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Show I ........ , j . i . . IL J ' ... .1 1 . " LONDOX, March 17. A letter received by President Claud Champion f Crea-blgny Crea-blgny from his son,. Capt.. D Crespljny, indloates that the British expedition against the Nandls tribe, northern Nigeria, Nige-ria, is encountering unexpected, - resistance. resist-ance. The captain says a thousand natives na-tives were killed during the recent "driving "driv-ing operations." r . ' The Nandls occupy the territory in the vicinity of Victoria Nyanca, the terminus of the Momabasa' railroad.' and have been menacing the railroad and raiding farmers.. farm-ers.. - : . 1 -v . The' British attacked and defeated the Nandls and subsequently -decided to apportion ap-portion them to .a reservation some distance dis-tance from the railroad. The Nandls objected ob-jected and the process of driving them toward the reserves, led to sanguinary guerilla fighting. . A dispatch from the British high commissioner confirms the defeat of the So koto rebels. , . |