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Tarabanasa and the Tin-ger-egedesh, who composed 
part of the army ; and in consequence of the obstinacy 
of A^khbi, the chief of the Igwadaren, who had 
refused to acknowledge the authority of his liege 
lord, and to come forth from his place of retreat, the 
island of Kiirkozay, in order to do homage to 
Alkiittabu. The ruling tribe of the Awelimmeden 
gave vent to their anger by plundering the poor inha- 
bitants of Bamba, or Kasbah, a place situated about 
half-way between here and Gogo. That dreaded host 
having retraced its steps, and thus disappointed the 
hopes of my protector, all the poor people who had 
put themselves under the protection of the Sheikh felt 
reassured, and again brought out their little pro- 
perty, which they had secreted in the various tents of 
the encampment. The Tgelad lagged a little longer 
behind, and in the evening assembled in considerable 
numbers before my tent in order to have a talk with 
me. On the whole they behaved very decently. 
Seeing that I was now restricted to a stay in the 
encampment, I had sent my servant, the Gat>r6ni, 
into the town in order to bring out my luggage. He 
returned in the evening without having accomplished 
his errand, but in the company of the Sheikh himself, 
who informed me that he did not wish the lug-o-ao-e 
to be brought out of the town before he Avas ready to 
accompany me himself on my journey, as he was 
afraid that his two brothers still wanted to get some- 
thing more out of me than they had done. But as 
he had sworn in the first paroxysm of anger that h^.^ 
