despatched them to Lusambo, and from thence on to Luluaburg, since it was thought that outside their own district they would be less likely to cause trouble. I arrived at N'Gandu from Nyangwe on the day on which they were ordered to leave; and, angry at their power being broken, they vowed vengeance against the white man and the rest of Gongo's people, whom they had ruled with brutal severity.

As they marched out of N'Gandu they fired on the townspeople, killing and wounding a few, and shouting through the streets that they would come back some day and would kill and eat everyone they found there. Shortly after their arrival at Luluaburg, they were enlisted as soldiers in the State service, and in this capacity distinguished themselves for intelligence, willingness, and pluck against a rebellious slave-raiding tribe in