No damage, but no progress either. The natives are friendly again, but this does not help us at all. Neither does it help that they turn against us and become hostile again. We still have to stay put. No change in the situation.
Life is miserable in the jungle.
We try to impress the natives with a gun demonstration. They are shocked, and some of them join the expedition as porters. We encounter warring tribes, but there is no change in our overall situation. So one gun demo was not sufficient, it seems. A feat of personal arms saves my skin, and I trade the remaining provisions for a move eastwards.