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She knocked up Miss Johnstone, who sent her to bed for an hour, and sought for some tins of milk. As soon as two had been procured Mary was eager to be off. Miss Johnstone gave her some changes of clothing, and King Eyo put his canoe and a strong crew at her disposal, and she was soon speeding up-river.
The affair gave the slavers an opportunity of exulting over our failure, and their own good fortune; which, I think, was to be regretted. On going down the river, a large canoe came alongside with one of the great men of the country on board, named Eyo Eyo, a brother to King Eyo; when he asked for a present, and something to drink, the customary demand of the natives.
She was going into a wild country. She was going to go ahead of the other missionaries to find a place where they could build a mission house and church. When King Eyo Honesty VII heard of it, he came to see Mary. "So you are going into the wild country, to Okoyong," he said. "Yes, and I am so happy. Those people need to have their hearts and lives changed.
In 1850 certain correspondents from Liverpool inquired of King "Eyo Honesty" if he could provide for service in the West Indies 10,000 men, women, and children, as the "quotum from the Old Calabar River," which would mean 100,000 from the West Coast.
She went to a congregational meeting at Creek Town and heard King Eyo Honesty VII. speaking, and so many were present, and the feeling was so hearty and united that it might have served as a model for the home churches. She was attracted by the King; a sincere kindly Christian man, she found him to be.
"God bless you, Ma. I am going to let you use the king's canoe for this trip. My rowers can take you there swiftly. They will do anything you ask, because they love you." "Thank you, King Eyo; that will help me very much." King Eyo fixed up his canoe for Mary, as though she were a queen. He put a carpet in it, and many cushions.
King Eyo went on board the African, schooner, and remained with Captain Smith to select goods, equal in value to twenty bullocks. It is the custom here to bury their dead in their own houses. Brother to King Eyo.
Mangrove, that horror of the African voyager, shines by its absence; and the soil is not mud, but humus based on gravels or on ruddy clays, stiff and retentive. The formation, in fact, is everywhere that of Eyo or Yoruba, the goodly region lying west of the lower Niger, and its fertility must result from the abundant water supply of the equatorial belt. The charts are fearful to look upon.
King Eyo Honesty talked with them about the Gospel and what it meant for their lives. He took them to his house and had a big dinner for them. They traded the bananas, oil, and other things which they had brought for things to take home like mirrors, clocks, and white people's clothes. Then the next day they rowed back to Ekenge.
Slave Canoe Duke's Pilot Old Calabar Town Consternation on Shore, and disappearance of the Slave Vessels Fruitless Pursuit of the Slavers Eyo Eyo, King Eyo's Brother Old Calabar Festivals Attempted Assassination, and Duke Ephraim's Dilemma Obesity of the King's Wives Ordeal for Regal Honours Duke's English House Coasting Voyage to the Bonny Author discovers Symptoms of Fever The Rivers of St.
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