After the Victory. 271 were captured and sold in the markets of Shakka and Kalaka.

The rebel troops were disbanded, and each man sent to his own country. Thus the troops from El-Arbab, Feki Bekir, Idris, Jur, Bongo, Wau, Bisellia, and Delgauna, were all scattered in the forests and living on game.

As I said before, the troops remaining to Suleiman did not exceed a thousand men, but Avhile I was waiting for the ammunition from Meshra-el-E-ek, he received new contingents from his seribe in Niam-Niam, and the Jelabba who were pursued by the natives also joined his force, so that before I was ready to attack him he could again command three thousand men.

Sheikh Fango of Delgauna, to whom I had given some ammunition, Avas the scourge of the Jelabba. Master of the roads, he attacked those who attempted to go to Dem Suleiman. This was a great liindrance to the rebels, and Suleiman decided to send Abdulgassim, who was at Grugio, to put an end to Sheikh Fango and his negroes. But the latter, warned in time, put their families and possessions in safety and took to the woods. For two entire days the struggle lasted, but Abdulgassim and his people were finally put to flight. It was then that the natives of Gugio, profiting by Abdulgassim's absence, murdered a great number of slave traders, and reduced Dem Gugio to a heap of ashes.

AVith a view to putting an end to so much slaughter, I wrote a letter to Suleiman, showing him the uselessness of further resistance, and advising him to surrender and rely on the clemency and kindness of His Highness.

To this letter, written in the most conciliatory terms, Suleiman replied with arrogance, rendering any further treaty impossible. He sent nine rebel chiefs to His Excellency Gordon Pasha, who was at Shakka, not to implore mercy, but to enjoin His