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A
few
minutes
after
,
Moini
Loungga
and
his
minister
had
succumbed
,
but
they
still
burned
.
Soon
,
in
the
place
where
they
had
fallen
,
there
was
nothing
left
but
a
few
light
coals
,
one
or
two
pieces
of
the
vertebral
column
,
fingers
,
toes
,
that
the
fire
does
not
consume
,
in
cases
of
spontaneous
combustion
,
but
which
it
covers
with
an
infectious
and
penetrating
soot
.
It
was
all
that
was
left
of
the
King
of
Kazounde
and
of
his
minister
.
The
next
day
,
May
29th
,
the
city
of
Kazounde
presented
a
strange
aspect
.
The
natives
,
terrified
,
kept
themselves
shut
up
in
their
huts
.
They
had
never
seen
a
king
,
who
said
he
was
of
divine
essence
,
nor
a
simple
minister
,
die
of
this
horrible
death
.
They
had
already
burned
some
of
their
fellow-beings
,
and
the
oldest
could
not
forget
certain
culinary
preparations
relating
to
cannibalism
.
They
knew
then
how
the
incineration
of
a
human
body
takes
place
with
difficulty
,
and
behold
their
king
and
his
minister
had
burnt
all
alone
!
That
seemed
to
them
,
and
indeed
ought
to
seem
to
them
,
inexplicable
.
Jose-Antonio
Alvez
kept
still
in
his
house
.
He
might
fear
that
he
would
be
held
responsible
for
the
accident
.
Negoro
had
informed
him
of
what
had
passed
,
warning
him
to
take
care
of
himself
.
To
charge
him
with
Moini
Loungga
's
death
might
be
a
bad
affair
,
from
which
he
might
not
be
able
to
extricate
himself
without
damage
.
But
Negoro
had
a
good
idea
.
By
his
means
Alvez
spread
the
report
that
the
death
of
Kazounde
's
sovereign
was
supernatural
;
that
the
great
Manitou
only
reserved
it
for
his
elect
.
The
natives
,
so
inclined
to
superstition
,
accepted
this
lie
.
The
fire
that
came
out
of
the
bodies
of
the
king
and
his
minister
became
a
sacred
fire
.
They
had
nothing
to
do
but
honor
Moini
Loungga
by
obsequies
worthy
of
a
man
elevated
to
the
rank
of
the
gods
.
These
obsequies
,
with
all
the
ceremonial
connected
with
them
among
the
African
tribes
,
was
an
occasion
offered
to
Negoro
to
make
Dick
Sand
play
a
part
.
What
this
death
of
Moini
Loungga
was
going
to
cost
in
blood
,
would
be
believed
with
difficulty
,
if
the
Central
Africa
travelers
,
Lieutenant
Cameron
among
others
,
had
not
related
facts
that
can
not
be
doubted
.
The
King
of
Kazounde
's
natural
heir
was
the
Queen
Moini
.
In
proceeding
without
delay
with
the
funeral
ceremonies
she
acted
with
sovereign
authority
,
and
could
thus
distance
the
competitors
,
among
others
that
King
of
the
Oukonson
,
who
tended
to
encroach
upon
the
rights
of
Kazounde
's
sovereigns
.
Besides
,
Moini
,
even
by
becoming
queen
,
avoided
the
cruel
fate
reserved
for
the
other
wives
of
the
deceased
;
at
the
same
time
she
would
get
rid
of
the
youngest
ones
,
of
whom
she
,
first
in
date
,
had
necessarily
to
complain
.
This
result
would
particularly
suit
the
ferocious
temperament
of
that
vixen
.
So
she
had
it
announced
,
with
deer
's
horns
and
other
instruments
,
that
the
obsequies
of
the
defunct
king
would
take
place
the
next
evening
with
all
the
usual
ceremony
.
No
protestation
was
made
,
neither
at
court
nor
from
the
natives
.
Alvez
and
the
other
traders
had
nothing
to
fear
from
the
accession
of
this
Queen
Moini
.
With
a
few
presents
,
a
few
flattering
remarks
,
they
would
easily
subject
her
to
their
influence
.
Thus
the
royal
heritage
was
transmitted
without
difficulty
.
There
was
terror
only
in
the
harem
,
and
not
without
reason
.
