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thirty horses. The Jesuits, who wished to obtain 

 for themselves temporal power in Angola, plotted 

 against the Governor, and finally compelled him 

 to retire and to nominate his brother Jeronymo 

 to take over the office. The latter managed with 

 prudence and tact to conciliate the opposition of 

 the priests, and endeavoured further to extend 

 Portuguese conquests towards the salt sources of 

 Quissama and the silver mines of Cambambe in 

 the interior. He \vas, however, drawn into nn 

 ambuscade by the Chief or Sova Cafuxe, and his 

 force was practically exterminated. 



Joao de Mendonca came out as Governor the 

 next year with more Portuguese troops. He was 

 accompanied by twelve white women, possibly 

 the first ladies to arrive in Angola, who, needless to 

 say, were married immediately on arrival. With 

 the aid of the newly-arrived force, a post was 

 established at Muxima in 1595, but the expedition, 

 being defeated near the River Bengo, was unable 

 to accomplish its main objective, that of defeating 

 the Chief or Cafuxe. 



The succeeding Governor, Joao Coutinho, died 

 on a second expedition against Cafuxe soon after 

 his arrival, but his successor, Manuel Pereira, who 

 had been locally appointed, marching against 

 this Angolan Chief in 1603, and defeating him in 

 three big battles, captured the famous silver 

 mines of Cambambe. 



Manuel Forjaz, who succeeded as Governor, 

 defeated a Dutch naval expedition sent to Loanda. 

 He also endeavoured to communicate with the 

 East African coast, and to this end formed an 



