 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 páginas
...wretched women appear to have been made away with in the most heartless manner. Here is another instance : "On the way home, one of the king's favorite women...found time to transact this bloody piece of business." — p. 4бО. On one occasion, after Captain Speke had been shooting some cows for Mtésa's amusement,... | |
 | Lindley Spring - 1868 - 256 páginas
...sad voices of no less than four women, dragged from the palace to the slaughter-house." Again.—" On the way home, one of the king's favorite women...of distinction, to walk free. Wondrous world ! it is not ten minutes since we parted from the king, yet he had found time to transact this bloody piece... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1865 - 574 páginas
...; and before Captain Speke left Uganda one of the King's favourite women overtook him, cryingNyawo in the most pitiful manner. A man was preceding her,...was permitted as a mark of distinction to walk free to execution. It was not ten minutes before that Captain Speke had parted from the King, yet in that... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 páginas
...the king keep up the brutal practice. " On the way bome," writes Speke, " one of the king's favourite women overtook us, walking with her hands clasped...found time to transact this bloody piece of business." Colonel C. ChaiHe*—Long Bey, chief of the Egyptian staff which accompanied Colonel Gordon when appointed... | |
 | James William Buel - 1884 - 832 páginas
...at the back of her head, to execution, crying " N'yawo !" in the most pitiful manner. A man preceded her, but did not touch her ; for she loved to obey...of distinction, to walk free. Wondrous world ! it had not been ten minutes since they had parted from the king, yet he had found time to transact this... | |
 | Harry Hamilton Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston - 1903 - 524 páginas
...favourite women overtook us, walking, with her hands behind her head, to 1 Muzungu, ie, " White-man." execution, crying ' Nyawo ' in the most pitiful manner....found time to transact this bloody piece of business." On the following morning the king replied to Speke's farewell remarks " with great feeling and good... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1865 - 578 páginas
...and before Captain Speke left Uganda one of the King's favourite women overtook him, crying JVyatfo in the most pitiful manner. A man was preceding her,...was permitted as a mark of distinction to walk free to execution. It was not ten minutes before that Captain Speke had parted from the-King, yet in that... | |
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On the way home, one of the king's favorite women overtook us, walking, with her hands clasped at the back of her head, to execu-tion, crying ' N'yawo!' in the most pitiful manner. A man was preceding her, but did not touch her; for she loved to obey... 