MESSAGE TO MASIKO 
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in tho tribo whoso protection tlioy can claim, and soiling 
thorn for clothing to tho Mambari, wo thought tho objoo- 
tion of tho women to go first to his town before seeing thoir 
friends quito reasonable, and resolved to send a party of 
our own pcoplo to see them safely among their relatives 
I told tho captivo young man to infbrm Masiko that he 
was very unlike his father Santuru, who had refused to 
k)U his pcoplo to Mambari. B o will probably bo afraid to 
deliver such a inessago himself, but it is meant for his peo- 
ple, and they will circulate it pretty widely, and Masiko 
may yet feel a little pressuro from without. Wo sont 
Mosantu, a Batoka man, and his companions, with tho cap- 
tives. Tho Barotse whom wo had wero unwilling to go to 
Masiko, sinco they owe him allegiance as tho son of San- 
turu, and while they continue with Makololo are consi- 
dered rebels. Tho message by Mosantu was that “I was 
sorry to find that Santuru had not borno a wiser son. San 
turu loved to govern men, but Masiko wanted to govern 
wild beasts only, as he sold his pcoplo to the Mambari 
adding an explanation of tho return of tho captives, and 
an injunction to him to live in peace, and prevent his 
pcoplo kidnapping tho children and canoes of the Makololo 
as a continuance in these deeds would lead to war, which 
I wished to prevent. He was also instructed to say, if 
Masiko wanted fuller explanation of my views, ho must 
send a sensible man to talk with mo at tho first town of tho 
Balonda, to which I was about to proceed. 
Wo ferried Mosantu ovor to tho left bank of tho Looba. 
The journey required fivo days, but it could not havo been 
at. a quicker rate than ten or twelve miles per day; the 
children were between seven and eight years of ago, and 
mablo to walk fast in a hot sun. 
Leaving Mosantu to pursue his course, wo shall tako but 
ono glance down tho river, which wo are now about to 
leave, for it comes at this point from tho eastward, and our 
course is to bo directed to tho northwest, as wo moan to 
S° to Loanda in Angola. From tho confluence, whero we 
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