The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-09-08

tain called kabuga, at an altitude Of
fifty.five hundred feet above the sea.
From one Of the many spurs Of Kabu-
ga we obtained q passing glimpse Of
the king Of mountains, Gambaragara,
which attains an altitude Of between
thirteen and fifteen thousand feet above
the ocean. Snow Is frequently seen.
though not perpetual. On its summit
dwell the chief medicine men Of Kabba
Rega, a people Of European complex
ion.
Some half dozen Of these people l
have seen. and at sight Of them j was
reminded Of what Mukamba, King Of
Uhgo, told Livingstone and myself
respecting white people who live far
north Of his country. They are a
handsome race, and come Of the women
are singularly beautiful. Their hair
is kinky, hut inclined TO brown in
color. Their features are regular, lips
thin, but their noses, though well
shaped, are somewhat thick at the
point. Several Of their descendants
are scattered throughout Unyoro, An
kori. and Ruanda, and the royal fam
lily Of the latter powerful country are
distinguished, am told, by their pale
complications. The Queen Of Sasua
Islands, in the Victoria Niyanza, is a
descendant of this tribe.
Whence came this singular people |
have had no means Of ascertaining
except from the Waganda, who say
that the first King of Unyoro gave
them the land around the base of Gam
baraga Mountain, wherein through
many vicissitudes they have continued
to reside for centuries. On the ap-
proach Of an invading host they re-
treat to the summit of the mountain,
the intense cold OF which defes the
most determined Of their enemies. Two
years age Emperor Mtesa dispatched
his Prime Minister with about one
hundred thousand men to Gambara-
CARA and Unsongora but, though the
great General of Ugada occupied the
slopes and assembled a great height in
pursuit, he was compelled by the in
element climate to descend without
having captured more than a few
black slaves, the pale-face tribe having
retreated to their impregnable fortress
at the summit.
The mountain, il appears, is an ex-
tinct volcano, for on the summit is a
crystal clear lake, about five hundred
yards in length, from the center oi
which rises column-like rock to
great height. A rim of firm rcck, like
a wall, surrounds the summit, within
which are several villages, where the
principal medicine man and his pco-
pile reside.
Two men Of this tribe, who might
be taken at first glance for Greeks in
white shirts, accompanied Sekajugu, a
sub-chief under Samboozi, and our ex-
petition To Lake Albert and back TO
Uganda, but they were extremely un'
communicative, and nothing of the
history of their tribe could | obtain
from them. Their diet consists of
milk and bananas, and they were the
only men OF rank in the entire force
under Samboozi who possessed more
than two milk cows to supply them
with milk while on the march. Seka-
jugu, TO whom they were friendly and
under whom they had enrolled them
selves, states that they rebelled against
kabba Rega, and, to avoid his ven
geance, sought refuge with him.
Another specimen of this tribe of
white complexioned people | saw at
the court of Mtesa, in the person Of
Prince Namionju, the brother Of the
reigning King Nyika, of Gambaragara.
When first saw him l took him for a
young Arab of Cairo, who had taken
up bis residence in Uganda for some
unknown reason, and II was not until
/ had seen several specimens of the
same pale color that / could believe
that there existed a large and mum r
Gus tribe of people of such singular
color In the heart of Africa, remote
from the track OF all travellers and
trading caravans.
Africa is certainly the "haunt of
fable" romance, and su-
but shall believe hereafter
that there exists some slight modicum
of truth in all the statements and rev.
elations of these simple people. On
the shores of the Victoria, in Usuku-
ma, ! heard OF people far north pos
sessing very large dogs, of such fierce
nature that they were often taken 10
war against the enemies of their mas
iers These people | subsequently as
certained to be the Wakedi, tribe
living north of Usoga. The same peo-
pie also, in their various wars with
Uganda, have frequently been found
wearing iron armor. About four years
ago, when exploring the Tanganyika
with Livingstone, heard there existed