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RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. 
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the Wantketzens among all the neishbourino; nations. 
At the conclusion of the conversation, Mateere told us, 
that his dice said to him that Mateebe would be at 
Lattakoo to-morrow. 
4th. After breakfast Munaneets arrived from his 
journey in quest of Mateebe. As he returned without 
our three men who went to protect him, we were anxi- 
ous to know the result, but he said he ^vould tell 
nothing, till he had given an account of his journey to 
the chief men, which he soon did. They sat in a circle 
near our waggons, when he gave an account of his journey 
to them. When their meeting broke up, he informed us 
that he reached Mateebe on the evening of the second 
day, when our men were greatly fatigued, having killed 
nothing for food during the journey — that he left 
Mateebe in haste next morning, if possible to reach us 
before we had proceeded up the country, as we had 
proposed, that we might be at Lattakoo on the arrival 
of Mateebe, which he expected would be on the mor- 
row. This information gave us much satisfaction, as 
we hardly expected him so early. 
My young friend, Sehoiya, in the morning, intro- 
duced to me four more of her companions, Euclitzee, 
Demaymoy, Tsai, and Nakaye; all were from nine to 
eleven years of age, and their features and figure com- 
pleatly European, only they were black. 
When at dinner in the tent, Munaneets the Governor, 
Mateere, the Lieutenant-Governor, with two others, 
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