Book contents
- Frontmatter
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 THE YORUBA LANGUAGE
- 3 A SKETCH OF YORUBA GRAMMAR
- PART I THE PEOPLE, COUNTRY, AND THE LANGUAGE
- PART II
- CHAPTER I THE FOUNDERS OF THE YORUBA NATION
- CHAPTER II HISTORICAL KINGS
- CHAPTER III THE KINGS OF OYO IGBOHO
- CHAPTER IV A SUCCESSION OF DESPOTIC KINGS
- CHAPTER V BASORUN GAHA AND HIS ATROCITIES AND ABIODUN'S PEACEFUL REIGN
- CHAPTER VI THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER VII THE RISE OF THE FULANIS TO POWER
- CHAPTER VIII CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER IX FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANARCHY
- CHAPTER X SPREAD OF THE ANARCHY
- CHAPTER XI THE REVOLUTION IN THE EPO DISTRICTS
- CHAPTER XII WARS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION AND BALANCE OF POWER
- CHAPTER XIII THE LAST OF KATUNGA
- CHAPTER XIV THE INTERREGNUM
- CHAPTER XV THE NEW CITY, NEW GOVERNMENT, ILORIN CHECKED
- CHAPTER XVI FRATRICIDAL WARS
- CHAPTER XVII SUBJUGATION OF THE IJESAS AND EKITI'S SOCIAL REFORMS
- CHAPTER XVIII A GLORIOUS END AND A GORY DAWN OF TWO REIGNS
- CHAPTER XIX SEQUELS TO THE IJAYE WAR
- CHAPTER XX THE CLOSE AND THE OPENING CAREERS OF TWO HEROES
- CHAPTER XXI TWO ADMINISTRATIONS OF OPPOSITE POLICIES
- CHAPTER XXII A NEW REIGN AND EVIL PROGNOSTICATION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 16 YEARS' WAR
- CHAPTER XXIV CONFLICTS IN THE NORTH
- CHAPTER XXV IBADAN AT ITS EXTREMITY
- CHAPTER XXVI FAILURES AT RECONCILIATION
- CHAPTER XXVII A RIFT IN THE CLOUD
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE REV. J. B. WOOD AND THE A.O.K.
- CHAPTER XXIX THE INTERVENTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XXX DISPERSAL OF THE COMBATANTS BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS
- CHAPTER XXXI DISTURBANCE IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY
- CHAPTER XXXII ABORTIVE MEASURES TO TERMINATE THE WAR
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE END OF THE WAR
- CHAPTER XXXV THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE. THE SEQUEL
- APPENDIX A TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
- APPENDIX B
- INDEX
CHAPTER XXIII - THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 16 YEARS' WAR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- Contents
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 THE YORUBA LANGUAGE
- 3 A SKETCH OF YORUBA GRAMMAR
- PART I THE PEOPLE, COUNTRY, AND THE LANGUAGE
- PART II
- CHAPTER I THE FOUNDERS OF THE YORUBA NATION
- CHAPTER II HISTORICAL KINGS
- CHAPTER III THE KINGS OF OYO IGBOHO
- CHAPTER IV A SUCCESSION OF DESPOTIC KINGS
- CHAPTER V BASORUN GAHA AND HIS ATROCITIES AND ABIODUN'S PEACEFUL REIGN
- CHAPTER VI THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER VII THE RISE OF THE FULANIS TO POWER
- CHAPTER VIII CONSEQUENCES OF THE REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER IX FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANARCHY
- CHAPTER X SPREAD OF THE ANARCHY
- CHAPTER XI THE REVOLUTION IN THE EPO DISTRICTS
- CHAPTER XII WARS FOR THE CONSOLIDATION AND BALANCE OF POWER
- CHAPTER XIII THE LAST OF KATUNGA
- CHAPTER XIV THE INTERREGNUM
- CHAPTER XV THE NEW CITY, NEW GOVERNMENT, ILORIN CHECKED
- CHAPTER XVI FRATRICIDAL WARS
- CHAPTER XVII SUBJUGATION OF THE IJESAS AND EKITI'S SOCIAL REFORMS
- CHAPTER XVIII A GLORIOUS END AND A GORY DAWN OF TWO REIGNS
- CHAPTER XIX SEQUELS TO THE IJAYE WAR
- CHAPTER XX THE CLOSE AND THE OPENING CAREERS OF TWO HEROES
- CHAPTER XXI TWO ADMINISTRATIONS OF OPPOSITE POLICIES
- CHAPTER XXII A NEW REIGN AND EVIL PROGNOSTICATION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 16 YEARS' WAR
- CHAPTER XXIV CONFLICTS IN THE NORTH
- CHAPTER XXV IBADAN AT ITS EXTREMITY
- CHAPTER XXVI FAILURES AT RECONCILIATION
- CHAPTER XXVII A RIFT IN THE CLOUD
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE REV. J. B. WOOD AND THE A.O.K.
- CHAPTER XXIX THE INTERVENTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XXX DISPERSAL OF THE COMBATANTS BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS
- CHAPTER XXXI DISTURBANCE IN EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY
- CHAPTER XXXII ABORTIVE MEASURES TO TERMINATE THE WAR
- CHAPTER XXXIII THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE END OF THE WAR
- CHAPTER XXXV THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE. THE SEQUEL
- APPENDIX A TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS
- APPENDIX B
- INDEX
Summary
THE BOKOFI EXPEDITION
Since the Ijaye war (1860-62) the Ijebus and the Egbas had strictly for bidden ammunition to be sold to any of the interior tribes, notably Ibadan. On the restoration of peace in 1865 the trade between them consisted of foreign clothes, salt, rum and gin from the coast in exchange for produce, chiefly palm oil, kernels, cotton, etc., from the interior. In order to obtain ammunition, the late Basorun Ogunmola opened the Oke Igbo road via Ife to Benin solely for that purpose.
The late King Adelu, however, had purchased a large quantity of gunpowder at Porto Novo which was sent half way to Bokofi but no further for fear of the Egbas kidnapping the whole. On hearing this, the Are was resolved to send the youngest Mogajis for it, secretly wishing they might encounter the Egbas or the Dahomians who might probably help him to get rid of one or other of them. Ilori the Osi, and Iyapo the Seriki were sent on this expedition under the elderly chief Olupoyi as Baba Isàle.
The name of Iyapo drew the whole of the young men of Ibadan to this expedition leaving only the Are, the Balogun and the Otun at home. Their simple instructions were:—“Molest no one, steer clear of Egba territory, go straight by Oke'ho, Igãna to Meko; but if any one molest or interfere with you, follow the party home, and we shall come and meet you outside their gates.”
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- The History of the YorubasFrom the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate, pp. 413 - 426Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1921