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would make them give him plenty of slaves for having 
insulted him. He had never taken in his hands any hu- 
man bones. There were wizards, but he was not one of 
them. He wanted them to live long—he wanted them 
to kill plenty of elephants, to marry plenty of wives, to 
have plenty of children, and a great number of slaves ; 
he was not jealous of them. Their dreams were false. 
He could never wish such evil things upon them. On 
the contrary, somebody was jealous of him, and wanted 
the people to kill him, so that they might divide his wives 
and slaves, and take his spear and his gun. 
Pendé’s speech produced a good effect, especially as 
he was backed by a strong force. All the time he ad- 
dressed himself to King Quengueza, who was seated, se- 
date and stately, and at whose side stood his (organa) idol. 
I was listening in wonder, astonished at this strange spec- 
tacle. Quengueza got up, and in a short time the palaver 
was over, and, in order to have peace, Pendé had to give 
away three slaves to the three chief accusers. But Pendé 
was suspected of being a wizard, and when once the sus- 
picion of being such an awful evil being takes possession 
of the people, it never wears out of their minds. So,a 
short time after, poor Pendé was again accused of witch- 
craft—of having bewitched a man who had died. Obindji 
himself got afraid of his brother, and Pendé was killed, 
and his body was thrown in the river, after having been 
cut into more than a hundred pieces. 
