" What seemed to astonish them
most was my being alone and unarmed. After some time, our old friend
came from the other end of the village and hurried us away. It was time
to leave them, so, giving a few parting presents, we picked up our goods
and away to the boat.
CHAPTER V. EAST CAPE IN 1878 AND IN 1882
Original state of the natives--War and cannibalism--How the mission work
has been carried on--A Sunday at East Cape in 1882--Twenty-one converts
baptized--A blight prospect.
In 1878, missionary work was begun at East Capes, and four years after
the establishment of that mission, on a review of the past, what
evidences of progress were to be seen! There were signs of light
breaking in upon the long dark night of heathenism. Looking at the
condition of this people when the missionaries and teachers first landed,
what did they find? A people sunk in crime that to them has become a
custom and religion--a people in whom murder is the finest art, and who
from their earliest years study it.
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