As for the survivors of the Settlement men, their state can scarcely be described.

They followed Leonard about, upbraiding him bitterly for leading them into this evil land and cursing the hour when first they had seen his face.

It would have been better, they said, that he should have left them to their fate in the slave camp than have brought them here to die thus; the Yellow Devil was at least a man, but these people were sorcerers and lost spirits in human shape.
Nor did the horror stop here, for at last the headman Peter, a man whom they all liked and respected, went mad with fear and ran to and fro in the palace yard while the guards and women watched him with curious eyes as he shrieked out curses upon Juanna and Leonard.

This shocking scene continued for some hours, for his companions would not interfere with him, vowing that he was possessed by a spirit, till at length he put a period to it by suddenly committing suicide.

In vain did Leonard caution the survivors to keep their heads and watch at night.