The Kusasis-A Short Histroy (2)

One interestin~ le~end oonoerning the orl~in
cf the Kusasi Tribe, as related by the people ot Tili, is
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follows:-
In the dim pn.st a man Oe.1l1d trom somewl1ere to Lhu
Nort,h with ti13 wife, and settlod at wha~ l~ now ~Cl.\{,;a
(in Prenoh rerr-iLol'Y,.
At this time thure vVa6 not a. s~le
person a.t law~,
but the t,;round was lnteate4 witn small
blaok ants, known in llioshi a.s
Sala.nsansi (Salansabt is
the sin[;ular).
The desoendants of the man and his wife
were very nwuerous and beoome known as Salansans1, but
~adua.lly this ~ ot oorrupted into Kusansi and now XU3.:lXlsi
is nearly invariably r endered as Kusas1.
Many years lat~er
tht;; Kusasis were viai t ed by a l\1osh1.
This man set tied among them and married some ot their
women.
His dwsaendants. were many and they were known a.s
Kusa-Moaga, to indiaata their mi.Xecl Kuaas1. and Moshi
antecedents.
Among these Kusa-Moaga peopla was a great slayer ot
men.
He used to waylay passar-by in t.he bush, engage
them in mortal combat, and bury their dead bodies on the
spot ..
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The Kusasi word for ~ave is "~ball1Jt
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and that