"Does not a white chief live there who has black smoking boats and troops?"
"No, the old men with us say that they saw white men, (here Kali parted his fingers) one, two, three. Yes. There were three of them in long white dresses. They were looking for tusks. Kali did not see them for he was not in the world, but Kali's father received them and gave them many cows."
"What is your father?"
"The king of Wahima."
Stas was flattered a little by the idea that he had a Prince Royal for a servant.
"Would you like to see your father?"
"Kali wants to see his mother."
"What would you do if we met the Wahimas, and what would they do?"
"The Wahimas would fall on their faces before Kali."
"Lead us to them; then you shall remain with them and rule after your father, and we will go farther to the sea."