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He was also victorious in 1840 in a contest with the Gola tribe led by Chief Gatumba. The Golas had defeated the Dey tribe so severely that a mere remnant of the latter had taken refuge with the colonists at Millsburg, a station a few miles up the St. Paul's River. Thus, as happened more than once, a tribal war in time involved the very existence of the new American colonies.
In half an hour the committees had been appointed, and the mayor turned to the regular business. Then from his seat at the left of the last row little Alderman Toole arose. "Misther Mayor," he said, "how about thim thim don thim don Golas!" whispered Alderman Grevemeyer hoarsely, "dongolas." "How about thim dongolas, Misther Mayor?" asked Alderman Toole. "Sure!" said the mayor.
The missionaries assert that they are wholly without morals, never punishing the infringement of marital rights; petty thieves, and idle and feckless to the last degree. Paul River, which, heading in Mandenga-land, breaks the chord of the bay; but nothing can induce these ex-pets or their congeners, the Golás and the Pesis, to work. Like most of the coast-races, the Vái seem to be arrant cowards.
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