I followed thee to Kalunga, and there overheard thy conversation with the brutal headman Ngalyema, in which thou didst tell him of thy search, and he, with consummate craftiness, offered to send his armed men with thee.
We have no desire to kill thee," the headman answered, with a smile.
Her three female companions cried loudly to the headman to release them, but he only laughed brutally, and ordered the Arabs around him to put them back with the other slaves.
I told him that within the rock was the place of torment prepared for unbelievers, but my words only increased his curiosity and anxiety to find it," and the thick-lipped headman grinned.
Through one of the guides, who spoke the Momvu tongue, the headman of the raiders put a question, asking where his ivory was concealed.
A basket of plover's eggs," said the Headman of Half-a-Loaf.
And then as he was being marched off theHeadman put his hand under the thatch of his house and took out a Wren that was sheltering there.
The Wren is King of the Birds," said the Headman of Windy-Gap.
And when the Eagle outsoars the Wren it shall be proved that the Headman of Windy-Gap is a catiff, and his village and everyone in it will be sold to the Saracens.
A string of salmon," said the Headman of Windy-Gap.
And there, before him on the way to the King's Castle was the Headman of Half-a-Loaf.
The Headman put his hand under his hat and handed over the Wren to the King's Falconer.
Since then the headman has formed the habit of shaking his head solemnly and thoughtfully, of stroking his long, drooping moustache, and of darting hawk-like glances from his eyes.
A sharp observer, however, would have seen that it was not mere torpidity which made the headman sit so quietly.
But who is this headman to whose disadvantage so much has been said?
The present occasion reminds me of the time when I----" At these words the headman assumed his customary solemn air.
At the lower end of the table sat, smoking his pipe, one of the village council, of which the headman was superintendent.
The headman lifted a finger and bent his head as though he were listening to something.
Now the headman will relate how he accompanied the Czarina!
Just now a song that suits the headman occurs to me.
The headman has an entry everywhere, and every stalwart rustic stands respectfully, cap in hand, so long as theheadman feels round his snuff-box with his thick, coarse finger.
He continued to abuse the headman in terms which might be expected from one in his condition.
Levko to himself, recovering from his astonishment and looking after the headman as he departed, cursing and scolding.
The headman sat there, as master of the house, wearing only his shirt and linen breeches.
The headman saw with his one eye, to his no small astonishment, the clerk with two village councillors.
At that moment the headman came forward again, again sniffed at him, and again chuckled, and all the natives as they looked on us chuckled also.
The headman appeared before us, and beckoned to Blithelygo and myself to come.
The cigar was refused, but the headman ordered a couple of natives ashore, and in five minutes we had wild bananas and fish to eat, and water to drink.
The headman of the village next to Georgie Porgie's post had a fair daughter who had seen Georgie Porgie and loved him from afar.
The headman was angry at first, but lit a fresh cheroot and said something uncomplimentary about the sex in general.
The headman was old, and remembered the war of '51.
Would the Effendi use his influence with the headmanto get him to extend hospitality to them?
The Effendi told the headman that he had better let it go at that, lest worse should befall him; for naturally he had no means whatever of controlling these fellows if they should break loose.
The headman accepted the money, as a sign that the feud was finally closed, but declared that he would take no compensation for his brother's death.
At last theheadman of the village appeared, and with many kindly expressions of unintelligibility led me to his house.
After dinner I usually conversed with the headman on local interests, and was in bed soon after eight.
At the end of the march I usually found the tent pitched on irrigated ground, near a hamlet, the headman of which provided milk, fuel, fodder, and other necessaries at fixed prices.
Before starting each morning the account was made out, and I paid the headman personally.
Not the least important part of my outfit was a letter from Mr. Redslob to the headman or chief of the Chang-pas or Champas, the nomadic tribes of Rupchu, to whose encampment I purposed to make a detour.
Then came the caravan headman and guide, the Mwinyi-mpara or Kiongozi, as he was styled.
A talk with the headman helped to clear things up and settle plans.
She saw and heard John call for the headman and guessed that he was marshalling eight of his most courageous porters, the "gunmen" of the expedition, to sally out with him and attack the lion.
It is all well, master," said the headman hurriedly in Swahili.
He concentrated on setting it in close to the dock, then made his way to the eastern edge of the village, summoning the headman as he passed through the village center.
He had been headman of the village under the old Master Protector, his father--and his brother had seen no reason for change, allowing the aging headman to remain in charge of the welfare of his people.
I have instructed my headman to attend to your drivers and beasts," he said.
Maybe some of the other long-necks had strayed from the main herd and he would have to have the headman send out guards to pick them up and bring them in.
Finally, he turned his attention to the headman again.
Maybe the pasturage was getting poor and he would have to instruct the new headman to move to better lands.
The life of a headman here in Tibara is short and none but a fool would fight for this position of mine.
He ignored them, centering his attention on the headman himself.
Wearily, Retonga, headmanof Tibara, pulled himself to a sitting position.
There were more of the growls and hisses, then the headman waved a hand southward and the other nodded again and turned away, to run into the trees and disappear.
Headman and tax-collector for a group of about fifty families, for whose "tribute" he was personally responsible.
Long before the other bank is reached all concerned have handsomely apologised to the headman for having doubted his statement that they could not have got across before the liner arrived.
Some seventy camels were attached to each battalion, camping under their own headmansomewhere near and sending in daily parties to draw rations and water from the A.
With the assistance of a friendly military policeman, the headman of this gang is discovered some hundred of yards away lying asleep with his feet in the Sweet-Water Canal, Bilharziosis doubtless entering at every pore.
In obedience to his orders the headman brings out a carpet and spreads it beneath the shadow of the wall, and pointing to it, says, "Sahib, bismillah!
The carpet is taken away again, and the village headman sends a younger man to guide us through the fields and gardens to the river.
We pitch our camp on a smooth threshing-floor in the centre of the village, and the headman brings pieces of carpet for me to recline on, together with a sort of a carpet bolster for a pillow.
Then we had better try the nativeheadman he talked about.
They're a turbulent lot, but you might send a present to the headman at the native town up river, and it's possible he'll let you go to see him.
The title Adhigari (one in power) is assumed by some Agamudaiyans, and Adhikari occurs as an exogamous sept of the Badagas, and the title of village headman among some Oriya castes.
Their hereditary chiefs are called Pedde Bui, which, among the Europeans of Madras, is bestowed on the headman of every gentleman's set.
The headman visits the house on the previous day, and, after examination of the provisions, helps in cutting up vegetables, etc.
When this passes to another by sale or inheritance, the office of headman passes with it.
But it is generally purchased by the headman of the family, in which the marriage is taking place, and handed over, not to the washerman, but to the Perithanakkaran.
The hereditary headman is called Maharana, and, in some places, there seem to be three grades of Maharana, viz.
Each headman has a peon called the Kudi-pillai, whose duty it is to summon the panchayat when necessary, and to carry messages.
The hereditary headman of the caste is called Behara, and he is assisted by a Bhollobaya.
The Boyis obey a headmancalled the Pedda (big) Boyi.
The headman presides at all functions, and settles, with the assistance of the elders, any disputes that may arise in the community regarding division of property, adultery, and other matters.
The headman and male relations of the bride place this vessel thrice in the hands of the bridal couple.
The headman among the Bants is generally called Guttinayya, meaning person of the guttu or site.
The headmanof the caste panchayat (council) is called the Kariyakkaran, and his office is hereditary in particular families.
The caste has a headman called Gurikara, whose office is hereditary, and passes to the aliya (sister's son).
Government, for the most part, is in the hands of the headman of every village.
The headman of the village had bustled off to put on his company clothes, which he kept very carefully for state occasions.
The Rana in his everyday dress of ordinary white cotton could only be distinguished from theheadman of his village by the silver ring on his finger and the fineness of the shawl about his waist.
In less than ten minutes the door is unlocked, and in walks the headman of the village, making a most solemn and profound salaam as he enters.
Chenjewala blamed Machemba, a chief above him on the Rovuma, for encouraging the slave-trade; I told him I had travelled so much among them that I knew all the excuses they could make, each headman blamed some one else.
On asking the names of the next headman he would not inform me, till I told him to try and speak like a man; he then told us that the first Lobemba chief was Motuna, and the next Chafunga.
At the village on the south bank of the Mpanda we were taken by the headmanas Mazitu.
Muasi was so eager to be off with a party to return the attack on the Mazitu, that, when deputed by the headman to give us a guide, he got the man to turn at the first village, so we had to go on without guides, and made about due north.
Our man from Moamba here refused to go further, and we were put on the wrong track by the headman wading through three marshes, each at least half a mile broad.
The headman of the village where we spent the night of 17th is a martyr to rheumatism.
A large ivory bracelet marks theheadman of a village; there is nothing else to show differences of rank.
The headmanis very childish, does women's work--cooking and pounding; and in all cases of that kind the people take after their leader.
One headman refused us admission, then sent after us, saying that the man who had refused admission was not the chief: he had come from a distance, and had just arrived.
The headman of the last village, Chitoku, was with us, and he took us to a village of smiths, four furnaces and one smithy being at work.
Not the least important part of my outfit was a letter from Mr. Redslob to the headman or chief of the Chang-pas or Champas, the nomadic tribes of Rupchu, to whose encampment I purposed to make a detour.
The headman saluted and was turning away with an abashed countenance when Juanna stopped him.
Trial unions are unknown, and marriage restrictions are based solely on blood relationship; government is through the headman aided by the elders of his village, or is a pure democracy.
Finally she accepts the proffered hand, the headman brings basi for the couple to drink, and the dance is over.
The smoker was Shuswap, headman of the Cayugas, father of Onawa and Tuschota, and the chief doctor, one who professed to understand the language of the beasts, and knew how to hold communion with the dead.
The headman removed his eyes from the Dutchman and turned to consult his colleagues.
The headman receives a sort of rent in the form of labour and produce, and the firstfruits, formerly offered to the gods, are sometimes presented to him.
Tongia was headman of Tuapa, and if he had attained no greater eminence until he was past seventy, it was owing to no foolish modesty on his part.
He was theheadman of Avatele, and it soon became evident that the headmen of each of the eleven villages intended to deliver themselves of the oratory of which I had defrauded them when the Treaty was signed.
Mr. Lawes had been listening to the discussion, and he hastened to assure me that unless space could be found for four at least there would be trouble, for it meant that the headman of Alofi would be left out.
