of body and nimble of foot, shouting as theytrotted past their war-cry of Kavya, kavya (the two last syllables ofMtesas title when young—Mukavya, king), and rattling their them, at a quick march, came the musket-armed body-guard ofthe emperor, about two hundred in front, a hundred on either side ofthe road, enclosing Mtesa and his Katekiro, and two hundred bringingup the rear, with their drums beating, pipes playing, and standards flying,and forming quite an imposing and warlike procession. Mtesa marched on foot, bare-headed, and clad in a dress of blue checkcloth, with a black belt of English make round his waist, and—like theRom&
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