WARLIKE DEMONSTRATION. 
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Sokoletu receives tribute from a great number of tribes 
in corn or dura, groundnuts, hoes, spears, honey, canoos, 
paddles, wooden vessels, tobacco, mntokuano, ( Cannabis so 
tiva ,) various wild fruits, (dried,) prepared skins, and ivory. 
When these artielos aro brought into the kotla, Sekelotu 
has the honor of dividing them among the loungers who 
usually congregate there. A small portion only is reserved 
for himself. The ivory belongs nominally to him too, but 
this is simply a way of making a fair distribution of the 
profits. Tho chief sells it only with the approbation of his 
jounsellors, and the proceeds are distributed in open day 
among tho pcoplo as before. Ho has the clioico of every 
thing; but, if he is not more liberal to others than to him- 
self, ho loses in popularity. I have known instances in this 
and other tribes in which individuals aggrieved, becauso 
they had been overlooked, fled to other chiefs. One discon- 
tented person, having fled to Lechulatebe, was encouraged 
to go to a villagoof tho Bapallong, on tho river Clio or Tso 
and abstracted tho tribute of ivory thence which ought to 
have come to Sekelctu. This theft enraged the whole ol 
the Makololo, becauso they all felt it to be a personal loss 
Some of Lcchulatebe’s people having corao on a visit to 
Linyanti, a demonstration was made, in which about five 
hundred Makololo, armed, went through a mimic fight; tho 
principal warriors pointed their spears toward the lako 
where Lechulatebe lives, and every thrust in that direction 
was answered by all with tho shout, “Hoo!” while every 
stab on tho ground drew out a simultaneous “Huzz!” On 
these occasions ali capable of bearing arms, even tho old, 
must turn out at tho call. In the time of Scbituano, any 
one remaining in his houso was searched for and killed 
without morcy. 
This offence of Lechulatebe was aggravated by repeti- 
tion, and by a song sung in his town accompanying tho 
dances, which manifested joy at tho death of Scbituano. 
He had enjoined his pcoplo to livo in peace with those at 
the lako, and Sekeletu felt disposed to follow his advice; 
