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A White King in East Africa / The Remarkable Adventures of John Boyes, Trader and Soldier of Fortune, Who Became King of the Savage Wa-Kikuyu

Chapter 15: INDEX
By John Boyes
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About This Book

The memoir recounts a lifelong cycle of maritime travel and overland ventures that lead the narrator deep into the Kikuyu highlands, where he establishes trade, organizes caravans, and assumes de facto leadership among local communities. It chronicles armed skirmishes, defensive tactics, and efforts to protect supply lines for railway workers, alongside disputes with colonial officials. Episodes include journeys into remote districts, encounters with rival tribes, fort-building, cultural observations on customs, music, and belief, and reflections on the hazards and rewards of frontier life. The tone is straightforward and anecdotal, emphasizing practical resourcefulness over literary artifice.

INDEX

  • Adcock, 21
  • Africander Corps, 27
  • Animal life, 272-8
  • Ants, plague of, 130-1
  • Asi, the, 297
  • Askari, the, 40
  • Athi plain, the, 47
  • Baden-Powell, General Sir R. S. S., 30
  • Bamboo forests, 78-9, 122, 272
  • Banana growing, 302
  • Bartier, 134, 154-5, 217-21, 224
  • Bartion, 299
  • Bee-keeping, 161
  • Bongo, the, 273
  • Boyes, John, early days, 2;
    • goes to sea, 3-4;
    • first adventure, 4-5;
    • escapade at Heligoland, 5-6;
    • Hull to Liverpool, 6-7;
    • Rotterdam escapade, 8;
    • sails as A.B., 9;
    • illness at Laguna, 9-11;
    • joiningjoining the R.N.R., 12;
    • West Africa, 12-15;
    • disappointment regardingregarding certificate, 15;
    • Africa, 15, 16;
    • work on the railway, 18, 19;
    • bound for Bulawayo, 21-6;
    • joins Matabeleland Mounted Police, 26-7;
    • work with Africander Corps, 27-30;
    • first stores, 31;
    • holiday at East London, 32;
    • goes on the stage, 32;
    • goes to sea again, 32;
    • bound for Mombasa, 33-6;
    • transport caravans, 38-41, 44-5;
    • adventures with lions, 44, 59, 60, 69, 70, 274-5;
    • loss of stores, 55-7;
    • end of the journey, 60;
    • desertion of natives, 61-2;
    • Rice transport, 71-4;
    • into the Kikuyu country, 76-91;
    • trading, 87-90, 137, 142-7, 163-4, 198-9;
    • settling of native quarrels, 93-5;
    • cementing relationship, 97-9;
    • teaching the natives self-protection, 106-8;
    • precautions against attack, 108-9;
    • a second house, 111-12;
    • attacked by natives, 112-14;
    • his standing with natives, 118-20, 126-9;
    • trouble with natives, 137-42;
    • his death prophesied, 145;
    • tricking the natives, 166-7;
    • plot and attack, 167-74;
    • disappearance of cattle, 174-7;
    • rain at last, 178;
    • desire to establish peace, 179, 216;
    • camp in Wagambi’s country, 185-6;
    • into hostile country, 199-202;
    • the Wanderobo country, 203-15;
    • help for the Goanese, 217-24;
    • fight against the Chinga, 224-32;
    • its effects, 234-5;
    • stores taken to Naivasha, 240;
    • settling down, 240-3;
    • taking starving natives to Karuri’s, 248-51;
    • life in a native village, 253-4;
    • adventures with animals, 273-8;
    • interviews Government officials, 280-3;
    • summons of, 284-7;
    • in Mombasa jail, 288-9;
    • on bail, 289-91;
    • his trial and acquittal, 291;
    • officialdom, 291-4;
    • a post under Government, 294;
    • general survey, 295-315
  • “British Mission to Uganda” quoted, 49-52
  • Building a house, 90-1
  • Cachukia, 238-9
  • Caranja, 132
  • Chinga, the, 152, 216-32, 234
  • Circumcision, practice of, 304-5
  • Clock, native wonder at, 166-7, 173
  • Colonial fruit and produce stores, Bulawayo, 31
  • Cooking customs, 268-9
  • Coptic Church, the, 263
  • Cow, value of the, 163
  • Dances of natives, 104-5, 264-5
  • “Dead Donkey Camp,” 74
  • Dhow, the Arab, 33-6
  • Dick, Mr., 56
  • Drinking, see Njohi
  • Drought, see Rain-famine
  • Durban, 32
  • East London, 32
  • Eating customs, see Food
  • Eleminteita, Lake, 58-9
  • Elephants, natives killed by, 272;
    • hunting of, 165-6
  • Eliot, Sir Chas., 294, 315
  • Elliott, G. F. Scott, quoted, 52-3
  • Elstop, 30-1
  • Engelfingin, 2
  • Equator Camp, 60-1
  • Hall, 278
  • Hall, Mr. F. G., 281-2, 285-6
  • Hand-shaking, native custom of, 128
  • Heligoland, 5
  • Henga, 154-5
  • Hicks Pasha, 66
  • Honey-bird, the, 207-8
  • Hospital arrangements at Laguna, 9-11
  • Hubner, 42
  • Juganowa Makura, 133-5
  • Mabrook Camp, 71
  • McLellan, Mr., 294
  • Mahigga, 219
  • Majuba Hill, 18
  • Maklutsi, 22-3
  • Man-eating lions, 51, see Lions
  • Market, native, 192-3
  • Marriage customs, 265-6, 303-4
  • Martin, 51-2, 60
  • Masai, the, 49, 54-7, 65, 73, 93;
    • attack on the Kikuyu, 112-14;
    • their relation with the Kikuyu, 298-300
  • Maswatch-wanya, the, 92, 160
  • Matabele, the, 26;
    • first war, 28
  • Matabeleland Mounted Police, 26-7
  • Matama, 302
  • Mawhali, 302
  • Mberri, 279-83
  • Measurements, native standard of, 164-5
  • Medicine, 159-60, see also under Poisons
  • Menzini, 78-9, 149
  • Miles, Sergeant, 76
  • Milk, superstitions about, 135-6
  • Missionaries, 309-14
  • Mombasa, 36-7, 288-9
  • Monkey, the Colobus, 273
  • Mount Kenia, 108, 143, 183-4, 159-60, 242
  • Mud-fish, 24-5
  • Muga-wa-diga, 156-8, 161-2, 173, 178, 191-5
  • Mule, native astonishment of, 150
  • Music of the Kikuyu, 102-5
  • Salisbury, 23
  • Salt, native liking for, 129;
    • method of obtaining, 129-39;
    • substitute for, 130
  • Selous, F. C., 30
  • Shangani Patrol, 27-8
  • Shimoni, 36
  • Sin-vomiting, 257-8
  • Smallpox, outbreak of, 243-5
  • Smith, Claude, 289-90
  • Smith, Major, 60
  • Somali traders, difficulties with, 239-43
  • South Africa, 17
  • Spitting, custom of, 263-4
  • Standerton, 19-20
  • Superstitions of natives, 135-6, 143, 182, 207-8, 210, 213-14, 245-7, 262
  • Swahili, the, 39-40, 65, 184, 209, 251
  • Sword, method of wearing the, 90, 127, 237
  • Tato, 109, 110, 144, 163-77, 216
  • Tea, native liking for, 129
  • Teck, Prince Alexander of, 28
  • Thieves, native method of protection from, 246-7
  • Thompson, Joseph, 52
  • Tobacco-growing, 271
  • Trading, difficulties of, 240-3
  • Trading stations, 124
  • Trading with natives, 87-90, 137, 142, 146-7, 163-4, 198-9
  • Treachery of natives, 90-1, 127
  • Turkana country, 106
  • Vegetation in Kikuyu country, 301-2, 308
  • Vincent, 278
  • Yorks and Lancs Regiment, 28
  • Zanzibar, 32
  • Zebra, the, 73