318 POLITICS OF MINYO AND ZINDER. 
and the troops of Bornou returned to Kuka. As 
soon as they were gone, Ibrahim descended the 
mountains with his slaves, and fell upon the new 
prince, butchering him and his people. Then he 
wrote to Kuka : "lam under God and you." The 
Sheikh, enraged at this conduct, sent another force 
against him, as before. Ibrahim once more retired 
to his stronghold, and after the Bornou forces had 
returned to Kuka, again descended from his moun- 
tain, and butchered the new prince as before. And 
this he repeated seven times, so that at last the 
Sheikh, seeing the impossibility of continuing the 
war with such a vassal, allowed him to have quiet 
possession of the province of Minyo. His son 
Goso, now sultan, is also a very spirited fellow ; 
but he is on good terms with the Sheikh, and ob- 
served to me, " What Kuka (the Sheikh) does, I do; 
as what Stamboul does, so does Tripoli." Goso, or 
Gausau, is certainly a very polite prince, and a very 
accomplished man. To him the Sultan of Zinder is 
a mere slave. 
There is some news about the Sultan of Zinder. 
It appears that Sarkee Ibrahim feels himself weak, 
and unable to conduct the government of the pro- 
vince prosperously, i.e. " to go on razzia;" so he 
wrote for his brother to come and undertake the 
command of the slave-hunts. The brother spoke to 
the Sheikh, who said " Go." But the brother said, 
" No, I will not go, unless you will give me the 
province to govern." The Sheikh replied, " Your 
