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artillery by well-directed volleys, which so impressed Gatumba's 

 soldiers that after the first fierce conflict they abandoned their 

 stronghold and chief. The Liberians occupied Gatumba's town 

 for twenty-four hours and then burnt it to the ground. 



Gatumba became a wanderer, and this determined action 



55. A BOPORO MAN VISITING GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 

 MONROVIA 



acquired for the Liberian Government considerable prestige in 

 the eyes of the natives. A fresh treaty of peace and friendship 

 was made with the chiefs at Boporo ; but although Gatumba had 

 lost all power, the country on both banks of the St. Paul's 

 River remained in an unsettled state for some time, and its 

 agricultural development, which had been proceeding so satis- 



