Attheendofthethirddaytheymarchedintothevillagegate，andweregreetedbythesurvivorsoftherecentmassacre，towhomTarzanhadsentamessengerintheirtemporarycamptothesouthonthedaythattheraidershadquittedthevillage，tellingthemthattheymightreturninsafety。
IttookallthemasteryandpersuasionthatTarzanpossessedtopreventtheWazirifallingontheManyuematoothandnail，andtearingthemtopieces，butwhenhehadexplainedthathehadgivenhiswordthattheywouldnotbemolestediftheycarriedtheivorybacktothespotfromwhichtheyhadstolenit，andhadfurtherimpresseduponhispeoplethattheyowedtheirentirevictorytohim，theyfinallyaccededtohisdemands，andallowedthecannibalstorestinpeacewithintheirpalisade。
Thatnightthevillagewarriorsheldabigpalavertocelebratetheirvictories，andtochooseanewchief。
SinceoldWaziri’sdeathTarzanhadbeendirectingthewarriorsinbattle，andthetemporarycommandhadbeentacitlyconcededtohim。Therehadbeennotimetochooseanewchieffromamongtheirownnumber，and，infact，soremarkablysuccessfulhadtheybeenundertheape—man’sgeneralshipthattheyhadhadnowishtodelegatethesupremeauthoritytoanotherforfearthatwhattheyalreadyhadgainedmightbelost。Theyhadsorecentlyseentheresultsofrunningcountertothissavagewhiteman’sadviceinthedisastrouschargeorderedbyWaziri，inwhichhehimselfhaddied，thatithadnotbeendifficultforthemtoacceptTarzan’sauthorityasfinal。
TheprincipalwarriorssatinacircleaboutasmallfiretodiscusstherelativemeritsofwhomevermightbesuggestedasoldWaziri’ssuccessor。ItwasBusuliwhospokefirst: