. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ? the answer is in-variably given, No ; they speak Ki-Ushashi. I am notinclined to believe that the Washashi are related to theWassindja, but rather hold that they have received someother Hamitic influence from the north. The differencesbetween the two tribes in manners, customs, and produc-tions are too numerous to admit of any theory of was asserted also that those who spokeKisindja could converse with the Washashi ;but my own experience does not bear out this statement, US HA SH
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ? the answer is in-variably given, No ; they speak Ki-Ushashi. I am notinclined to believe that the Washashi are related to theWassindja, but rather hold that they have received someother Hamitic influence from the north. The differencesbetween the two tribes in manners, customs, and produc-tions are too numerous to admit of any theory of was asserted also that those who spokeKisindja could converse with the Washashi ;but my own experience does not bear out this statement, US HA SHI AND KINDRED TRIBES OF THE MASSAI 177 as on my repeated journeys in Ushashi my black menunderstood most of the Kisindja men, but not one ofthem was able to converse with the Washashi. The Washashi had of late been a predatory warlikepeople, and the chieftain Kitereza alone was peaceable ;all others kept aloof from European influence,and often fell upon and massacred wholecaravans that were merely crossing the countryto purchase ivory in Ugaya. Access is easierfrom the east, from Kilimandjaro. Fig. ynrd ; />, huts ; -Ground-plan of a Village. r, thorn hedge ; </, narrow exit for cattle. Fig. 254. Wood for making Fire by Friction. (One-thirdnatural size, III. E., 5684.) The country of Ushashi is densely peopled ; the hutsare built either singly, leaning against rocks, or ensconcedin ofulleys or high up between fastnesses, or , , r 11 • i_- l • Villages. else they form collections, which constitutesmall village communities. Both kinds of settlementsare protected by high hedges of euphorbia or thorns ;even within the villages the separate dwellings aresurrounded by hedges. Behind and by the side of the 12 178 VICTORIA NY ANZA huts stand the numerous granaries which testify to thepeoples wealth in fruits of the field. In smaller hamletsthe structure described on page 145 (Fig. 196) is Ushashi there are also made in the connecting hedgesmall openings f
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