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It was a good hut of its sort, being built after the Basuto fashion with a projecting roof and a doorway, and having a kind of verandah floored with beaten lime. "This was the Teacher's house," said Kosa as the wagon halted.
Chitraratha, and Manjula, and Vahini; and Mandakini, and Vaitarani, and Kosa, and Mahanadi; and Suktimati, and Ananga, and Pushpaveni, and Utpalavati; and Lohitya, Karatoya, and Vrishasabhya; and Kumari, and Rishikullya and Marisha, and Saraswati; and Mandakini, and Supunya, Sarvasanga, O Bharata, are all mothers of the universe and productive of great merit.
Beyond the river they were met by some Christian Kaffirs of the Sisa tribe, who were sent by the Chief Kosa to guide them through the hundred miles or so of difficult country which still lay between them and their goal. These men were pleasant-spoken but rather depressed folk, clad in much-worn European clothes that somehow became them very ill.
The immense natural strength of the position and the strategical ability of its lord-abbot, Kosa, enabled it to defy all the assaults of the Owari chief, and it was not until 1588 six years after Nobunaga's death that, through the intervention of the Emperor, peace was finally restored.
The Chief there, Kosa, sits on one half of the log with his Christians; I sit on the other half with the rest, who are as our fathers were. So if you wish to fight I shall fight with such weapons as I have. No, do not look at the spears not with spears. But, if you leave me and my following alone, we shall leave you alone.
The owner of the eyes, as Thomas guessed at once, was Menzi, a witch-doctor very famous in those parts. "Why are these men armed with spears? It is against the law for Kaffirs to carry spears," he said to the Chief. "This is Portuguese Territory; there is no law in Portuguese Territory," answered Kosa with a vacant stare. "Then we might be all murdered here and no notice taken," exclaimed Thomas.
Subsequently to these events there came a petition from the chief of the tribe, a man called Kosa, whose name probably derived from the Zulu word Koos, which means chief or captain, addressed to the Church authorities and asking that a new Teacher might be sent to take the place of him who had died, also to rebuild the church and the school.
Out of the crowd emerged Kosa, looking rather sillier than usual, and of him Thomas inquired why it was gathered. Was it to consult with him about the mission-house? "No, Teacher," answered the Chief, "Menzi has heard that you call him a cheat, and has come to show that he is none, assembling all the people that they may judge between you and him."
My Spirit must have deceived me. Think of something else, Teacher, and tell the lady, and the child Imba, and Kosa, and another, what it is you are thinking of. Go aside and tell them where I cannot hear." Thomas did so in some way he felt compelled to do so. "I am going to think of the church as I propose it shall be when finished according to the plans I have made," he said hoarsely.
Thomas thanked him in appropriate language, adding that he on his part would do his best to promote their welfare and to save their souls. Kosa replied that he was glad to hear it, because these needed saving, since most of the Sisa people were now servants of the devil.
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