The use of low-paid or unpaid labor by the Hutu peasantry, and identification with the Tutsis, caused the Hutus to distrust the missionaries, while the growing power of the mission stations cause resentment among the Tutsi notables, so progress was slow at first.
The use of the Hutu peasantry to provide low-paid or unpaid labor in building the mission stations, and identification of the White Fathers with the Tutsis, caused the Hutus to distrust the missionaries. At the same time, the growing power of the missions cause resentment among the Tutsi notables, so progress was slow at first.