. The story of Africa and its explorers. never let you do unfortunately happened also that, coinci-dently with the rumour of white men beingin Busoga, the king of that country failed to * Or Usoga, the B being indifferently added oromitted—, Uganda and Buganda. of a man who had committed some offencehaving been found in the house of a Christianconvert. The anger of the king was alsofanned by the fanatical Mujasi, head ofhis body-guard, who was friendly to theArabs and correspondingly unfriendly to theChristians. In January, 1885, the long-feared troublesbegan to break out openly. The
. The story of Africa and its explorers. never let you do unfortunately happened also that, coinci-dently with the rumour of white men beingin Busoga, the king of that country failed to * Or Usoga, the B being indifferently added oromitted—, Uganda and Buganda. of a man who had committed some offencehaving been found in the house of a Christianconvert. The anger of the king was alsofanned by the fanatical Mujasi, head ofhis body-guard, who was friendly to theArabs and correspondingly unfriendly to theChristians. In January, 1885, the long-feared troublesbegan to break out openly. The mis-sionaries were insulted, and „^ ^ ^ The first their lives even threatened, waganda while their followers were seized ^^^ ^^and their property was sacked .by the Mos-lem and Pagan mobs. Three boys, theeldest aged fifteen, were destined to be KING MWANG A OF UGANDA. 153 the first martyrs of the persecution thatwas now on the eve of beginning. In themidst of a mocking crowd, a rough scaffoldwas erected and heaped with firewood, on. BISHOP HANNINGTOX. {From a Photograph hy Fradelle and Young, Regent Street, W.) before the persons concerned in it had time to carry out their intentions. The result was that the shifty king immediately swung over to the whites, and, as a mark of his regard, gave the adherents both of the French and English missionaries high offices at his Court. But Mwangas new mood did not last long. His innate suspicion of everyone was soon again directed against the Europeans, with results of the most deplorable description. Dr. James Hannington (p. 153), who had been for some time engaged as a missionary in Africa, had been appointed in the summer of 1884 to proceed to Uganda as the first Bishop of Equatorial Africa. AssassinationTT 1 • J. 1 • of Bisbop He was now on his way to his Hannington. distant diocese, and, journeying bythe new route from the coast, was heard ofin fair Kavirondo (Vol. II., pp. 80, 92).The king was acquainted with the fact thatt
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