He himself listened with great attention while Livingstone told him of Jesus and the resurrection, and the missionary was often interrupted by the questions of the chief.

Here, then, was another chief pacified, and brought under the preaching of the gospel.
Livingstone then passed on to the country of the Bakhatla, where he had purposed to erect his mission-station.

The country was fertile, and the people industrious, and among other industries was an iron manufactory, to which as a bachelor he got admission, whereas married men were wont to be excluded, through fear that they would bewitch the iron! When he asked the chief if he would like him to come and be his missionary, he held up his hands and said, "Oh, I shall dance if you do; I shall collect all my people to hoe for you a garden, and you will get more sweet reed and corn than myself." The cautious Directors at home, however, had sent no instructions as to Livingstone's station, and he could only say to the chief that he would tell them of his desire for a missionary.
At a distance of five days' journey beyond the Bakhatla was situated the village of Sechele, chief of the Bakwains, afterward one of Livingstone's greatest friends.

Sechele had been enraged at him for not visiting him the year before, and threatened him with mischief.

It happened that his only child was ill when the missionary arrived, and also the child of one of his principal men.