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of stone, by which many of the soldiers were killed, and at 
the same using their guns and spears with much effect. 
Their brave defence, however, proved ineffectual against 
Had am a’s numerous army. Their village was captured, 
and many of the inhabitants put to death. Some, unable to 
make good their flight, put an end to their own existence 
rather than fall into the hands of the enemy, wdiile others 
were captured, and afterwards sold into slavery. When 
asked why they would not be friendly with Radama, the 
general reply was, “ Because he is the friend of the white 
men, and all the white men are deceivers, and therefore we 
never will submit to him.” 
Radama’s expression in reference to what he had now 
accomplished, was, that it was mere play, in comparison 
with what he intended to do; and with this determination, 
he ordered a party of 2,000 men to go with spades and 
hatchets, and build a village on the spot where an engage¬ 
ment had taken place, over which, and the surrounding 
district, he appointed Rakizoarivo governor. He then set 
off in search of Ramitraha, king of the Sakalavas, his troops 
taking different routs in the pursuit. 
The chief of the Sakalavas, probably somewhat intimi¬ 
dated by the accounts he heard of Radama’s successful 
progress, deemed it most prudent to enter into such stipula¬ 
tions with the enemy as would be likely to terminate more 
favourably than any resistance he was able to make. He 
therefore proposed that the king of the Hovas should 
enter into an alliance of marriage with his daughter, at the 
same time that he agreed to acknowledge the sovereignty 
of Radama; which terms being agreed to, the war was at 
last terminated, and the marriage celebrated without 
delay. 
A village having been erected on the spot where the 
