298 INTENTION TO VISIT YATTABBA. [1820. 
they had taken, which we would not consent to. 
Perhaps from the scarcity of provisions in the 
country they had tasted nothing for several 
days. Kossie and Munameets remarked, that 
probably we did not believe what they had fre- 
quently told us of Makkabba, but that now we 
felt it, for his people were like himself. Kossie 
remarked, that the very man, who had been sent 
to invite us to visit him, brought an invitation to 
himself to engage in a commando, and he be- 
lieved it was for the same reason, viz. to accom- 
pany him on his intended expedition. He also 
informed us that, some time before, ten nations 
had combined together to crush Makkabba, but 
they could make no impression upon him. He 
likewise remarked that the Wanketzens did not 
paint their bodies like the other nations, but were 
accustomed to wash themselves. 
We intended to have visited the city of Yat- 
tabba where Sibinell resides, which lies about 
four or five days' journey to the eastward of 
Mashow ; but finding how much the Marootzee 
had been disappointed at our bringing so few 
beads to them, we knew the disappointment 
would be greater at Yattabba when we brought 
none, and Munameet's determination not to ac- 
company us, made us judge it better to defer 
visiting them at that time. 
