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Updated: June 21, 2025
As a proof of his satisfaction, Kabba Rega immediately sent me a present of twelve goats. One of the soldiers had been caught in the act of stealing potatoes from a native. This having been proved conclusively against him, I sent word to Kabba Rega to summon his people to witness the punishment of the offender.
On the 11th June, Ramadan and Hafiz, together with the musical box, started, and we watched their reception at the village with the telescope. I had released Umbogo, whom I had sent to Kabba Rega to explain all that he had seen of the outbreak, as he was one of those that had been poisoned by the plaintain cider. Umbogo promised to return as soon as possible.
Kabba Rega had no doubt ordered the various routes towards Rionga's province to be ambuscaded. I determined at once to push straight for the camp at Foweera on the Victoria Nile, as Rionga's island was about fifteen miles from that point. Among the men of the "Forty Thieves", there was a soldier named Abdullah, who had an extraordinary instinct for finding his way.
At the same time that Kabba Rega and his people were eager for the restoration of the numerous women and children that had been stolen from Unyoro, they were themselves great slave-dealers. M'tese, the powerful King of Uganda, on the southern frontier of Unyoro, was in the habit of purchasing ivory in that country for the merchants of Zanzibar.
He was supposed to be a favourite of Kabba Rega's, and it was therefore arranged that he should accompany the musical box, which was a good load for a fast-travelling native. Hafiz, the farrier, whose occupation was nearly gone by the death of all the horses but two, volunteered to accompany Ramadan.
Umbogo was very intelligent, and he took a great interest in all my plans for establishing free trade throughout the country: but he told me privately that he thought the idea would be opposed secretly by Kabba Rega, who would wish to monopolize all the ivory trade, in order to keep up the price, and to obtain the whole of the merchandise.
It appeared that on the day that Abd-el-Kader had ordered Kabba Rega to disarm the people of Suleiman upon his first arrival at Masindi, the young king had certainly ordered their disarmament, but he had himself retained their arms and ammunition, in addition to a goatskin bag with about 300 rounds of ball-cartridge. This had never been reported to me.
About eight o'clock we passed a large town called Kabba, situated in the midst of a beautiful and highly cultivated country, bearing a greater resemblance to the centre of England than to what I should have supposed had been the middle of Africa.
He has behaved very well to the government. "Since I wrote to you in June, Kabba Rega treacherously attacked me with many thousand men. "I thrashed him thoroughly, and I have set up Rionga, the old enemy of his family, who is now sheik of the government. "M'tese sent Congow with several thousand men to assist the troops. "I trust, my dear Livingstone, that this letter may reach you.
His very slight knowledge of the language was sufficient to explain to the natives across the river that I wished to communicate with Rionga. The people on the north happened to belong to Kabba Rega, and they were enemies of Rionga; thus we were addressing the wrong parties. It was highly necessary to make some arrangements for crossing the river.
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