ABSTRACT
THE postponed inquiry regarding the outrage to the R. Catholic refugees on their way to Buddu was reopened so soon as the chief Katambala and the others I had sent for arrived. A great deal of conflicting evidence was given, but I could not obtain a conviction. Undoubtedly the chief blame rested on Mwanga, and next to him on the local peasantry, who, in the disturbed state of the country, and since there was now no chief of the province (Kaima), had committed excesses which would not otherwise have been dreamt of. Being unable to prove actual complicity against the Katambala, I adjudicated that he, as chief of a province, must be held responsible, unless he could produce the culprits and the women still missing. He returned for
this purpose, and eventually two culprits were brought, whom I imprisoned and flogged severely. The matter was settled fairly satisfactorily-except, of course, to Pere Brard. He seemed never happy without a grievance, though in the main he was a man I liked and always had goton well with.
