I am here, and I see that your news reaches me, first and last, of every movement and stillness. If you go, take me with you and count me among you, wherever you go. Colonel Gordon honored me and gave me a position on the shoulders of men, and I remained with him until we opened the province of Madi.

How to proceed. When we reached the first lands of this province, from the domain of the King, and began to build a center to take as our first station, the slaves began to fight us to distract us from building the station. We remained like that for a long time. They did not gather to fight us regularly, nor did they leave us to build a fort in which we could reside peacefully.

Colonel Gordon decided to write to Amtese, so he rebuked him for the flight of the inhabitants from us and their abandonment of their lands, so that we would not be able to fulfill our needs with them. He warned him that we are the Egyptian government, which is strong and powerful, and that it wants nothing but to spread civilization and justice in these lands and to open the trade routes by which people exchange their goods. If King Amtese prefers his country, let him seek the protection of the Egyptian government and take shelter under its vast shade. Otherwise, he will face an army that he cannot withstand, and he will see from its strength and power what can move the firm mountains and break the noses of the stubborn. We are here in Madi, waiting for your response to what you deem appropriate.

Four days passed until a messenger arrived from King Amtese, blaming Gordon for threatening the king, not realizing his strength, as he is in his country and capable of bringing great disaster upon him, and the Egyptian government will not benefit him if he seeks its help.