Christian Missions 



milder rule, was but brief, for danger was threatened 

 them from the Muhammadan party, who, in 1888, 

 taking the Christian chiefs unawares, murdered 

 many of them, put their followers to flight and 

 sacked the Mission. The Europeans were thrown 

 into prison and eventually expelled to Ankole after 

 many hardships. 



Now a very curious turn in the tide of affairs 

 led up to another extraordinary event in the 

 Mission's graphic history. While the Muhammadans 

 were fighting among themselves, the Christians 

 were receiving overtures from King Mwanga. 

 Advancing from Ankole, they carried all before 

 them in the ensuing march to the capital, and 

 restored to the throne the very man they had helped 

 to* depose — namely. King Mwanga. Such were 

 the state of affairs preceding the advent of the 

 Imperial British African Company in 1889. Under 

 that Company's tenure the French Roman Catholics 

 were constantly coming into conflict with the 

 English Protestant party, and displayed a regret- 

 table want of toleration. This constant friction led 

 up to the breaking out of active hostilities in the 

 year 1892, which also witnessed another kaleido- 

 scope change in Mwanga's fortunes, when, having 

 thrown in his lot with the French party, they 

 were worsted by the English party, and he had 

 again to flee with the remnants of the former to 

 the Sese Islands. 



A settlement of all these lamentable troubles 

 between the two parties had been brought about by 



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