Chapter 4: The depressing moment for Asweda's family
The day passed and now evening was approaching. The family was to get ready to start the journey. The had a dinner of the parts of roasted goat before they left. They took their arrows and machetes and left. It was the second day of their journey. The sky was very clear and the moon was adequately illuminating. They were determined to reach their desired destination. They passed through the thick hilly part of the country.
"I am sensing danger, it seems people with bad intention are approaching us, let us take position and be ready for anything that my arise", said Asweda in a low tone. They hurriedly facilitated the women and children to hide in a nearby bush. The then took position. Their guess was right as the perceived bad people were thieves in a mission. The war began as they aimed arrows at their enemies. It took them about four hours to overcome the enemies. The burglars were very disappointed on realizing their efforts were fruitless. The burglars ran away through the thick forest. Davido, one of the gardener followed them at a pace to catch and hit them. Davido aimed his arrow and injured one of the enemies. The enemies made a revenge and by bad luck the arrow pierced through his chest. Davido fell down crying with agony. Asweda with his team rushed there only to find Davido in struggle for his dear life. The blood was oozing at a frightening rate and by just a look chance of the victim surviving was minimal. Asweda saw the injured enemy struggling to hide at a nearby bush. His leg was badly injured hindering him from further movement. Asweda hurriedly attacked him and chopped off his head with a machetes. By the time Asweda returned attend to Davido, his lifeless body was lying as the other gardener were in a deep sorrow. There was tension and all the family member came from hideout to take orders fro Asweda. They were to move few miles away where they would hide till the following morning. But they had one big challenge. The challenge was to move with Davido's lifeless body to avoid it being eaten by wild animals. They wrapped it well in an animal skin and left. They reached a place where they had a rest till the following day.
The following day, they had to make a very hard decision concerning the situation hand. Having no other option, the collectively agreed to bury him before they could think of continuing with the journey. The made arrangement to send off their fallen soldier in a respected way. The arrangement entailed slaughtering a bull in honor of the deceased. The available resources were utilized to accomplish the task although it was strainer. The dug a grave using their arrows and finally laid their loved one to rest.
They now had to stay here to four days to mourn the deceased as required by the community customs. It was really a sorrowful moment for them as this was perceived a bad indicator. Four days passed and then they took off. Their determination was really amazing. They passed through the bushes, rocks and sometime swampy areas to their destined place.
On the 30th day of their journey, Thishida Nasimalwa fell sick. The child condition worsened. Asweda in a company of one of his gardener went through the bushes searching for traditional medicine. They came across the plant of interest. They took the leaves and then returned back. On arriving, they crushed the leaves, added in water and then gave the son to drink forcefully. The medicine was very bitter and they had to struggle with him to take it. The health situation of the child worsened contrary to the expectation. Asweda went down to consult the ancestors to intervene to Were. It was now becoming too hard for Asweda to bear. At midnight the child was crying loudly. Any attempt to comfort him were fruitless. This was another hard test for the family to accept.
After serious intervention, revelation came. Although it was also hard but had just to be done as instructed. I t was revealed that the ancestors were very disappointed by Asweda's decision to bury his gardener in a foreign land. It was also revealed that the founding fathers of that particular community were disappointed by his decision to move away from the Ancestral land. Asweda was directed to find the body of the gardener and bury at the right place (Ancestral land).
Asweda ignored as directed and went on with his journey. After three days, all his livestock was stolen in a fight in a fight that left him with a broken arm. Things turned upside down as the well established man lost his wealth to burglars. Asweda sat down regretting for assuming the instruction earlier given by the founding father of the community. The disappointed man instructed as he lead everyone back to their ancestral home. They were to look for the remains of the already laid gardener and take it with them. It was the worst experience for Asweda.
They arrived home with the bad news. The news shocked the community at large. They could not believe a man who was once hardworking was no more. Asweda and his family also had nowhere to shelter. Asweda two grass thatched muddy houses had been demolished by the sister in laws who used the woods as a source of energy for cooking. Asweda who was now red eyed sat next to his two wive. Asweda was given a small grass thatched muddy hut( which was initially used a kitchen) to accommodate his family. The family of eleven people squeezed themself in that small round hut.
Asweda was now to be advised by the council of elders as he behaved totally different from the community expectation. He had ignored a cleansing ritual after a misconduct that saw his second wife failing to face the council of elders. There was no option but to perform the the cleansing ritual and appease the founding father community.
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