CHAPTER XXV

HIS  EXCELLENCY  SIR F.  CARDEW'S  TOUR  IN  THE
HINTERLAND  OF  THE  COLONY

A FEW months after the great Bandasuma meeting the
Konno country was invaded by Sofas, who are now quite
outside the sphere of British influence, and whose chief
town is Pandeme in the Bunde country, which was the
limit of my treaty tours.

The Konno people, although they had not made any
treaty with us, were within our sphere. The Sofas not
only absolutely destroyed this country, but were attempting
to penetrate further into our colony; it was therefore
necessary to expel them by military force. West Indian
troops commanded by Colonel Ellis, together \vith
Frontier Police under Inspector-General Captain Lendy,
who was killed at Waima, successfully conducted this
punitive expedition and drove back the invading Sofas,
but not before they had ruined the place. This war was
concluded at the end of 1893.

The health of the Governor, Sir Francis Fleming had
suffered considerably from the climate, and he was
therefore transferred to the Leeward Islands. Early in
March 1894 Sir Frederic Cardew, K.C.M.G., took over the