about midday
The night passed without any sign of attack , and on the following morning we began to see the effect of our message , for women , children , and a few men came in in little knots , and took possession of their huts . It was of course rather difficult to prevent our men from looting , and generally going on as natives , and for the matter of that white men too , are in the habit of doing after a victory . But one man who after warning was caught maltreating a woman was brought out and killed by Nala 's order , and though there was a little grumbling , that put a stop to further trouble . `` On the second morning the head men and numbers of their followers came in in groups , and about midday a deputation of the former presented themselves before us without their weapons . They were conquered , they said , and Wambe was dead , so they came to hear the words of the great lion who had eaten them up , and of the crafty white man , the jackal , who had dug a hole for them to fall in , and of Maiwa , Lady of War , who had led the charge and turned the fate of the battle . `` So we let them hear the words , and when we had done an old man rose and said , that in the name of the people he accepted the yoke that was laid upon their shoulders , and that the more gladly because even the rule of a woman could not be worse than the rule of Wambe . Moreover , they knew Maiwa , the Lady of War , and feared her not , though she was a witch and terrible to see in battle .