The New York herald., 1877-10-10
Prince Burghash, and more than that, that Said bin
salm is the most trusted agent OF the authorities


Prince Burghash and more than that, that Said bin
salm is the most trusted agent OF the authorities
at Zanzibar
.M'TAGoMoYo HAS NO HEART"
You viii perceive this letter Is dated at Nyangwe,
Manyema Many will remember that Livingstone
said he was witness OF some dreadful scenes en-
acted here, which made his "heart sore" One
terrible act he described. A halfcaste, called
Tagamoyo. was the principal actor. When | ar
rived IN the same town where such proceeding
place, asked II II was true. "Quite true" said
o native or Zanzibar. frankly. "Ah. Mtagomoyo
has no heart his heart Is very small indeed !; 1t
Is as big as the end OF finger" Meaning that It
ing; for liberal just and kind Is said 10 have
. big heart.
THE HUNTING GROUNDS.
Between Bagamoyo and Unyanyembe, I said, one
sees but retail sales OF slaves; that in Uganda he
bcholds a Wholesale trade without many horrors;
that in Ujiji large slave droves. and that in
Ugubha saw about eight hundred slaves almost too
weak TO stand from hunger. In Manyema ar
rived OF the fields where slaves are obtained,
where 1t may be said they ure grown, reaped and
harvested, or. more correctly, where they are
parked, shot OF captured as the case may be: for
until slaves are needed they are permitted TO
thrive their small unprotected villages to plant
their corn. to attend their plantations and improve
their dwellings, to quarrel IN that soft mild manner
peculiar TO simple and NOT over strong-minted sav.
MURDER FOR SPORT
When, however, there Is q growing demand Tor
| slaves, o revival In the trade, Moen Dugambi Of
Nyangwe, Mohammed bin Nassur Of Kassessa, Mo-
an angle Of large triangular district, invite their
friends and dependents tor few days sport, Just
US an English noblcman invites his friends to
grouse or deer shooting. Now, In this general bat
tue it Is understood Of course. that all men found
carrying spears should be considered dangerous,
and shot, to be cut TO pieces afterward; but the
women and children and submissive adults are
| prizes which belong to the victors. The murder
OF people on this scale is called war and griev-
ance, as with your potentates-or war Is soon dis.
covered where the losses are always on the
side OF the simple savages. In coarse, not
always successful, manner the savagcs sometimes
attempt to retaliate, and then follows another
| grievance and another war;
| DISMAL RECORDS
| have three little extracts from my notebook
which request you to publish, to the truth OF
which any Arab or Arab save ut present In Ny.
an0we would be quite willing to testify:
"OcL l7.-Arabs organized to-day from the
! three districts OF Kassessa, Mwana Mamba aud
Nyangwe 10 avenge the murder and eating OF Mo-
hGmmedD In Sond and ten men by tribe neaI
Mana Mpunda, half way between Kassessa and Ny.
angwe. After six days slaughter the Arabs re
turned with 500 slaves and 1900 goats, besides
spears back cloths stools, &c
"Oct. "a The natives OF Kabanga, near Nyangwe
were sorely troubled two or three days ago by
visit paid them by some Uxnyamweze In the emplo
OF Aohammsd bin Said Their insolence was 8
unbearaple that the natives ut last said, we vii
stand this no longer. They VIII force our wve
and daughters before our eyes II we hesitate longe
to kin them. XIII them Kill them and before th
Arabs come we win be or.' Unfortunately on
one OF the Uanyamweze was killed; the others tool
fright and disappeared to rouse the Arabs with
new grievance. To-day Mtagmoyo, whose hear
IL only as big as the end OF ones finger
set out for the scene OF action with o murderou
celebrity and, besides making fifteen slaves, kille'
thirty, and set fire to eight villages. Mtagemoy
was said by the Arabs to have made but "smal
prize"
sOct. o6-The day after my arrival here has beel
sgnalled by an attack made by Mtagamoyo upo
the wagenya, or fishermen, on the left bank OF tn
Lualaba. lie departed In the night, and returned
this day noon with fifty or sixty women and ley
children.
QuIETISG TROUBLESOME SEIGuBoGs.
.Are these wars OF yours frequentn asked m
friend Abed bin salim.
"'Frequent Sometimes six times and ten time
o month"; he replied. We cannot teach these ps
gans to be quiet. They are always kicking u
trouble, killing some OF our people whenever the
can get chance A small force OF nve or ten gun
dare not set out to hunt game. We are always o
the lookout for trouble, and when we hear OF it W
all set out to punish them"
The method OF punishment which the Arab
have adopted In Manyema means cutthroa
grab at anything or everything, from woman I
an empty gourd, from goat or pig to hens ees
and an indiscrminate shooting into anything beal
Ing the seniblance or an armed foe.
When such simple savages as these OF Manyem
run away half dead with fright, unnerved by tn
nightlu noise Of musketry and whistle of murder
Gus slugs I'll their ears 1t may wen be imagine
that many little things OF value to Arabs and thci
slaves are picked up. My picture also proves hov
most OF the miserable hall-castes and Arab starve
lings from Zanzibar are able to muster from 800 Y