Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-21
AN AFR;caN sl AVER.

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 I-p t,isTI 'r,ppu Tib had Lcen the Il :e;l ter of the slavers. on account of his marve .ous success. His career hal b~cn romantic. From a D coast shaver, .involveI in debt to JIG II urer, anI money-lendcrs of Zan- zibar, hc h,ld grown wealthy and ia nous. By the storming and capture of Nsama's stron shold (May. 1s67) he had become posse ,se,l of a fortune in ivory and slaves. He had relieved himself as sooa as possible of his embarrassing store ly sending his brother, Mo
 ,ammed. in charge of his ptunder to Unyanyembc, and with five hundred guns, continued a triumphant and un- ciecl1ed course from the south of Tan
 yanilsa, through the heart of Rua; to NyAnswc. As he marched he ravaged to the right and left of his route, gath cred ivo y. and made slaves by hun
 lreds Not far from district called MtpLila he l arne from captive that the king hal disappeared mysteriously many years before, and that though
 requenL search had been made for him, nothing was known of his where
 bOOutS 1ippu IO drLAuLly COACOANCo the plan of represent ting himself as his
 'on, and accordingly sehooled himself in all the local knowledge necessary for the deception he intended to practice.
 By. the time he approached Mtotila,
 Tirpu TiO could rehearse the long line of the kings ancestry, the names of his living relatives, and the elders of the land, and was familiar with the events traditions and customs of Mtotila- He despatched messengers into the coun- try to an ounce his arrival, and to tell the wondering people the news of his
 fathers fate, and of his intention to as- sume his ;ather's rights The people accepted the story without difficulty, as it harmonize1 so well with their own conceptions and expectations. The elders were deputed to go and meet their prince. They brought rich pres ents of ivory and abundance of food,
 and offered to escort him with honor to his fathers land, which Tippu Tib courteously accepted. At every stage
 of his journey he was welcomed and
 feastel. On reaching the town of
 Mtotila he received the chiefs and elders in grand barzah, at which he
 told the story of his fathers disappear ance, with a wealth of fictitious details of love and marriage with kings
 laughter, of honors showered upon his
 father, and of the reluctance to his
 departure which the natives mani
 tested; of his cwn birth and l fe; of his
 recollections of his fathers conversa-
 tions with him respecting Mtotila coun-
 try, his relatives and local events
 until all were thoroughly persuaded
 that this able an l afflble stranger was
 no other than the.r lost kings son. He
 was at once formally accepted and in- stalled as their king; and to ingratiate himself still m ore, he distributed libera aryesS of showy boa Is and copper and
 brass trinkets Before many days
 had passed the people of Mtotila
 understood that ivory was very ac- ceptable to their king, and as the lrticle was abundant, and of lit e value 0 them, the entire country was ran lacked for it, and heaps of it were daily laid before him, until his store of ivory
 became prodigious Breaches of the peace between his subjects were com pounded by payment in ivory; his favors were sold for ivory; in every imaginable way he augmented his treasure. Finally, when he had de- pletcd Mtotila of elephants teeth, he sought occasion to embroil Mtotila with the surrounding countries, and his myrmidons were despatched with the native forces to despoil them Within fifteen months he Ina gathered ninc hundred tusks. He proposed now to the Mtotilas that they should muster carriers to convey his treasure to s.l.
 cording to his reports, he owned, where he had great houses and great estates. In this manner he succeeded in obtain ing vast wealth, and the Arabs of the Manyuema settlements, when they viewed his vast store of ivory and innu-
 merable retinue, hailed him as genius and recognized his superiority.
 The general admiration which had been excited by his genius had greatly subsided by the time reached Nyan- | gwe in 1876. He was then induced to escort my trans-African expedition a ! few marches north of Nyangwe, and | on his return he undertook the trans \ port of his immense collection of ivory \ to Zanzibar, where it is said that he ! realized the large sum of a3O, 900 by its sale Out of these lucrative returns he \ was able to pay the usurers of Zanzibar the advances of money he had received, with the heavy interest accruing. anG ! with the residue he equipped his large force with the best weapons procurab able In 1881 he was back again in Man yuema, and witnessed with his owr \ eyes the disembarkation of the ivory
 and slaves obtained by Abed-b bin
 Salim's agents. Fired at the sight, ht
 lost no time in making his preparation.
 for a second great campaign, whict
 should excel in results his own previou.
 exploits and surpass Abed's successes.
 He divided his forces into two di
 visions The land force he despatched
 under his nephew, Rashid, to- tho
 Lumami; the hotilla descending tho
 Lualaba he led himself, assisted by hi
 brother and son. The vessels wer'
 navigated by the .Wenya fishermen
 whom during his long residence il
 Manyuema he had protested ant
 propitiated. These people numbered \ several thousands and were Scatteret