The Kusasis-A Short Histroy (2)

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orossing from Toendama to Agol18~
or vice versa,
was almost unheard of.
~~sangaa
to the north and Bazaber1m1ea. to
the east oonsidered allot them tair 8por~ tor
periodioal raids. and the Kusasie generally seem
to have oome oft worst in the enooun.ters.
'l:he oountry WD.S
never ravaged, however, by
the sle,var-raidar Barbatu, who appears to have
oonfine!d his attention to the people further West.
The last f1ghting on any saale whiah took
place was in about 1895 when the people of Kugri
1naul ted the Na of Ma.mprussi and refused to make
amends.
The Na (oer1gaj sent an army against them,
but it was de'feated and driven bo.ok to Gambe.ga by
~he
KUgris, ~o reoeived help from many Kusasi
olans against the oommon foe.
The Na was
preparing to send a larger foroe when the opportune
arrival of the Yrhi teman in Gambe.ga made further
hostilities impossible.
It was not until t909 that Bawku station was
first established by ~
Lieut. F.N.F.Jaokson.
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(NoW Major F.U.F_JaOkSOn; C.l1.G.,D.s..O.,C.C.N.T.J
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