I asked the question of Dugumbe and others, "Now for what is all this murder ?" All blamed Manilla as its cause, and in one sense he was the cause; but it is hardly credible that they repeat it is in order to be avenged on Manilla for making friends with headmen, he being a slave.

I cannot believe it fully.

The wish to make an impression in the country as to the importance and greatness of the new comers was the most potent motive; but it was terrible that the murdering of so many should be contemplated at all.

It made me sick at heart.

Who could accompany the people of Dugumbe and Tagamoio to Lomame and be free from blood-guiltiness?
I proposed to Dugumbe to catch the murderers, and hang them up in the marketplace, as our protest against the bloody deeds before the Manyuema.