ature of the instruction, I was told "Bonyai", which I suppose may
be understood as indicating manhood, for it sounds as if we should say,
"to teach an American Americanism," or "an Englishman to be English."
While here they are kept in subjection to rather stringent regulations.
They must salute carefully by clapping their hands on approaching a
superior, and when any cooked food is brought, the young men may not
approach the dish, but an elder divides a portion to each. They remain
unmarried until a fresh set of youths is ready to occupy their place
under the same instruction. The parents send servants with their sons to
cultivate gardens to supply them with food, and also tusks to Monina to
purchase clothing for them. When the lads return to the village of their
parents, a case is submitted to them for adjudication, and if they speak
well on the point, the parents are highly gratified.

When we told Monina that we had nothing to present but some hoes, he
replied that he was not in need of those articles, and that he had
absolute power over the country in front, and if he prevented us from
proceeding, no one would say any thing to him. His little boy Boromo
having come to the encampment to look at us, I gave him a knife, and
he went off and brought a pint of honey for me. The father came soon
afterward, and I offered him a shirt. He remarked to his councilors, "It
is evident that this man has nothing, for, if he had, his people
would be buying provisions, but we don't see them going about for that
purpose." His council did not agree in this. They evidently believed
that we had goods, but kept them hid, and we felt it rather hard to be
suspected of falsehood. It was probably at their suggestion that in the
evening a wardance was got up about a hundred yards from our encampment,
as if to put us in fear and force us to bring forth presents. Some
of Monina's young men had guns, but most were armed with large bows,
arrows, and spears. They beat their drums furiously, and occasionally
fired off a gun. As this sort of dance is never got up unless there is
an intention to attack, my men expected an assault. We sat and looked at
them for some time, and then, as it became dark, lay down, all ready
to give them a warm reception. But an hour or two after dark the dance
ceased, and, as we then saw no one approaching us, we went to sleep.
During the night, one of my head men, Monahin, was seen to get up, look
toward the village, and