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♪ The current swings ♪

♪ The water sings a river rhyme ♪

♪ For light is the burden of labor ♪

♪ When each bends his back ♪

♪ With his neighbor ♪

♪ So each for all ♪

♪ We stand or fall ♪

♪ And all for each until we reach ♪

♪ The journey's end ♪

♪ Sandi the strong, Sandi the wise ♪

♪ Righter of wrong, hater of lies ♪

♪ Laughed as he fought ♪

♪ Worked as he played ♪

♪ As he has taught, let it be made ♪

♪ Away you go, igde ♪

♪ And make it so, igde ♪

♪ Together all the paddles fall ♪

♪ In tune and time ♪

♪ The current swings ♪

♪ The water sings a river rhyme ♪

♪ For light is the burden of labor ♪

♪ When each bends his back ♪

♪ With his neighbor ♪

♪ So each for all ♪

♪ We stand or fall ♪

♪ And all for each until we reach ♪

♪ The journey's end♪♪

Tibbets.

- Tibbets. - Oh, yes, sir.

What's the matter? You feeling homesick?

Oh, well. Never mind.

I felt exactly the same during my first 10 days.

After your first 10 years, you gradually begin to get used to it.

Is Hamilton not back yet? He ought to have been here hours ago.

Do you think anything could've happened to him, sir?

Something can always happen in this part of the world.

- Shall I take out a company and go search for him? - No, no, no. Don't get so excited.

And for heaven's sake, stop thinking about that Victoria Cross of yours.

What you're in for is tramping through swamps and jungles.

The only decoration you'll get are mosquito bites.

- You better go and see about dinner. - Yes, sir.

Oh, hello, "Hamil."

- Good evening, sir. - Glad to see you back.

- Thanks very much. - Come along. Come sit down.

- Thank you. - Hot?

- Oh, rather. - Whiskey and soda?

Oh, I'd love one. Thanks very much.

- You were all the way to the Isisis. - Yeah.

- Anything happen? - Well, I found a couple of gin bottles in Kulubu's village.

When I told him you'd sent me after his firewater...

he said you've got ears as long as an elephant...

eyes in the top of your head and in your back, and where other men sit.

- I know. - That you were his father and mother...

but he wouldn't tell me where he got his gin from.

Oh, that's simple.

Our old friend Farini up to his tricks again.

Oh, another thing. I picked up a queer bird about a mile up the river.

He came in an Ochori canoe.

- But he was not an Ochori. - Oh.

I, uh-I took him on board and tried to question him.

But all he would say is he had a high and important matter to report to you...

and to you only, to the Lord Sandi.

- Hello, sir. - Hello, Tibbets.

Tell me, Hamilton. Was this man tall?

As a matter of fact, he's very tall.

Very tall. I see.

Abibu.

Take the tall man who came with my lord Hamilton into my office.

Yes, my lord.

Sanders, your black children say you've got all kinds of magic.

But you're not gonna tell me out of the two million souls here...

you know the man I picked up an hour ago.

I might. Come and have a look.

Right.

All right, Abibu.

- Well? - Lord, I am of the people of the Ochoris.

For three days have I come down the river with strong oarsmen in my fast boat...

to tell you some very high and important matter.

- Who are you, man? - I am Olaba, son ofZuburu.

- I sit in my father's place, and in my fast boat - - Olaba, son ofZuburu?

Yes, lord.

- Is that not a lie, man? - It is a lie, lord.

It is a lie, man.

Bosambo of Monrovia, five months ago...

you made yourself chief of the Ochoris.

Didn’t you know that no man can be chief in the river territories without my permission?

- I knew, lord. - Well?

But I also knew that you also knew that I made myself chief of the Ochori.

You knew that I knew because of my magic.

Lord, I knew that you knew by your spies...

who are everywhere, who are called the eyes of Your Lordship.

You thought I would like you so much that I would confirm you as chief of the Ochoris.

Lord, before I came, the Ochoris were a great worry to Your Lordship.

They were just sheep at the mercy of all the peoples of the river.

But I have taught all these peoples a lesson and the Ochori to obey your law.

You know that every six months I call on the Ochoris?

Yes, lord, at the time of the taxes.

Yes, Bosambo, at the time of the taxes, in a month's time.

And you thought it advisable to come sooner.

No, lord. I came to tell you about a very high and important matter.

- Is that not a lie, Bosambo? - Lord Sandi...

I lie to anybody if I think it is good for me.

But I will never lie to you.

That will be very wise, Bosambo.

And what is this high and important matter that you came to report to me?

Warriors came from the Old King's Country.

- King Mofolaba's warriors? - Yes, lord. Under a captain of his guard.

They passed through the land of the Ochori and went towards the country of the French.

And you were afraid of them?

Lord Sandi, you rule two million people along the river...

but there is only one man who will not run away...

when he sees the ostrich feathers of the old king's warriors.

And you are that one man?

I am the one man, lord.

- Then why didn't you stop them? - Lord, because I knew that would mean war.

And I also know that this, Your Lordship does not want.

That you know very wisely, Bosambo.

Well, your Monrovian friends seem very anxious to see you again.

Shall I send you back to Monrovia?

Lord, everything is with God.

- Are you a Mohammedan? - Oh, no, Lord Sandi. I'm a Christian.

Why, I went to a mission school.

I know all about the blessed "Marki," "Luki" and "Johni."

And that other John who lost his head about a certain dancing girl.

Bosambo, if I try you out for six months as chief of the Ochori...

will you serve my king faithfully?

Yes, Lord Sandi. Every time I've seen the beautiful face of your great king...

- my heart has filled with joy. - When have you seen his face?

Lord...

on little round pieces of silver.

- Tibbets. - Yes, sir.

Have you got the chain and medal of chieftainship?

Lord, it is here.

Old Zuburu's. You wore this without permission.

Lord, I had to wear it to keep the peace of your king.

Now, listen to me, Chief of the Ochoris.

You will report to me when the old king's warriors come back.

Let them pass if they do not attack your people. You can write?

- Yes, Lord Sandi. - Good.

Now, in every village there is a pigeon house with the pigeons of the government.

Here we have a pigeon house with the pigeons of every nation.

- What are you grinning at? - Lord, the Ochori pigeons here...

are so old and fat that they cannot fly anymore.

I brought four strong Ochori pigeons and gave them to your sergeant, Abibu.

That is good.

Now go back to your people, Chief. The palaver is finished.

Lord Sandi, I am your servant.

I don't like this news about the old king's warriors.

They passed through Ochori territory three days ago.

They'll be in the Congo by now.

Look at that.

- You think this means serious trouble? - Maybe.

- Half a company, Sanders, and two machine guns? - Yes, starting at once, please.

Embark half company, Tibbets. Jump to it.

You can't possibly get there in time to stop the slavers.

I know I can't.

I'm sending a pigeon to the new chief of the Ochoris to head them off.

What chance has he got against Mofolaba's spears?

Well, if it comes to that, we haven't got much chance either.

- Abibu. - Yes, lord.

Send this message by one of the new Ochori pigeons.

Yes, my lord.

The war drums.

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle ♪

♪ Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on ♪

♪ Into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash, fight and slay ♪

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle ♪

♪ Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on, into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust ♪

♪ Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash, fight and slay ♪

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle ♪

♪ Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on, into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash, fight and slay ♪

Whose dog are you?

I stop you in the name of Lord Sandi...

who is not pleased when slaves are taken.

Stop me?

I'm the captain of the great king.

Nobody dares to stop me.

Lord Sandi says, "Keep men and women till I come."

You turn and march in front of me until you reach my city.

Go.

- What's your name, girl? - Lilongo.

Lilongo.

Lilongo.

It's like the sound of little streams running over the stone.

Lilongo.

- Where do you come from? - You wouldn't know the place.

- I'm from the coast. - I know all about the coast.

We will talk about that later.

Now I have very high and important matters to deal with...

Lilongo.

- Achmed, lord. - Fine, show him in.

Achmed.

Achmed, did you deliver my message to King Mofolaba?

Yes, lord. I told him that you called him to palaver on the field in front of the pass.

- What did he say? - He was very angry.

- But he's afraid of you, so I still live. - Well, I'm very glad of it.

You better get some rest.

Your servant, Lord Sandi.

Here they come, Lord Sandi.

Set them at ease.

King Mofolaba, I called you to palaver, but I didn't call your warriors.

Lord Sandi, a dog of a little chief chopped a captain of my guard.

Your captain heard my orders, but he didn't obey them.

Lord Sandi, you promised we should keep our custom.

It's an old custom in our lands to buy women.

Yes, if the woman and the father consent.

But slavery I will not have, King Mofolaba.

My fathers ruled these lands for 300 years.

- I am the greatest king in these countries. - My king is the greatest king on earth.

And if little kings and chiefs disobey his orders...

I plow them into the ground.

What do you want, Sandi?

You will take your spears back to your own country.

And for the blood of your captain...

I will send back your warriors who are in my prison.

I will do as you want, my Sandi, because I am your friend.

But I have nine war drums over which I stretched the skin...

of little chiefs who offended me.

I know the skin that will be stretched on the 10th.

If you touch one servant of the government...

be it so little as a pigeon...

then believe me, King Mofolaba, you won't be king any longer.

The palaver is finished.

I'd be delighted to break his neck.

The British taxpayer wouldn't be delighted.

- Why, sir? - It's cost them about a million pounds.

War is an expensive thing.

Now we've got these girls to worry about.

Commission waiting for them. You better take 10 men and get them over the border.

Yes, sir.

- Well, what's the trouble? - Sorry, sir, but I just can't manage these girls.

- Why? - You should hear the things they say...

especially about Bosambo.

Here. Come along.

Come outside, girls. Come on, all of you.

Come on. Outside.

Shh, shh. Now then.

- Has anybody hurt you since you’ve been here? - No, lord.

Don't you want to go back to your fathers and your mothers?

- No, lord. - Then what do you want?

To marry the chief.

- What? All 10 of you? - Yes, lord.

- He's a great chief. - He can build 10 huts.

He is great enough for 10 wives.

But don't you know that he has five wives already in another village?

- No, lord. - Well, they're old and fierce.

- Wouldn't they beat you? - They would, lord.

- Wouldn't they make you carry wood and water? - Yes, lord.

Yes, well, you go back to your fathers and your mothers.

If you obey my lord Tibbets here, no one will harm you.

Yes, lord.

- There ought to be 10. - Where's the 10th girl?

She has gone to the chief's house to look through the magic glass.

How do you know?

First day, I went to chief's house and looked through the magic glass.

Second day, I went to the chief's house and looked through the magic glass.

- The third day, I went- - Now, that'll do.

All right. Carry on, Tibbets.

How dare you! Get out of here!

- What is your name, girl? - Lilongo, lord.

Well, Lilongo, you must go back to your father and your mother.

The chief here has already five wives in another village...

that are old and fierce.

Lord, I know he has no wives...

because he always wanted other men's wives.

But now he's even ready to swear an oath that if I marry him...

he won't have other wives.

But I won't listen to him until those girls leave this city.

- Lilongo, they're just leaving. - Don't you marry him, Lilongo.

- Lord, there is a saying in our country. - What is it?

A lover has strong arms, but no brains.

Well, that is also true of other countries.

But if I find a man with the strongest arms and great brains...

- why shouldn't I marry him? - Do you think you can hold him?

Oh, well. I suppose I can't object.

Lilongo, if you marry me, no other wife will ever come into my hut.

Well, I'll take care of that...

- but I am a Mohammedan. - Well, so am I.

- What? - They said you were a Christian.

I'm a Christian for Lord Sandi.

But for you, I shall be of the true faith.

Well, you better make up your mind about it. I've got other things to think about.

Well, Lilongo.

Here's that paper you've been worrying about.

- Thank you, lord. - That shows that you and Bosambo are married.

You understand, Bosambo? One paper, one wife.

- Yes, Lord Sandi. - Do you feel everything's all right now?

Lord, in my father's house I couldn't have had such great honor.

Take your shield.

♪ Hark ♪

♪ Hark ♪

♪ There is a drum ♪

♪ Tap, tap ♪

♪ Tap in the night ♪

♪ When the enemy comes ♪

♪ Be ready to fight ♪

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle ♪

♪ Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on, into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash, fight and slay ♪

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle ♪

♪ Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on, into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash, fight and slay ♪

♪ On, on, into battle ♪

♪ Make the war drums rattle Mow them down like cattle ♪

♪ Onward, on, on, into battle ♪

♪ Stamp them into the dust Into the dust ♪

♪ Charge, cheer, shoot, spear onward ♪

♪ Smash, smite, slash ♪♪

So you're teaching him the killing dance again.

One day the old king will swoop down on this country and there will be a great killing.

I don't want my son to kill or to be killed.

You have enough money from the government to live anywhere.

The coast, somewhere out of danger.

I won't stay.

Lilongo, light of my life.

It shall be as you want.

I'll have to talk to Lord Sandi, of course.

Tell him that our son can't go into their new school.

Why can't he?

The government's building the school for chiefs' sons.

We live at the coast, I won't be a chief, he won't be a chief's son.

Therefore, he can't go in the new school.

You know I don't want to fight the old king.

Let's get out of his way.

You know, one day the old king will attack the English.

And they will eat him up.

Then they'll look for someone to rule all these countries for them.

On that day, your son might have been a great king.

Of course, we'll then be living peacefully at the coast.

You know we shan't.

You're full of cunning, and you do just as you like with me.

Well, there you are, Ferguson.

That's the whole show.

It's all very well, stepping into your shoes, Sanders.

- You know how I feel about it, don't you? - Yes. Rotten.

- Rotten. - I know exactly how you feel.

When I first came here, I thought I never would get the hang of it.

One does, somehow.

By working hard and losing one's illusions.

Oh, I don't know. I never had many illusions about human nature.

- And the work isn't entirely wasted. - Oh, no, of course not.

Do you know that 10 years ago when we went upstream...

we couldn't stay on the deck of the ship?

When we got near the shore, a shower of arrows poured on us.

All over the territory, the same thing.

War, killing, torture.

No woman dared leave her village.

And no man could sleep safely in his hut.

And yet, crossing the territory now is just as safe as crossing London town.

Oh, much safer. No traffic.

- Got a match? - Yeah, I do.

All the same, I'd watch the Old King's Country if I were you.

- Are you expecting trouble from there? - One can always expect trouble.

I think the best thing to do would be to call him to palaver.

And then show as much force as you can muster.

Surely, that's asking for trouble, isn't it?

Personally, I prefer to see the other kings and chiefs first.

Well, it's your show from now on.

I'll call them together for you.

Kings and chiefs, there is peace in the land.

And no man's hand is raised against his brother.

Thus it has been for 50 moons.

And behold, you grow rich and-and fat.

Yes, Lord Sandi.

Lord, it is true.

My people are so rich that even the common man can afford three wives.

I've called you here today because I go on a long journey...

over the great seas.

And there shall I stay for 12 moons.

Lord Sandi, it fills our hearts with sorrow to see you go away from us.

- Yes, Lord Sandi. - Thank you, Bosambo.

And in my place, the Lord Ferguson shall stay here...

and give the law to all the peoples of the river.

I want you to obey him...

as if you were his own children.

And that you keep the king's peace...

lest a great shame come upon me before my king.

What do you say, Kulubu?

Lord, war is very terrible.

But if one madman comes against five other men who are not mad...

behold, they all become mad together.

Those are words of wisdom, Kulubu.

- And you, Chalo? - Lord, we all love one another now.

Because if we did not, Your Lordship would punish us very cruelly.

That also is very wise, Chalo.

And now, my kings and chiefs...

the big ship is waiting.

I leave you with sorrow in my heart.

The palaver is finished.

Go in peace, Lord Sandi.

Well, good-bye, Bosambo.

You will be loved by Lord Ferguson just as you've been loved by me.

Lord Sandi, you've been father and mother to the peoples of the river.

Well, in a year's time, I shall come back.

And everything will be just the same as it was before.

Remember me, Lord Sandi.

I'll remember you. Always, Bosambo.

- By tomorrow, we'll be in the Old King's Country. - Good.

I'll build a still that will produce enough alcohol to make the whole of Africa drunk.

Do you realize why after five years...

the iron Mr. Sanders just went on leave now?

- Why? - He fell in love.

With Captain Hamilton's sister...

while she was down here six months ago.

It would give me considerable pleasure...

to teach his black children a thing or two...

while he's cooing and billing in London.

His black children have become pretty civilized.

- I have a great magic to stop all that. - What's that?

Sandi.

Sandi's dead.

There's no law anymore.

Again and again and again.

What is it now, Hamilton?

Oh, it's always the same.

♪♪"Sandi. Sandi.

Sandi is dead. There's no law anymore."

Oh, it's maddening. Any more messages from pigeons?

Can't expect any more pigeons before morning, sir.

It's pitch dark now already.

- Halt! Who goes there? - I want to see Lord Ferguson.

This way, Father.

- Good evening, gentlemen. - It's Father O'Leary from the Akasavas.

- Good evening, Mr. Ferguson. - Good evening, Father. What happened?

They've fired my church.

They've fired the Baptist church at Isisi too.

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have fled to Mr. Lowe's camp.

They might attack them as well.

- Just like wild beasts. - No, Mr. Ferguson, they are not.

- They might have killed you too. - That is not why I came.

I have no fear for my own life.

I came to tell you that those two white men are selling them gin and firearms.

You must be quick and strong now like a father with his misguided children.

Like Mr. Sanders would.

Or else, much, much blood will flow very soon.

Sanders's life's work destroyed in a week.

Hamilton, you will stay here as my deputy.

I shall wire the governor, telling him the situation.

Tibbets, you will embark a half a company and come upstream with me.

You will disembark at the Isisi city.

I shall take 10 men...

and go on to the Old King's Country, the seat of the trouble.

- Ferguson, you can't do that! - Wouldn't Sanders have gone?

- Why, I don't know. - I do. He would.

- Ferguson, listen to me. - Captain Hamilton, you have your orders.

- Tibbets, parade your men. - Yes, sir.

So sorry to interrupt your dance, Sanders. This is very serious.

- Do you know a man named Farini? - Oh, yes. He's a gunrunner.

Ten years ago, I sent him down here in irons.

Five years ago, he crossed over my territory, but he slipped over to the Portuguese.

Well, he's back again. In the Old King's Country.

- Gin and firearms? - Yes.

- Oh, that's bad. - Yes.

The whole territory's aflame.

Father O'Leary, who knows something about it, sums it up like this:

"Please send four battalions or Sanders."

Well, Sir John, I'm afraid in this case it'll have to be the four battalions.

As you know, I'm on 12 months leave.

I'm going home to get married.

Anyway, I shall be too late.

- I'll let you have an airplane. - I'm sorry, Sir John.

It wouldn't be fair to my fiancée.

- She's, uh, Hamilton's sister, isn't she? - Yes, sir.

Well, the last report of Hamilton was safe and sound.

- What about the rest? - Well, Tibbets went to the Isisi.

But they're out of hand. He's lost half a dozen men.

Ferguson went over the mountains.

- What? To the Old King's Country? - Yes.

What happened to him?

There's no news.

Ferguson, you came with your soldiers against me. You shall die!

You shall live one day and then another day, Mofolaba...

and then Sandi will come in my place...

and he will kill you.

- Sandi's dead. - You're afraid, Mofolaba, because you know him.

But he will come. Sandi, the eater of kings.

- Sandi's dead! - No, he's not.

I tell you. He will come. And wherever you may hide, he will smell you out...

and throw your body to the fishes!

I, uh-

I'm getting out.

- What the hell do you mean? - You heard what I said. I'm getting out.

You confounded fool!

If the old man sees us on the run, he'll know we were lying.

We wouldn't have a chance in a million.

We killed Ferguson.

You cold-blooded swine.

* White men, lord king calls you.

You pull yourself together.

This man lied in telling me...

that Sandi will come back.

Can Sandi come back?

He can't come back, because he's dead.

Your voice is beautiful to me when you say that.

But if a devil is in your heart and you have spoken lies...

then, white man, my skinning men shall know your voice.

- I tell you he's dead! - Then I'll send down my fighting regiment...

to bring me back the skin of a little chief.

Ah, Bosambo.

What did you hear about the death of my lord Ferguson?

Lord, he died like a brave man...

at the hands of King Mofolaba.

- He wasn't tortured. - No, lord. Very quick death.

Oh, thank heaven for that.

Well, we must smash the old king's army before he joins up with the Isisi and the Akasavas.

Then, believe me, all chiefs will come to palaver.

Hello.

- What's that? - My Ochori men, lord...

sending messages everywhere saying...

"Sandi is not dead. The law is back on the river."

Sandi.

Sandi's not dead.

Bring the white man here.

Listen. What's that?

Well, I -I don't know.

- Sandi the Tiger, on the river. - What do you say?

- It isn't true. Sandi is dead. - Sandi.

Smashed the army of the great king.

Take him away!

Oh! Oh!

Get 'em off!

Sandi won't come here till after the rain.

When he does come and he asks...

"Who chopped Ferguson?" what will your answer be?

White men, Farini and Smith, chopped Ferguson.

All people listen.

White men, Farini and Smith, chopped Ferguson.

Who chopped Ferguson?

The white men, Farini and Smith, chopped Ferguson.

It is easy to lie to the English.

They want peace.

If you say you want peace, they will believe you.

I can make peace with the English.

But don't we lose our honor if we don't finish with the chief of the Ochoris?

Lord, how can we catch him?

How would you catch a leopard?

You get the right bait, he walks into your trap.

Makara.

Makara...

I am hot for the hide of a certain leopard.

Go and get the bait...

that will bring the leopard into my trap.

♪ So, sleep, little one ♪

♪ Till darkness ♪

♪ Is thine ♪

♪ Sleep till the sun ♪

♪ Rises up in the sky ♪

♪ My little black dove ♪

♪ Curl up in your nest of life ♪

♪ The moon is a charm ♪

♪ To keep you from harm ♪

♪ Asleep at my breast ♪

♪ The stars are aligned ♪

♪ To watch over you all night ♪

♪ The river of sleep ♪

♪ Flows gentle and deep ♪

♪ To rock you to rest ♪

♪ So, sleep, little one ♪

♪ Till darkness ♪

♪ Is thine ♪

♪ Sleep till the sun ♪

♪ Rises up in the sky ♪

♪ My little black dove ♪

♪ Curl up in your nest of love ♪

♪ And go to your rest ♪

♪ A sleep at my breast ♪

♪ My little black dove♪♪

Call your chiefs.

My lord Sandi holds palaver with them on his ship.

All right.

Now, 10 days ago, when I left you...

your words were sweeter than the honey of wild bees.

But... what is the truth? This:

I had hardly reached the house of the man who is above me in the service of my king...

and I hear this: that the N'Gombi, the Isisi and the Akasavas...

are dancing the blood dance.

Killing, murdering, stealing.

Do I hear right? Answer me, Kulubu.

Lord, your ears as long as an elephant.

My young men heard that Your Lordship was dead...

and their hearts were filled with a great joy.

- Well, now they know that I'm alive. - Yes, lord...

and their hearts are filled with sorrow.

You have brought great shame upon me before my king...

and I will punish with great punishment...

all those who break the law.

This I have done with the N'Gombi, and this also I will do with the Isisi...

and with all who break the peace of my king.

The palaver is finished.

Bosambo, you're a very brave man.

You have made the Ochoris the bravest people in the river...

and helped me punish the others.

- You have been my friend. - Thank you, Lord Sandi.

How's your wife?

Lord, she's a pleasant sight...

and a great cook.

- A miracle. - And my son grows straight, like a palm tree.

And my little one, like this.

That's splendid.

- Lord Sandi, you too soon will marry. - Yes, I hope so, Bosambo.

She also is a pleasant sight.

May she become a great cook and bear you many tall sons.

Thank you, Bosambo.

In the spring, I'll return with four battalions...

and punish King Mofolaba.

You can take your warriors home now.

Yes, Lord Sandi.

Lord "Tibbeti," may you also have many wives and many children.

Oh, thank you, Bosambo.

Oh, dear.

Hello, sir?

- Fever coming on? - Yes, I'm afraid so.

- I had a touch of it all day. - You'd better get to bed.

Yes, I think I will.

If it gets very bad, keep in midstream till I'm better.

- Then we'll go up and deal with the Isisi. - Yes, sir.

♪ The current swings The water sings ♪

♪ A river rhyme ♪

♪ For light is the burden ♪

♪ Of labor ♪

♪ When each bends his back with ♪

♪ His neighbor ♪

♪ So, each for all ♪

♪ We stand or fall ♪

♪ And all for each Until we reach ♪

♪ The journey's end ♪

♪ Sandi the strong Sandi the wise ♪

♪ Righter of wrong Hater of lies ♪

♪ Laughed as he fought Worked as he played ♪

♪ As he has taught let it be made ♪

♪ Away you go, igde ♪

♪ And make it so, igde ♪

♪ Together all the paddles fall ♪

♪ In tune and time ♪

♪ The current swings ♪

♪ The water sings ♪

♪ A river rhyme ♪

♪ For light is the burden ♪

♪ Of labor ♪

♪ When each bends his back with ♪

♪ His neighbor ♪

♪ So, each for all ♪

♪ We stand or fall ♪

♪ And all for each Until we reach ♪

♪ The journey's end ♪

Lord Tibbets, shall I stop the engine at the Isisi?

Man, you stop your engine when you get your order.

The order is we stay in midstream as long as my lord Sandi is ill with malaria.

- But, lord - - You go now...

and if you ask me again, my arm will go mad!

Next case, please.

Ears as-elephant.

Ears as long as-elephant.

No.

Oh, get out, Tibbets!

If I went-want anything, I'll knock.

Topolaka...

is it no longer the custom for the women of the Ochori to greet their returning warriors?

Lilongo.

Lilongo.

Lilongo!

Lilongo!

Where is she? Where is she?

Last night, the old king's soldiers...

struck down our guards and-

And?

Atua. Atua!

Take the children down the river to my lord Sandi...

and give him this letter.

And you, Lord Chief?

I go over the mountain.

Lord Chief, not even an army could get into the Old King's Country.

That's why I go alone.

Good-bye, my son.

I'm sending you to Lord Sandi...

who will teach you the things I was going to teach you.

And who will make you a great, great chief.

Good-bye, my son.

Look, Lord Tibbets.

Stop the boat.

You go below and bring them alongside.

- Isn't that Bosambo's boy? - Yes, lord.

- Where are you taking him? - To Lord Sandi, at the house of government.

But what's happened to Bosambo?

Agia!

Agia, what's happening? Why have we stopped?

- I don't know. - Uh, send my lord Tibbets here.

Hello, Tibbets. What's the trouble? Why have we stopped?

Topolaka's here, with Bosambo's children.

- His children? - Yes, sir.

Bosambo's gone into the Old King's Country, alone.

- He's gone where? - The old king's kidnapped Lilongo.

He's gone to try and get her back. He sent you this note.

Listen to this.

"Even you could not go over the mountain before the spring.

"Therefore I am going alone.

"I am sending my children, that they may live in the shadow of your house...

"and be brought up with the money I have from the government...

as the government's children."

Get my coat, will you?

Agia!

Agia, send Ayoko to my cabin, will you?

- What are you going to do, sir? - I don't know.

Ayoko, we are going up to the Old King's Country.

I want you to turn the boat round...

and go upriver with all the steam you can get.

But, lord, no ship ever got through as far as the Old King's Country.

Well, this'll be the first. Go on, get a move on.

A little chief brought shame upon me.

I've waited very long.

Soon he will die.

But before he dies, he will see you die!

Then everybody will know what it means to bring shame upon me!

Lord, you haven't got him.

He's too great for you.

And too cunning.

Listen!

He's coming! Into my trap!

Lord, I come in peace.

O cunning one...

where is your cunning now?

Didn't I bring you here without a spear behind you, when I took your woman?

Lord, that is true. This woman is life to me.

And I would rather die at her side than live with my people.

But if you will allow her to go, she will send you 2,000 gold pieces.

Not your gold I want.

It's your skin, for my drum!

You put shame upon me. You shall die a slow death.

But before you die, you shall see your woman die!

Get him.

- What are we making? - Five and a half, Lord Tibbets.

- Not enough. Put on some more wood. - But the boiler will burst.

- I said put on some more wood! - More wood, Falu.

- All things are with God. - What's that?

I believe I said all things are with God, Lord Tibbets.

Well, put on some more wood and make sure of it.

Yes, lord.

Now.

King Mofolaba...

do you remember what I said to you in the field in front of the pass?

No, Lord Sandi. I don't remember.

I said that if you touched a servant of the government...

be it so little as a pigeon, you wouldn't be king any longer.

I haven't hurt any of the servants of the government.

Who chopped Ferguson?

Who chopped Ferguson?

- Farini and Smith chopped Ferguson. - That's a lie.

Give me an iron. Don't move.

If you make a sign to your guards, you will die.

All people, listen!

- You know who I am. - Sandi the Tiger.

- Sandi the eater of kings. - I am Sandi who gives you the law!

Where are you councillors?

Who killed Ferguson?

- Answer me! Who killed Ferguson? - King Mofolaba.

Here, come look at King Mofolaba now.

He isn't king any longer.

And so will I punish anyone...

who dares to make even so much as a movement against me.

You will call your people to palaver.

That was a close one.

- Bosambo. - Yes, Lord Sandi.

You will send for your warriors...

and all the chiefs of the lower river.

Yes, lord.

Chiefs and people of the river, in the name of my king...

I will give you a new king.

Not one who will destroy his people with wars...

but I will give you a king who will make you a rich and great nation.

A king who is wise and cunning...

who will keep the peace and treat all men equally.

Bosambo.

Chiefs and people, will you obey your king Bosambo?

Yes! Yes!

Well, Bosambo...

you are king of the river.

Your new people like you.

I hope when I come back in 12 moons they will still like you.

Lord Sandi, I've learnt the secret of government from Your Lordship.

- You have? - It is this:

A king ought not to be feared, but loved by his people.

Go now, my friend. Keep the peace of my king.

Lord, I promise.

♪ Sandi the strong ♪

♪ Sandi the wise ♪

♪ Righter of wrong Hater of lies ♪

♪ Laughed as he fought Worked as he played ♪

♪ As he has taught let it be made ♪

♪ Away you go, igde ♪

♪ And make it so, igde ♪

♪ Together all the paddles fall ♪

♪ In tune and time ♪

♪ For light is the burden ♪

♪ Of labor ♪

♪ When each bends his back with ♪

♪ His neighbor ♪

♪ So, each for all ♪

♪ We stand or fall ♪

♪ And all for each until we reach ♪

♪ The journey's end ♪