Note 33 — Chapter XVI · TO MUTA NZIGÉ AND BACK TO UGANDA.
Reading edition
The following is the epistle verbatim:—
“My dear Sir, H. M. Stanley,
“What meant by his news that we see Sabadu coming without a letter in time? He came first. I asked him, ‘Where is the letter that you brought?’ So he answered me, ‘The letter is my mouth’; but I believed not in his words. Then went I to the Sûltan and told him these things. Then the Sûltan called Sabadu and asked him, ‘Where is the letter?’ and he answered, ‘There is no letter.’ So he send him to Pokino—the Katekiro; but I who know in my heart that they been run away from you. So now he send others people instead of them, and he go to punish Sambuzi. It is far better for you to waite for Waganda to take you to Mutanzige, because they see that Sambuzi been punished, and all the others will obey the word of the king. I, Dallington, the servant of wite men, I won’t tell you lie, but I will tell you the truth. The Sûltan (Mtesa) is not bad. This letter I write it in a hurry, and send me two or three papers to write the last to you.
“Seyyid Mtesa.
“Son of Sûltan Suna of Uganda,
“January 30th, 1876.”