Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons/Index

by Mary Henrietta Kingsley

INDEX

INDEX

A

• Abambo, see Ghosts
• Aburi, 29
• Accra, 26, 29
• Adooma Tribe, 355
• Adultery, Laws of, 497
• Africans, their culture and characteristics, 439, 500-504, 605
• Agonjo, 306, 308, 333
• Ajumba, 317-229
• Akanda Point, 414
• Alondo Point, 392, 410
• Alouette, Mt. 408
• Ambas (or Amboises) Bay and Island, 610-613
• Andande, 215
• Angola-bells, 66
• Anne Bom, 46, 55
• Anzam, or Anyambi. God, 442
• Apparitions, 520-523
• Arevooma, 250
• Art, characteristics of Negro, 503
• Asyuka, 375
• Axim, 95
• Aynfwa Goddess, 512
• Ayshouka, 241
• Ayzingo Lake, Eliya z'Ayzingo, 237, 240, 269

B

• Bakwe, Boqué, River, 348
• Bana, Bank and Island, 405
• Bantu, religious ideas of the, 443
• Basile in Fernanda Po, 44
• Bateke Tribe, the, 357
• Bats, Witch, 470
• Baumann, Dr. Oscar, on the dances of the Bubis, 67
  • on the Gods of the Bubis, 69
  • on the language of the Bubis, 64
  • on the liquor traffic, 63 note
• Beads "Aggry," 679
• Beans, Calabar, used in ordeals, 465, 466
• Bells, musical, of the Bubis, 66
  • used by Witch Doctors, 464
  • Watch, among the Fans, 450,
• Bell Town, Murder Society at, 539
• Benga Tribe, the, 400, 402
  • Witch Doctors of the, 464
• Bights, of Benin and Biafra, 75
• Bikei, Coinage among the Fans, 320-321
• Blood, an apparition of, 522, 523
  • ideas among the W. African tribes
    • with regard to, 447, 525
• "Blown-blessings," Ibata, 453
• Bobia Island, 610, 612
• Bohowissi, 521
• Boko Boko, on the Ogowé River, 183, 185
• Bonny, Town and River, 97
• Boofima, 539
• Boqué, or Bakwe River, 348
• Bosum Prah River, 635
• Brazza, M. de, at Loango, 105
  • his exploration of the Ogowe, 353-368
• Brazzaville, 360, 361
• Buana, 606
• Bubis, the, of Fernando Po
  • Arts and Crafts, 64
  • Character of, 56
  • Charms, 69
  • Fetish, 68
  • Gods, 69
  • Government, 69
  • Implements, 65
  • Language, 64
  • Music, 66, 68
• Buea, on Cameroons, 600, 604
• Burial customs (see Funeral customs)
  • among the Bubis, 70
  • African ideas regarding, 491
• Burial grounds of the Ajumba, 481
• Burton, Sir Richard, his ascent of
  • Mungo Mah Lobeh, 595 (note)
• Bush Souls, 459
• Bush trade, with the Fans, 310
  • • with the Igalwa and M'pongwe, 316

C

• Cabalistic Words, 453
• Cabinda, Witch doctors among the, 464
• Calabar, Old, 12
• Cameroons, 548 (see Mungo Mah Cobeh)
• Canary, Grand, 13
• Cannibalism among the Fans, 287, 330
• Cape Coast Castle, 26
• Carica papaya, 39
• Carthaginian beats, 679
• Chaillu, M. du, his explorations, 368-370
• Charms, 445, 448-450, 511
  • Mahommedan, 19
• Children, ownership of, 498
• Christiansborg, 30-33
• Civilization, effect of on W. African trihes, 403
• Clarence Cove and Town, Fernanda Po, 50
• Clarence Peak, 47, 50
• Coast Divisions of the W. Affican, 75
• Cocoa growing, 624
• Coffee growing in Congo Français, 147
  • at Fernando Po, 48
  • on the W. Coast, 642
• Coinage of the Bubis, 59
  • of the ans, 320-1
• Coinage Equivalents of the Bubis, 59
  • of the Natives near the Ogowé, 203
• Colonial methods, 548
• Como River, 345-347, 408
• Congo Français, 369-381
• Congo Free State Railway, 553, 624
• Cookery, Native, 208, 211
• Coomassie, Trade of, 636
• Corisco Island, 382,
  • fishing at, 398-404
• Costumes of the Sierra Leone Negroes, 20
• Cotton growing, 643
• Cray fish swarms, 402
• Crocodiles, 88, 89, 546
• Crocodile Witches, 448, 538
• Cross River, 624
• Crown Sand, 405

D

• Death, Customs at, 459, 471, 482
• Diseases, Native ideas with regard to, 500
• Diseases, Native remedies for, 468-470
• Doctors, Witch, 464, 446
• Dongila, 351
• Dreams, Native ideas regarding, 504, 505
• Drink traffic, The, 18, 63, (note}, 662-668
• Dualla Tribe, The, 400
• "Duppy" 509

E

• Erumptup Seers, 459
• Education of the Natives by the French, 205
  • by the Missions, 658-662
• Efoua, 270
• Egaja, 282
• Egbo Society, 532
• Elephants, 258
  • hunting, 326
  • sense of smell, 160
• Ellis, Colonel, on the Native Religions and Magic, 510
• Elmina, 27
• Eloby, 385, 406
• Esoon, 294, 207
• Esterias, 408-410, 420
• Extinction of W. African tribes, 401-403
• Eyeballs used as charms, 449

F

• Fan Tribe, 103-104 (note), 138, 141-142, 247
  • aggressions on other tribes, 399
  • arts and crafts, 322-324
  • cannibalism, 330
  • coinage, 320
  • hunting, 325-327
  • ideas about death, 381
  • marriage laws, 321
  • moral characteristics, 329
  • trade, 310
• Fernan Vaz, 104
• Fernando Po, 42-73
  • British occupation or, 53
  • Fauna, 60
  • Flora, 48
  • Natives, See Bubis
  • Spanish colonization of, 54, 615
• Fetish, origin of the name, 429
• Fever on the W. Coast, 85-86, 618-619, 680, 681
• Fishes, 692
• Filaria, 686
• Forests, characteristics of the W. African, 101
  • on the banks of the Ogowé, 261-262
• Franceville, 356
• Frederickshafen, 623
• Free Town, 14-25
• Fruits of the W. Coast, 38
• Funeral Customs, 490-491
  • of the Ajumbas, 481
  • of„ the„ Bantus, 478
  • of„ the„ Delta of the Niger tribes, 490
  • of„ the„ Calabar tribes, 479, 693-95
  • Congo Français tribes, 479
  • Fans, 481
  • 'Mpongwe and 'galwa, 287
  • Ncomi, 281

G

• Gaboon, 104-106, 329
• Gaboon River, 326
• Geography of Congo Français, 369
• Ghosts and Spirits, 443-445, 505, 509
• Glass, 108, 347
• Gods, Native ideas concerning, 442, 507, 513
• Gold Coast, The, 26-41
  • imports, 676
• Gorillas, 267-268
• Grain Coast, The, 75
• Graves of the Ajumbas, 481
  • • of„ the„ Natives of Calabar, 293
• Gri-Gri bags, 19
• Gru-Gru, 429 (note)

H

• Hippopotami, 243, 253
• Hornbills, 256
• "Hubbards," 220

I

• "Ibet," Prohibitions, 455
• Idols, 454
• Igalwa Tribe, 219, 227
  • dress, 223
  • houses, 220
• Ikun, 527-529
• Inembe spirit, 230
• Incarnation of spirits, 521-522
• Indigo planting, 543
• Inheritance, Laws of, 485
• Insects, 720-731
• Islands, floating, 380
• Ivory, trade in, 325

J

• "Ju-Ju," origin of the word, 429
  • (see Religion)

K

• Kacongo, 401, 641-679
• Kama country, 375
• Kangwe Mission Station, 133, 215, 231
• Kangwe, Mount, 177
• Karkola, River, 241-242
• Kembe Island, 174, 199
• Kondo Kondo, 177, 177
• Konig Island, 347
• Kraw-kraw, 437
• Kruboys, treatment of by the Portuguese, 49
  • as labourers, 645-654
• Kru Coast, 75

L

• Labour on the West Coast, 645, 656
  • foreign, 656
• Lafayette, the log of the, 382 428
• Lagos, 76
  • Bar, 73-75
• Lhiamba, 667
• Language, 602-504 (see Trade English}
• Laval Island, 404
• Law, Native, 496-500
  • of Adultery, 497
  • of Inheritance, 485-486
  • of Ownership, 498-499
  • of Theft, 496
• Lawson River, 358
• Lefini River, 358
• Lekete River, 358
• Lembarene Island, 131, 217-219
• Leopards, 543~546
• Leopard societies, 537
• Lestourville, 372
• Libreville, 108
• Licona River, 354
• Liquor Traffic, 63, 662, 668, 675
• Lizard demon, 471
• Loango, 105
• Lobe, God of the Bubis, 69
• Lomanjawki, 177
• Loom, cloth, Invention of, 734
• Lope, Mount, 370
• Lopez, Cape, 104

M

• Mahommedans at Sierra Leone, 17-19
• Mangrove swamps, 87-95, 111
• Man o' War's Bay, 620
• Marriage, Native, 113, 225
• Mbiam used in ordeals, 464
• Mbuiri, 228
• Medicine, Native ideas on, 469
• Medicine men, 446
• Mental attributes of the Negroes, 669-673
• Mionde charm, 444
• Missionary teaching, 658-662
• Missions, 28, 54, 422, 615
• Mondoleh Island, 610
• Moondah River, 407
• Mourning for the dead, Native, 482
• Mpama River, 358
• 'Mpongwe tribe, 223, 400
• Mungubatta Region, 455
• Mungo Mah Lobeh (The Peak of Cameroons), Ascent of, 548-608
• Mungo River 576
• Muni River, 407
• Murder Societies, 536
• Music, Native, 66, 181
• Müttterrecht, traces of, 224, 486

N

• Nassau, Dr., his explorations on the Ogowé, 371, 394
  • his description of Ivory hunting, 328
  • quoted on the subject of native superstitions, 456
• Nazareth Bay, 125
• Nhakim or ghost traps, 495
• Ncovi, Lake, 238
• Ndiva, Tribe, 437
• Ndorko, 338
• Ndork, 495
• Negroes, 442
• Ngunie River, 137, 370
• Niger River, Mangrove swamps at the mouth of the, 94
• "Nigger" English, 432-433
• Njole, 105, 148, 167
• Njoko, Mount, 185
• Nkama, River, 348
• Nkami Country, 242
• N'Poulounay, 369 (note)
• Ntamo, Brazzaville, 360, 361, 366

O

• Oath, Mbiam formula, 465
• Odeaka Cheese, 227
• Ogololé Creek, 104
• Ogowé River, 103
  • Discovery of, 103, 370
  • Geography of, 372, 375
  • History of its exploration, 354-371
  • Scenery of, 129-130
• Oil Rivers, 73
• Okana River, 185
• Okoneto Mt. 338
• Okÿon, 74
• Olâgá Souls, 230
• Olangi Mt. 177
• Old Calabar, 42
• Olomb'ompslo River, 348
• Ombiwiri spirits, 444
• Omon Range, 99 (note), 594
• Ordeals, 464, 490, 497
• O'Remho Vongo, 235, 241
• Orunda Prohibition, 456
• Osheba tribe, 369 (note)
• Osoamokita, 143, 217
• Otalamaguga, 371
• Ovata, 185
• Owassa God, 69
• Ownership native laws of, 498-499

P

• Pallaballa Mountains, 99 (note) 358.
• Palm Wine, 667
• Pandanus Candelabrum, 303 (note)
• Papaw, 39
• Parroquet Island, 347
• Pepper Coast, 75
• Phangwe, (see Fan)
• Picarthartes symnocephalus, 23
• Pico de las Nieves, 13
• Pirate Rocks, 615
• Pistia stratiotes, river lettuce, 378
• Plantain eaters, 236
• Plantations, 640-645
• Plants of Cameroons and the Ogowé district, 732-733
• Polygamy, 212-214, 662
• Pongara Point, 348
• Portos of Fernando Po, 59, 71
• Ports, The Leeward and the Windward, 75; post-mortem, 467
• Portuguese possessions, 641
• Pottery of the Bubis, 65
  • of the Fans, 322
• Princepe Island, 46-48
• Property, Native Laws of, 484-486
• Pythons, Measurements of, 161, 347

R

• Railways, 634, 638-639
• Read, Mr. Winwood, 357, 437
• Rembwé River, 297, 333-352
• Rio del Rey, 609
• Rivers of West Africa as waterways, 634, 635, 638
• Rubber collecting, 289-292
• Rumby Mountains, 99 (note) 894

S

• Sacrifices, 451-454, 455
• Samba, 137
• Sanatoriums, 604,near Ambas Bay, 615-618, 620
• Sanctuaries, 466
• Santa Isabel, 50
• San Thomé, 46
• Sasabonsum, 509, 511
• Sass Wood, 464
• Schools, Mission, 28, 29
• Sciurus eborivorus, 325
• Seasons of the West Coast, 375
• Second sight, 460
• Sete Kama, 372
• Shandi Island, 185
• Sierra Leone, 14, 25
• Sierra del Cristal, 99 (note) 159, 177, 185, 262, 407
• Sissa souls, 517
• Slessor, Miss, 74, 474, 524
• Slavery among the Bubis, 70, 678
• Sleep Disease, 401
• Small Pox, 401
• Societies, Secret, 526-543
  • Crocodile, 538
  • Egbo, 532
  • Ikun, 521, 527, 529
  • Leopard, 537, 543
  • Ukuku, 445, 535, 540
  • Vassi, 535, 542
• Soil character of the West Coast,620-62
• Songs, of the Bubis, 66
• Soul of the Igalwa and 'Mpongwe, 180, 459
• Spaniards at Fernando Po, 53, 55
• Spirits and Apparitions, 443-445, 505, 509, 555
• Srahmandazi, the underworld of the Tschwis, 517-520
• Suhman (tutelary deity), 510, 511
• Sun Worship, absence of, in Native Creeds, 508; surf, 513
• Swamps (see Mangrove, 87, 95)

T

• Taboos, 485, 456, 455
• Talagouga, 152, 156 (note) 165
  • gorge, 143
  • Mt., 144
• Talismans, Mahommedan, 19
• Tando, God, 521
• Tattooing, 530
• Tea-planting, 644
• Teneriffe, 13
• Tetze Fly, 637
• Theft, Laws of, 496
• Tunber, 638
• Tomanjawki, Mt., 182
• Tornados, 374
• Trade, Enghish, 432-434, 502-504
  • W. Africa, 631
• Transport, means of, from the interior to the Coast, 634
• Twins, Native superstitions regarding, 472-3

U

• Ubanji Nation, 359
• Ukuku Society, 541
• Underwarld, the, 483, 517-520

V

• Vanilla, 644
• Vicloria, 606, 607
• Victoria, Peak, (see Mungo Mah Lobet
• Vipera Nasicornis, 205
• Volcanoes, 437
• Volcanic Islands on the W. Coast, 46
• Volta, River, 634
• Vultures, legends regarding, 235 (note)

W

• Walker, Mr., his explorations, 369-3
• Water-drinking, 687
• Widows, Native treatment of, 487-491, 516
• Witchcraft, Native, 442-458, 463-467, 482, 515
• Witch Doctors, 463-464
• Wives, Native, 466, 497
• Women, 527
  • their rights of property, 484-485
• Wonga Wonga, the Hole, 437
• Wards, Magic, 453

Z

• Zoenance, Lake Eliza z Onange, (Lac Anengue in map), 226

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