N'yamyongo was described as an independent chief, who listened to Kamrasi only when he liked.

He did not like strange eyes to see his secret lodges on the N'yanza; and if he did not wish us to go down the river, Kamrasi's orders would go for nothing.

His men had now been shot; to go within his reach would be certain death.

Argument was useless, boating slow, to send messages worse; so I gave in, turned my back on the Nile, and the following day (16th) came on the Luajerri.
Here, to my intense surprise, I heard that Grant's camp was not far off, on its return from Kamrasi's.

I could not, rather would not, believe it, suspicious as it now appeared after my reverse.