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 X - SPREAD OF THE ANARCHY
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
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THE DESTRUCTION OF EGBA TOWNS
We have seen above (Chap. VII) that after the fall of Owu, and the punishment inflicted upon some Egba towns for secretly befriending the beleagured city, the camp at Idi Ogũgun broke up, and the leading Ife and Ijebu generals returned home to their respective masters, but the rest of the allied armies with the Oyo refugees were invited by the Ijebus to Ipara, a town of Ijebu Remo. Making this place their headquarters, these restless bands of marauders found occupation for their arms in conquering and subjugating several towns in Ijebu Remo under the Awujale of Ijebu Ode, viz Odè, Iperu, Ogérè and Makun.
Pretext was soon found for waging war with the Egbas who were then living in small villages scattered all over the area between Ipara and Ibadan. Several expeditions were made from their base at Ipara, and Iporo, Eruwon, Obà, Itoko, Itesi, Imo, Ikereku, Itoku, etc., were taken.
The following are the names of the distinguished war-chiefs in this campaign:—Oyo chiefs—Oluyedun, Lakanle, Oluyole, Adelakùn, Opeagbe, Abitiko, Yãmati, Oluoyo, Koseikò, Abidogun, Apàsá, Osun, Laleitan, Bankole, Fadeyi Ogani-ija, Agbeni, etc.
All these chiefs joined the allied army as private soldiers, but the fortunes of war raised them to positions of great distinction. Notwithstanding this, they were looked down upon by the Ife and Ijebu leaders under whose auspices they joined the war against Owu, and had no voice in their councils.
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- The History of the YorubasFrom the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate, pp. 223 - 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1921