[495] Lopes de Lima, Ensaio, iii, p. xxxii, says he was assassinated by a Portuguese soldier.
[496] All the successors of the famous Queen, as also her people and country, are called Nzinga (Ginga) by Portuguese authors.
[497] Lopes de Lima, Ensaio, iii, p. 117, and parte segunda, p. 18, calls them Quinalonga, and there can be no doubt of their identity with the Quihindonga (Kindonga) islands of Cavazzi. The Catalogo does not mention this cession.
[498] He had arrived on August 26th, 1669, and spite of his prudence must be held responsible for this disastrous Sonyo campaign.
[499] See Paivo Manso, p. 255, who quotes an anonymous Relação, published at Lisbon in 1671; also Cadornega.
[500] Cavazzi, who accompanied this expedition as chaplain, gives a full account of it, without naming the Portuguese commander. His geographical data, as usual, are exceedingly vague: a circumstance all the more to be regretted, as even now we know very little about this part of Angola.
[501] This soba had been baptised. In 1684, a brother of his expelled him, but he was reinstated by João de Figueireda e Souza.
[502] From a letter published by Paiva Manso (p. 316), we learn that Mbuilu had begged the King of Kongo to receive him as a vassal.
[503] For King Pedro’s letter of thanks for this victory, see Catalogo, p. 401. In 1693, massacres of prisoners were strictly prohibited.
[504] He died in prison at Luandu.