-* 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 oi the Feipsic Mission, 

 Messrs. Ovis and Seeyebrock. 



Towards evening, a chief and an old woman warned 

 the Europeans that there was danger in delay. Their 



warning" was scouted but not by the Sudanese Askans. 

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

 ni^ht without sleep, their loaded we.ipons under iheir 

 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. \\ ithout 

 hesitation they open lire. I hen there is a clashing ol 

 weapons, and a rush ol warriors in the darkness. I he 



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