Meade L. T.. Mou-Setsé: A Negro Hero; The Orphans' Pilgimage: A Story of Trust in God
Story 1 – Chapter I. Part I – The Town of Eyeo
Story 1 – Chapter II. Dark Days in the Town
Story 1 – Chapter III. What “The Right of Search” did for Mou-Setsé
Story 1 – Chapter IV. The Dawn
Story 1 – Chapter V. Part II – A Purpose
Story 1 – Chapter VI. Mou – Setsé Seeks to Fulfil his Purpose
Story 1 – Chapter VII. Mou – Setsé Waits and Watches
Story 1 – Chapter VIII. Fruit of Faith and Patience
Story 2- Chapter I. The Orphans’ Pilgrimage – A Story of Trust in God
Story 2 – Chapter II
Story 2 – Chapter III
Story 2 – Chapter IV
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I have said that sad days were not very far from poor little Mou-Setsé. They came when he was still only a little boy not more than eight years old.
The people of Eyeo had need of their high wall and their strong fortifications, for they were surrounded by enemies.
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It was the intention of this cruel enemy to encamp round about the city, and to subdue it by famine. Oh, what trouble there was in Eyeo that night! What weeping and sorrow in many a hut! For though the children were ignorant, and perhaps the wives had some hope, well did the warriors know that they had little chance of escape. They were determined, however, to do what they could, and to defend their wives and children at any cost.
From the hour the Kakundans encamped round the city all was in confusion there. There was nothing thought of but the war. Now and then bands of men used to go out and fight with the enemy, but the Eyeo men had very few successes and many failures. As the days went by they grew weaker and weaker. Alas! famine was making them weak. Famine was beginning to tell on old and young alike in the unhappy city. Little Mou-Setsé’s fat legs grew thin, and his round cheeks hollow, while his bright, black eyes stared more and more out of his face every day. He was only one of many. He and his brothers and sister felt hunger, and even cried for bread, but they had not the terrible fear that pressed so heavily on the hearts of the grown people. That fear was to be realised all to soon.
