High words then ensued.

I said the business was mine, and not his; he had no right to interfere, and they should go.

Still Lumeresi was obstinate, and determined they should not, for I was his guest; he would not allow any one to defraud me.

It was a great insult to himself, if true, that Suwarora should attempt to snatch me out of his house; and he could not bear to see me take these strangers by the hand, when, as we have seen, it took him so long to entice me to his den, and he could not prevail over me until he actually sent his copper hatchet.
When this breeze blew over, by Lumeresi's walking away, I told the Wasui not to mind him, but to do just as I bid them.

They said they had their orders to bring me, and if Lumeresi would not allow them to go for Grant, they would stop where they were, for they knew that if Suwarora found them delaying long, he would send more men to look after them.
There was no peace yet, however; for Lumeresi, finding them quietly settled down eating with my men, ordered them out of his district, threatening force if they did not comply at once.