-& Hostile Forces 



A short time after these occurrences, the Commandant 

 of Fort Moshi arrived at the Meru Mountain, accom- 

 panied by several regiments of Askaris, to select a 

 settlement for two missionaries of the Leipsic Mission, 

 Messrs. Ovis and Seegebrock. 



Towards evening, a chief and an old woman warned 

 the Europeans that there was clanger in delay. Their 



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warning was scouted but not by the Sudanese Askaris,. 

 who, without having been ordered to do so, spent the 

 night without sleep, their loaded weapons under their 

 hands. In the early-morning hours these warlike men 

 hear a rustling in the surrounding banana-grove. It is 

 clear to them that something is going on there. Without 

 hesitation they open fire. Then there is a clashing of 

 weapons, and a rush of warriors in the darkness. The 



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