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On going forward, Murray saw a confused mass of his own men, with three or four turbaned strangers and several blacks in their midst, among whom he distinguished Bango and Pango by their nautical costume. The strangers were quickly mastered by the seamen. Among the crowd he perceived the old pilot, who was forthwith dragged up to him. "What's all this disturbance about.
Gabriel Native Information respecting the Kasai and Quango The Trade with Luba Drainage of Londa Report of Matiamvo's Country and Government Senhor Faria's Present to a Chief The Balonda Mode of spending Time Faithless Guide Makololo lament the Ignorance of the Balonda Eagerness of the Villagers for Trade Civility of a Female Chief The Chief Bango and his People Refuse to eat Beef Ambition of Africans to have a Village Winters in the Interior Spring at Kolobeng White Ants: "Never could desire to eat any thing better" Young Herbage and Animals Valley of the Loembwe The white Man a Hobgoblin Specimen of Quarreling Eager Desire for Calico Want of Clothing at Kawawa's Funeral Observances Agreeable Intercourse with Kawawa His impudent Demand Unpleasant Parting Kawawa tries to prevent our crossing the River Kasai Stratagem.
One of them, with considerable hesitation, believing that he should be put to the torture if he did not, answered that he and his companions had come by the express orders of the pilot, for the purpose of seizing his former slave Bango; that while the boat was alongside, Bango having been enticed on deck to come and hear about some of his old friends on shore, he had been suddenly gagged and nearly tumbled over the side, when Pango, who, suspecting mischief, had drawn near, shouted out and called some of the watch to their assistance, who had seized the Arabs before they could make their escape.
"You left?" exclaimed Green; "why, I only captured her last night, and had no notion that she had ever been in our hands before, except, by the bye, that Bango has tried to make me understand something which he had heard, though I confess I couldn't exactly comprehend his meaning."
One of the hard things the hunters shoot in their guns had hit me. Then another struck me in the leg." "Didn't any of you smell the hunter coming?" asked Mr. Stumptail. "Didn't you smell him and get out of the way?" "No," answered Bango, "none of us did. The wind was blowing the wrong way, I guess.
*In the days of slavery, the religious services held by the negroes who accompanied their owners to the camp-meetings were marvels of earnestness and devotion. Mr. *1 So far as I know, "Bango" is a meaningless term, introduced on account of its sonorous ruggedness. *2 The sword and belt in the constellation of Orion.
Blackie peered through the port till he saw that she had actually let go and was dropping astern, when he jumped up, and the next instant, Pango, coming from his hiding-place, rushed aft, and the two blacks, throwing their arms round each other, burst into tears of joy. The last runaway was no other than Pango's brother, who was forthwith christened Bango.
Schut, which I had kept milked until it gave only a teaspoonful at a time. My men enjoyed a hearty laugh when they found that I had given up all hope of more, for they had been talking among themselves about my perseverance. We offered a leg of the cow to Bango, but he informed us that neither he nor his people ever partook of beef, as they looked upon cattle as human, and living at home like men.
In viewing the present fruits of former missions, it is impossible not to feel assured that, if the Jesuit teaching has been so permanent, that of Protestants, who leave the Bible in the hands of their converts, will not be less abiding. The chief Bango has built a large two-story house close by the convent, but superstitious fears prevent him from sleeping in it.
There are very few palm-trees in this country, but near Bango we saw a few of a peculiar palm, the ends of the leaf-stalks of which remain attached to the trunk, giving it a triangular shape. It is pleasant to observe that all the tribes in Central Africa are fond of agriculture. My men had collected quantities of seeds in Angola, and now distributed them among their friends.
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