in seven hands, and reported having shot the people in the act of running away to the French side, etc.”
“We found all that the soldiers had reported was untrue, and that the statements made by the natives to me were true. We saw only six bodies; a seventh had evidently fallen into the water, and we learned in a day or two that an eighth body had floated into the landing-place above us—a woman that had either been thrown or had fallen into the water after being shot.”
On December 5th, he says:
“A year ago we passed or visited between here and Ikoko the following villages:
| Probable population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lobwaka | 250 | |
| Boboko | 250 | |
| Bosungu | 100 | |
| Kenzie | 150 | |
| Bokaka | 200 | |
| Mosenge | 150 | |
| Ituta | 80 | |
| Ngero | 2,000 | |
| Total | 3,180 |