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RESIDENCE AT SOCCATOO AND MAGARIA. 
different chiefs, giving each chief a white flag, telling them to go and 
conquer in the name of God and the prophet, as God had given the 
F ellatas the lands and the riches of all the Kaffirs, as they, the 
Fellatas, were the only true believers. In addition to the white 
flag, the Fellatas were to wear a white tobe, as an emblem of their 
purity, and their war-cry was to be Allahu Akber I or, God is great ! 
That every one who was wounded, or fell in battle, was sure to 
gain paradise. Their belief in him as a prophet, their own poverty, 
numbers, and the apparent wealth of the blacks, who had been 
lulled into a fatal security, made the latter fall an easy prey to their 
conquerors. Kano submitted without a blow. The next was 
Goobur; the people of which had taken the alarm, and attempted 
to turn Danfodio out of his town in Ader, but they were driven 
back, and the wily old chief then attacked them, overran their 
country, and killed the sultan. After this the whole of Houssa, with 
Cubbe, Youri, and part of Nyffe, fell under their dominion. The 
whole of the interior, from east to west, was terror-struck. Bornou, 
in the east, was attacked with success, as was also Yourriba, in the 
west. Flere they found more resistance than any where else, as 
they (the people of Yourriba) could not be made to believe in his 
doctrine or prophecy, as they were confirmed Kaffers, who, on 
the invasion of the Fellatas, put all the Mahometans to death, 
whether natives, or in caravans trafficking; quite denying the plea 
that God had given to the faithful their lands and houses, and 
their wives and children to be slaves. Notwithstanding, they took 
Rakah, Flora or Affaga, besides a great number of other towns, 
reaching to the sea coast, in their expeditions; and once entered 
Eyeo, or Katunga, the capital, a great part of which they burnt 
down, giving liberty to all the Mahometan slaves, and encouraging 
others to kill their pagan masters and join them. After they 
had fairly settled themselves, the Arabs from the east and west 
came to congratulate Danfodio on his newly acquired territory. 
