[Footnote 25: A complete list of all the tribes and sections of the Ímóshagh or Tawárek will be given in Appendix II. Here I will communicate the family relations of these chiefs of the Igwádaren, which are of importance for understanding clearly the political state of things in this part of the Niger, and which may be of some use to any future expedition. First, Ákhbi, the principal chief of this tribe, is a son of Sálem, son of Hemme, son of Akhéum. His rival is Sadáktu, the nephew of Simsim, who is a son of El Ámmer (the name of Sadáktu’s father I do not know), son of Walaswaríslar, son of Akhéum. Associated with Ákhbi is El Wóghdugu, a chief of a section of the Tarabanása, a very chivalrous man, and a great friend of the Sheikh El Bakáy, and son of Ég el Henne, son of Mansúr; El Wóghdugu’s brothers are Míni, Mohammed, Aníti, and Lubéd. Another chief of the Tarabanása, and a deadly enemy of El Wóghdugu, although allied with Ákhbi, is E’ Téni son of Agánte, son of Kháwi, son of Mansúr, son of Ag e’ Saʿade, son of Awédha. E’ Téni’s sons are: Umbúnge, Imbékke or Bába, Asátil, and Innósara; sons of a brother of E’ Téni are: Babaye and Bubákkeri. Another great man related to E’ Téni is Úgast, son of Shét, son of Kháwi.] CHAP. LXXIV. RETROGRADE MOVEMENT TOWARDS TIMBÚKTU. The locality of Izéberen, where we had encamped, was not at all inviting, as it was but scantily provided with trees. Here we gave up our journey eastward, and again commenced our retrograde movement towards Timbúktu. I was now filled with the saddest forebodings; for after three or four days spent in vain dispute between the Sheikh and Ákhbi, the chief of the Igwádaren, who was encamped here, the latter persisted in his rebellious conduct against his liege lord Alkúttabu; and, instead of restoring what he had taken from the tribes placed under the protection of the latter, he made up his mind to follow the instigations of the Sheikh’s enemy and rival, Hammádi, and to throw himself into the arms of the Fúlbe and of the chief of Hamda-Alláhi. He thus caused an immense disturbance in this whole region; and in fact a bloody war broke out soon after my safe departure.