Note 15 — Chapter XIV · —(Continued).
Reading edition
In the History (p. 204) we read that the moment the death of the King was heard of in the palace, the women began to kill themselves and one another: when Sinmenkpen departed life, 595 perished. Gezo ended this abomination by extorting a solemn fetish oath from all his chiefs, men and women. Yet it must be unpleasant to find oneself at Agbome when the King dies: I should imagine that a foreigner would not be safe there at such a time.