▁was ▁able ▁to ▁bring ▁quite ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁count ies ▁back ▁under ▁the ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁Sher bro . ▁He ▁did ▁this ▁by ▁using ▁the ▁enorm ous ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁P oro ▁ ▁Secret ▁Society , ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁member . ▁P oro ▁is ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁spread ▁into ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁Sierra ▁Le one ▁from ▁Y oni ▁on ▁Sher bro ▁Island , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁where ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁res ided . ▁He ▁thus ▁came ▁to ▁restore ▁something ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁glory ▁of ▁the ▁Kong ▁K uba ▁and ▁reg ained ▁authority ▁over ▁former ▁main land ▁provinces ▁of ▁the ▁once ▁powerful ▁Sher bro ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁British ▁proc laimed ▁a ▁Prote ctor ate ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁Prote ctor ate ▁Ord in ance ▁were ▁dist aste ful ▁to ▁the ▁local ▁r ul ers . ▁A bove ▁all ▁was ▁the ▁H ut ▁Tax . ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁leaders ▁who ▁actually ▁led ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁chief s ▁to ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁Fre et own ▁to ▁protest ▁against ▁the ▁tax . ▁While ▁the ▁British ▁Governor ▁informed ▁him ▁that ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁in ▁the ▁Col ony ▁was ▁una ffect ed ▁by ▁the ▁tax , ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁did ▁not ▁sit ▁back ▁and ▁leave ▁the ▁other ▁r ul ers ▁to ▁continue ▁protest ing ▁alone ▁because ▁his ▁own ▁territory ▁was ▁not ▁involved . ▁On ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁Y oni