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Lukongeh, the king of Ukerewe, and Songoro, an Arab 
trader, engaged in a dispute which ended in warfare. Son- 
goro begged that his wife and children might be sent to a 
place of safety in the Daisy ^ while he himself took refuge at 
the mission-house, where were stationed Lieutenant Smith, 
Mr. O'Neill, and six followers of the mission party. Lukon- 
geh's men at once attacked the mission-house, and killed 
the two missionaries with their native followers. As soon 
as intelligence reached England, another party was sent 
out to reinforce the mission, while, during the interval, Mr. 
Mackay, a missionary labourer belonging to the original 
party, who had resided hitherto at Mpwapwa on account of 
his health, pressed forward to Mr. Wilson's succour. But 
disaster followed the attempt to plant the standard of the 
Cross in M'tesa's country, for shortly after, the Daisy was 
wrecked ; and Mr. Penrose, one of the second party, while 
proceeding from the Zanzibar coast in charge of stores, was 
murdered by lawless savages. 
With the advent of the new missionaries, however, brighter 
days seemed to dawn upon the Uganda mission. M'tesa 
took up the question of education in good earnest, ordered 
his officers and soldiers to learn to read, and kept the small 
printing-press constantly going, in his impetuous desire to 
circulate reading and spelling sheets among his people. He 
also intimated his desire for baptism ; while it became 
fashionable to study, and inquire into things pertaining to 
this new religion. Thus all seemed to be going on smoothly, 
when an outcry was made on behalf of ^^Mukassa,'' the 
Neptune or god of the Victoria Nyanza, sometimes called 
" Lubari," or devil. This idolatrous system was revived 
suddenly, and an attempt was made to turn the missionaries 
out of the country. After some threatenings, a council was 
summoned, when the missionaries were called, and after 
