Among the women who were still living of his father's people who had known him as a child, was the one who had given him the evil "medicine" long ago; her object in giving it having been to kill him. After he had gone off to the vessel, this woman came to his wife's home, and, seeing the Spear hanging tied from the roof, said, "What is that Thing tied there?" His wife replied, "It is a kind of "medicine" of my husband's. It must not be touched." But the woman said, "I know that Thing; and what it does." Then she seized it, and put into it its handle the man had removed. She hurled the Spear out to sea, and it went on and on, passing over the ship. The man sitting in the saloon, said to the crew, as he recognized the Spear in its flight, "I saw something pass over the ship!" He went up on deck, and called after it, "My Spear! come back! come! come! come back!" And he told all the people of the vessel to go below lest they should be injured. The Spear turned and came back to him; and he took possession of it. Then said he to the crew, "Come! escort me ashore!" They landed him ashore, and waited to see what he intended doing. He called all his father's family, and asked, "Why is it that you have tried to kill me today with this Spear! For this, I will this day kill all of you." He summoned all the people to come together. When they had come, he had his mother bring out that tumor bundle, and said, "This is the thing of long ago with which that woman (pointing to the one who in childhood had given him the evil disease) tried to injure me. And, for the same reason, she threw the Spear today; thus trying a second time to kill me. None of you have rebuked her. So, I shall kill you all as her associates." Though they were of his father's family, he attacked and killed them all. The whole town died that day, excepting himself, his wife, his mother, and his sister. These four, not liking to remain at that evil place, went off and took passage on the ship. So, he journeyed, and came to the country of the white people at Manga-Manene; and never returned to Africa. But, he kept up a trade in Ivory with his native country. But for him, that trade would not have been begun. For, besides his having brought the first elephant to the sea coast, he told the people of Manga-Manene beyond the Great Sea, about the tribes of people, and about the elephants that were so abundant, in Africa. And that is all. TALE 24 ORIGIN OF THE IVORY TRADE (2nd Version) Persons King Njambu, and His Four Wives Ngwe-Konde (Mother-of-Queens) Ngwe-Lege (Mother-of-Poverty) Ivenga (Watching); Ngwe-Sape (Mother of a Lock) Njambu's Son, Savulaka (Gluttony) The Spirit of an Uncle; Mekuku (Spirits of the Dead) A Magic Spear; A Great Elephant (A Metamorphosed Man) Birds, and Other Beasts Njambu built a town; and married four women. This one, Ngwe-Konde, that one Ngwe-Lege, another one Ivenga, another Ngwe-Sape.