- Akela tribe, 126, 160, 161
- Aspect, clothing, dental and other customs, dwellings, &c., 179-81
- Albinos, negro, at Lusambo, 80
- Alcohol, sale of, restrictions on, 5, 6
- Alela, see Athenes
- Animal Sacrifices, Bushongo, 101-2
- Arab influence on Batetela tribes, 160, 161
- Arrows, poisoned, of the Batwa, 83
- Athenes (Alela) factory, 260, 264, 274
- Country round, stay and work at and near, 265 et seq.
- Tribes near, 235
- Babunda tribe—
- Aspect of, 265
- Bowmanship of, 273
- Characteristics of, 267, 272, 280
- Death and burial customs, 264, 273
- Dress and ornaments of, 266
- Dwellings, 262
- Location of, 235
- Rubber trade of, 266
- Singing of, 35, 263
- Baboma tribe, 26
- Baby as war-trap, 146
- Badinga tribe, Kasai river, hostility of, 276
- Badjok tribe—
- Characteristics of, 337-8, 340-1
- Chief, visit to, 339
- Dances of, 342
- Elephant-hunting by, 341
- Grass shelters of, 330
- Slave raids by, 78, 306-7, 324
- Trade and methods of, 340
- Traders, 232, 330-1
- near Makasu, 334 et seq.
- Sheep bred by, 289
- Bangendi sub-tribe, rising of, 221-2
- Visited by Torday, 111
- Bakongo (see also Bashilele) tribe—
- Bad repute of, 227
- Bombeecke on, 278-9
- Cannibalism ascribed to, 287,
- falsely, 344
- Characteristics, 304, 306, 308-9 et seq.
- Chief of, 294
- Cups made by, 282, 309
- Dress and ornaments, 308
- Head-dress, 330
- Dwellings (at Insashi), 292-3
- Fetish of, 313
- Hunting methods of, 300-1
- Porters, 298,
- difficulties with, 301 et seq.
- Women as, 297, 302-3
- Subdivision of the Bushongo, 329
- Village and stockade (Insashi), 293
- Bakuba (see also Bushongo) tribe, 80
- “Baluba,” so-called, origin of, and problem of, 72 et seq., 233, 281
- Baluba tribe (true)—
- Birth customs of, 79
- Dress of women of, 79
- Location of, 74
- Bambala tribe—
- Bowmanship of, 273
- Cannibalism of, 252
- Characteristics of, 76, 254-6
- Dwellings of, 254
- Singing of (Kwilu river), 35, 263
- Slavery among, 76, 256
- Tournaments of, 255-6
- Northern, Agriculture of, 252
- Southern, Porters from, 253, 259 et seq.,
- excellence of, 304-5
- Torday’s acquaintance with, 235
- Banana Point, 2
- Bangongo, sub-tribe, of Bushongo, 90
- Dwellings of, 190
- Head-dresses of, 188
- Bankutu tribe—
- Appearance and physique of, 133, 134
- Cannibalism among, 75, 125, 138, 148-9, 252
- Characteristics of, 133-7, 142 et seq.
- Dwellings, 133
- “Country houses” of, 138-9
- Keloids used by, 134
- Location of, 125
- Problem of, 149-50
- Slavery among, 75
- Slaves eaten by, on death, 75, 148-9
- Warfare of, 144-7
- Women of, 134
- Bapende tribe, 278
- Dance of, 279
- Dress and ornaments of, &c., 280
- Dwellings, 283
- Non-cannibal, 258
- Dog-eaters, 258-9
- Bapindji tribe—
- Characteristics, 271-2
- Location of, 235, 269
- Bashilele (see also Bakongo) tribe—
- Arts and crafts, 330-1
- Aspect and physique, 333
- Bad repute of, 227
- Cannibalism of, 287
- Chief of, 279,
- bearing of, 338-9
- Courtesy of, to guests, 337, 339
- Daily life of, 331-2
- Head-dress of, 330
- Hostility of, 29
- Location of, 29
- at Makasu, 323, 325 et seq.
- Origin of, 226
- Subdivision of the Bushongo, 329
- Warlike qualities of, 333 et seq.
- Basonge tribe—
- Arts and crafts of, 35-7
- Cannibalism of, 37, 61
- Dance and music of, 35-6
- Weapons of, 37
- Basongo, post at, 28, 29
- Basongo-Meno tribe, unfriendliness of, 86-7, 115-6, 130
- Bateke tribe, village of, Kinshasa, 11-12
- Batempa, journey to, 27, 28 et seq.
- Christmas Day at, 33
- View from, 32, 33
- Yuka (animal) at, 33-5.
- Batetela country, journey in, 33 et seq.
- Sleeping-sickness in, 64-5
- Batetela tribe, 27
- Agriculture of, 58-9, 62
- Arts and crafts of, 52, 55, 65
- Cannibalism among, 61
- Dress of, 42, 43-4, 54
- Dwellings of, 43
- Rubber collectors’ huts, 131
- European and Arab influence manifest among, 56, 94, 160, 161
- Fetish customs of, 58
- Foods of, 79
- Friendliness of, to Europeans, 150, 160-1, 169, 174, 175
- Head-ornaments, male, 45
- History of, Okitu on, 60-1
- Local politics of, 49, 67
- Marriage customs of, 56
- Physique, 42, 43-4
- Signalling gong of, and its uses, 67-8
- Sub-tribes—
- Forest dwelling, 156, 160 et seq.
- Tobacco grown and smoked by, 51-2
- Batetela-Bankutu tribes, internecine border warfare of, 131
- Batwa dwarfs, Bushongo region, clothing and hunting skill of, 82-4, 89, 96-7, 134
- Origin of, legend of, 84
- Vocabulary of, secured, 96-7
- Bayanzi tribe, 243
- Cannibalism of, 258-9
- Courage of, 234
- Location of, 242, 244
- Bembe, see Yuka
- Bena Dibele, post, 123-4, 186
- Animal life near, 127
- Climate at, 126-7
- Rubber plantations near, 124-5
- Bena Luidi, factory, 338, 343, 345
- Bena Lulua tribe, courage of, 233
- Benga, a Bapende “boy,” 258-9
- Bienge factory, location of, 260
- Bilumbu, the, at Misumba, 103 et seq.
- Birds seen at Gandu, 121
- Birth customs, Baluba tribe, 79
- Bishwambura, 301, 304
- Bolombo, journey to, 185
- Boma, 2
- Bombeecke, M., of Dumba, 277, 278 et seq.
- Bompe, 301, 305
- Bomu Island, Congo river, 15
- Bondo, Kwilu cataracts at, 269-70
- Boo, a boy chief, 164, 165
- Bos coffer simpsoni, n.sp., discovered by the expedition, 178, 248
- Bow versus muzzle-loader, 69
- Bows and arrows of Batwa dwarf hunters, 83
- “Boys,” hints on handling, 38 et seq.
- Bridges, Native, &c.—
- Creeper, 65
- Log, 89, 326
- Pole, 275
- British Museum, 345;
- uses of explained to the Nyimi, 193-4
- British West Africa, natives of, at Dima, 23
- Buffalo-hunting, Dima, 26
- Buffaloes, love of salt of, 12
- Where found, 191, 242 et seq., 278
- Bush-buck, 63
- Bushongo district—
- Volcanic crevices in, 88
- Iron from, 112
- Legend of that near Misumba, 88-9
- Bushongo people, 27, 80
- Appearance and physique of, 133
- Arts and crafts of (see also Carvings), 93-4, 207, 309
- Batwa huntsmen of, 82 et seq.
- Carvings by, 27, 36, 102, 109
- Portrait statues, 186-7, 207-10
- Characteristics, 93-4, 219
- Children (girls), ornaments of, 81
- Dances of, 102, 110-111, 201 et seq.
- Disunion among, 198-9, 221-2
- Divination among, 211-2, 329-30
- Dress of, ceremonial, at dances, 111, 201
- Dwellings of, 95-6, 133, 190, 195-6, 330
- Fishing methods of, 185-6
- Folk-tales of, 106
- of the Yuka, 106
- Foods of, 213
- Funeral customs of, 211-2
- History of, compiled by Torday, 205 et seq.
- Hunting of, 82 et seq., 101, 225
- Origin of, 205
- Punishments among, 219-20
- Religious ideas of, 217
- Rising of (1904), 199-200, 213-4
- Ruler of, and Viceroys, 90-1
- Sacred objects of, 208
- Secret society among, strength of, 114
- Slaves of, position of, 76
- Sub-tribes of, 90
- Tobacco grown by, 215
- Trading keenness of, 110
- Tukula dye used by, 81
- Weapons, 93
- Buya, Bayanzi “boy,” a child, 257-8
- Bwabwa village, visit to, 298-9
- Bwao, 301
- Cam-wood, see Tukula
- Cannibalism, past and present, 37, 61, 75, 138, 142 et seq., 176, 227, 258-9
- Carvings of the Bushongo, 27, 36, 93, 109, 207-10
- Cephalophos simpsoni, n.sp. of Duiker, found near Kole, 150-1
- Chaltin, Colonel, 223, 230-1, 237
- Charms of the Bapende, 280, 284
- at Entrances to villages, 190-1, 299
- Chenjo, 140
- Chiefs, appointment of, errors in, 90-1, 117, 127-8
- Chikongo dialect, where used, 6
- Chituba language, 192
- Clay applications, Southern Bambala, 253
- Climate and health, 1, 2, 7, 9-10 et passim
- Cloth, remarkable, made by the Bushongo, 210
- Cloth-weaving, Bushongo, 93
- Congo Railway, 5 et seq.
- Congo Region, Fetishes worn throughout, 58
- Sleeping-sickness in, 17, see that head
- Southern, slavery in, classes of, 78
- Congo River, cataracts on, 8, 13, 85
- Estuary of, ports at, 2
- Scenery on, 2, 4-5, 9, 15 et seq.
- Upper, vessels on, 8
- Crocodiles, where found, 17, 21, 241
- Carved, in Bushongo divination, 211-2, 329-30
- Cuckoo, Emerald, 132
- Dance space, Bakongo village, 293
- Dances, various tribes—
- Badjok, 342
- Bapende tribe, 279
- Basonge, 35-6
- Batetela tribes, forest-dwelling, 17
- Bushongo, 102, 110-111, 201-2, 203-4, 211-12
- Death and Burial Customs—
- Akela tribe, 181
- Babunda, 264, 273
- Bankutu (slaves), 75, 148-9
- Bushongo tribe, 201-3, 211-2
- Kasai region, 75
- Okale tribe, 176
- Olemba tribe, 162
- Decoy-duck, use of, 119-20
- Dilonda, Bapende chief, 283,
- dealings with, 284 et seq.
- Dima, 10, 345
- Animal life near, 26
- Importance of, 21 et seq.
- Improvements at, 229-30
- Journey from, to the Sankuru, 27 et seq.
- Natives at, 23-5
- Religion of, 24
- Divining instruments, Bushongo, 210-211, 329-30
- Divorce case, at Misumba, 108-9
- Dogs, Cannibal horror of eating, 258-9
- European, able to live in Congo-land, 183
- Hunting, of Native tribes, 300-1, 332
- Domaine privée, Congo district, 123, 124
- Domestic animals, Kasai region, 274
- Door-posts, carved, at the Mushenge, 197
- Dover Cliffs, Congo, 16
- Drawings, coloured, of the Batetela, 52
- Dress of various tribes—
- Akela, 179-80
- Bakongo, 308
- Baluba, 79
- Bambala, Southern, 253
- Bapende (boys’, for initiation), 282-3
- Batetela, 43-4
- Batwa dwarf hunters, 83
- Bushongo, ceremonial, at dances, in, 201-4
- King’s, 192
- Okale, 175
- Vungi, 173
- Drums—
- Friction, 255
- Signalling (or gong), 67-8, 132, 175-6
- Duiker, 63-4,
- n.sp., Kole, 150-1
- Dumba factory, 29, 236, 260
- Journey to and beyond, 275 et seq.
- River at, country round, and amenities of, 275 et seq.
- Dutch House, trading firm, 2
- Dwellings of various tribes—
- Akela, 181
- Babunda, 262-3
- Bakongo (of Insashi), 292-3
- Bambala, 254
- Bangongo (at Misumba), 190
- Bankutu, 133
- Bapende, 283
- Bateke, 12
- Batetela, 43
- Bushongo, 330,
- (at Misumba) 95-6, 133,
- (near the Mushenge) 190, 195-6
- Lusambo, 80
- Vungi, 173
- Earthquakes, Misumba, legend on, 88-9
- Egg-blowing, native surprise at, 313, 315
- Elephant-hunting of the Badjok, 341
- Elephants, where found, 21, 224, 331
- Elephants, clockwork, effect of, on natives, 228-9, 261-2, 270-1, 286, 300, 311-2, 313, 320-2, 324, 327, 329
- Elephant’s tusk, as royal chair-back, 190, 202
- Embroidery, Bushongo, 93-4
- Emin Pasha, 64
- Eolo factory, Kasai river, 28, 29
- Escorts, pros and cons of, 233-4
- Eyelash extraction, of Bakongo women, 308
- Female line, succession to Bushongo kingship, 205
- Fermes chapelles of Jesuit missions, 238 et seq.
- Fetish-man, Oyumba, skill of, 163-4
- Fetishes of the Bakongo, 313
- Bushongo, Hunting, at Misumba, 101
- Sacrifices to, 101-2
- Kasai natives, how considered, 58
- Fire, native carelessness as to, 188
- Fishing, primitive methods, 120
- Flute, played by the Nose, 254-5
- Folk-tales of the Bushongo, 106
- Food of the Batetela, 79
- Vungi, 174
- Forest life, depression caused by, 186
- Forest marching, 170-3, 177-8, 214
- Forest region, Animal life in, wealth of, 150-1, 178-9
- Forest tribes, 138 et seq.
- Warfare of, 144-7
- Forests—
- near Kole, mists and other drawbacks in, 147-8
- along the Kwilu, 240
- Friction Drum, 255
- Fuchs, M., 3
- Fuel for Kwilu steamers, 241
- Fumu N’Tangu, s.w.s., journey on, 14
- Gamba, incident at, 136-7
- Gandu—
- Animal and bird life at, 120-3
- Mosquitoes at, 118-9
- Tsetse-fly at, 118
- Gandu, of Kanenenke, 312 et seq.
- Gentil, M., 232, 236
- Ghost dance, of the Bushongo, 203-4
- Ghosts, Bankutu precaution against, 148
- Girl-dancers of the Basonge, 36
- Goman Vula, chief, 279, 294, 298, 344
- Decree of against European goods, 310
- Tribes ruled by, 329
- Village of, 313, 330
- Gong or Drum, Signalling, Batetela tribes, 67-8, 133, 175-6
- Great Lakes Railway Co., 13
- Greeting, nasal, Olemba tribe, 162
- Gustin, Commandant, 31, 67, 70, 84, 85
- Hair and head-dressing of various tribes—
- Babunda, 266
- Bangongo, 188
- Bankutu, 134
- Southern Bambala, 253
- Bashilele, 330
- Hardy, N., sketches by, 21 et alibi
- Harnessed bush-buck, 26
- Hatton & Cookson, Messrs., 4, 12, 345
- Hemp-smoking of the Batetela, 256
- Hippopotami—
- Kasai river, 17, 19, 20
- Kasai and Sankuru rivers, epidemic among, 29
- Kwilu river, 241
- Sankuru river, hunt, with Zappo, 122-3
- Wissman Pool, 20
- Human Sacrifice, 75, and see 148-9
- Hunting methods, various tribes—
- Bakongo, 300-1
- Batwa, 82-4, 89, 96-7, 134
- Bushongo, 93, 96, 99-100
- Hyrax, see Yuka
- Ibanshe, American mission at, 218
- Idanga factory, 164, 184
- Mosquitoes and Tsetse at, 185
- Stay at, and excursions round, 185 et seq.
- Ikoka factory, 31
- Journey from, to Batempa, 32, 33
- Ikwembe, buffaloes near, 224-6
- Initiation ceremonies, Bapende, appurtenances of, 282-3
- Inkongu, English missionary at, 31, 77
- Insashi, Bakongo villages, 286,
- visit to, 290-1, 297
- Inzia river, 235
- Affluent of the Kwilu, 240
- Factories on, 242
- Iron, Bakongo liking for, 286-7, 298 et seq., 309 et seq., 316
- from Volcanic crevices, 112
- Iron-working, of the Bushongo, 93
- Isaka, post, disused, 83
- Isambula N’Genga, chief, 90,
- and dandy, 91-2, 128
- Jadi, chief, Mokunji, 59, 68, 69
- Difficulties, official, concerning, 49
- Dwelling of, 58
- Fetishes of, 58
- Intercourse with, 53 et seq.
- Jesuit missions, Kwango river region, 237-9
- Jokes, practical, native love of, 271-2
- “Jones,” Loango “boy,” 6 et alibi
- Joyce, T. A., 205
- Kancha river, 29
- Factory near, 260
- Kanda Kanda, Buffaloes near, 249
- Lions near, 187
- Kandale factory, 232
- Country and natives near, 232
- Kandolo and his village, 166-70
- Kanenenke, 307-9
- Kangala village, and its chief, 282 et seq.
- Kasai Company, factories of, names of, difficulty concerning, 338
- Headquarters of, 21 et seq.
- Kasai district (see also Lualaba-Kasai), 345
- Coin introduced into, 25
- Domestic slavery in, 75 et seq.
- Kasai river, Bashilele name for, 338
- Affluents of, 21, 28-9, 275, 281, 325, 338
- Animal life on, 17-21
- Hippopotami of, disease among, 29
- Journey up, 17 et seq., 27 et seq.
- Native chief’s knowledge of, 285
- Natives of, Fetish-notions of, 58
- Fishing and bargaining of, 18, 19
- Scenery along, 28, 30
- Storms on, 18
- Upper, journey to, 227
- Kasongo-Batetela village, 44,
- and its chief, 45-6,
- music at, 45
- Keloids, tribes using, 54, 55, 134
- Kenge village, 312-3
- Chief at, 314 et seq.
- Difficulties at, 316 et seq.
- Route to, and country near, 315
- Kikwit, post, Kwilu river, 25
- Bambala tribe around, 253 et seq.
- Journey to, 231 et seq.
- Kinshasa, 10-12
- Bateke village at, 14
- Kisantu, Jesuit mission headquarters, 239
- Kitambi, stay at, 338-9
- Kole, Bankutu cannibals near, 125
- Visit to, and meeting with Bankutu at, 141 et seq.
- Kwamouth, 16-17
- Kwango river, 21
- Affluent of, 239
- Journey up, scenery on, 237 et seq.
- Trade on, 239-40
- Kwete Peshanga Kena, Nyimi or King of the Bushongo, 227
- Appearance of, 192
- Attitude of to R.C. missionaries, 216-18
- Children of, 222-3
- Councillors of, 198, 199
- Dress of, 192
- Ceremonial, 202, 203
- Dwelling of, 196-7
- Friendliness of, 196, 216
- Household of, 212
- Justice of, 219-20
- Progressiveness of, 198, 216
- Torday’s interview with, 193-4
- Viceroys of, 90-1
- Welcome from, 188
- Kwilu Buffalo, discovered by the expedition, 178, 248
- Kwilu country, alleged dangers of, 234
- Kwilu river, affluents of, 235, 240
- Cataracts on, 269-70
- Journey up, 229 et seq., 240 et seq.
- Outfall of, 239
- Scenery along, 240 et seq., 269
- Tribes beside, 269
- Torday’s popularity with, 233
- Variant names of, 240
- Kwilu river basin, produce from, 22, 26
- Lac Leopold II., 28
- Lardot, M., 125
- Le Grand, Lieutenant, 29
- Leaf-cups, of the Bakongo, 309
- Leopards, man-eating, near Mokunji, 64
- Leopoldville, 12, 13
- Anthropological work at, 13, 14
- Journey to, 6-12
- Loange region, Natives of, name used by, 227
- Loange river, 29, 281
- Crossing of, in canoes, 295 et seq.
- Loange and Kasai rivers, country between, 315, 343-4,
- mapped, 298
- Tribes between, origin of, 329
- Lodja, station, 164
- Forest north of, dense population of, 173
- Journey to, 152-6
- Life at, 157 et seq.
- Sports at, 157-60
- Lohinde Jofu, sub-tribe of Batetela, 161
- Lomela, tribes near, 126
- Louis, catechist and sportsman, 243, 244 et seq.
- Lualaba-Kasai district, 3
- Administrative centre of, 31
- Luana stream, course and outfall of, 281
- Luano factory, Natives near known to Torday, 235
- Porters from, 252, 253
- Lubefu river, features of, 65
- Journey up, 27
- Primitive Batetela tribes north of, 125
- Lubefu station, 65
- Lubue river, 22, 29
- Affluent of, 281
- at Dumba, 275-6
- Factories on, 280
- Hills near, 265
- Hospital on, 29
- Luchima, cook, 257 et alibi
- Luchwadi river (Lotjadi), 189
- Lagoons of, 191
- Luebo, 24, 25, 345;
- slavery at, 78
- Lukenye river, posts on, 124
- Navigation and scenery of, 153 et seq.
- Outfall of, 28
- Rafts on, 156
- Shores of, dangers of, 151
- Whirlpool on, 153
- Lulua river, affluent of the Kasai, 338
- Lumbuli, village of, 165
- Lumbunji river, 325-6
- Affluent of, 331
- Lusambo administrative centre, 24, 25, 27, 31
- Lusambo, “Baluba” of, problem of, 72 et seq.
- Batwa dwarfs met at, 82-4
- Bushongo of, 80, 81
- Horses at, 71
- Market at, features of, 79-80
- Slavery at, 78
- Visit to, and excursions around, 70 et seq.
- Mabruki, cook, 257
- Magyar, Ladislaus, explorer, 235-6, 260
- Makasu villages, visit to, 322 et seq., 331, 332 et seq.
- Mangay, Rubber plantations at, 29
- Marriage customs of various tribes—
- Batetela, 56
- Olemba, 162-3
- Mask-charms of the Bapende, 280
- Masks, initiation, of Bapende boys, 282-3
- Masolo, an interpreter, 105, 106
- Matadi, described, 5;
- journey to, 1-5
- Mayila, Badjok chief, visit to, 339-40
- Information from, 342-3
- Mayuyu (Bambala), gun-bearer, 259, 312-3, 323-4
- M’Bei, village, game at, 239,
- journey to, 235, 240
- Mikope, 223
- Miloa river, Elephant spoor near, 331
- Mingi Bengela, 223
- Misumba, Animal life near, 112
- Batwa dwarfs near, 84
- Country round, 86-9
- Local government at, 90 et seq.
- Native dwellings at, 94-6, 190, 195-6
- Native life and work at, 92 et seq.
- Stay at, and excursions around, 89 et seq.
- Volcanic crevices near, 88, 112
- Missionary methods, a suggestion on, 217-9
- Moamba, Bambala porter, 252-3
- Adventure of, 327-8
- Mokenye (Bambala), gun-bearer, 259
- Mokulu, Babunda village, and its chief, 267-9
- Mokunji, Animal life near, 63-4
- Building changes in, 56
- Chief of, welcome by, 53
- Visit to, 27 et seq.
- Morretti, Lieutenant, 186
- Mosquitoes, where prevalent, 11, 19, 23, 26, 118-9, 148, 185
- Murderers, Olemba, punishment of, 162
- Mushenge, the, capital of the Bushongo, 90
- Animal life near, 224-6
- Arrival at, and stay at, 191 et seq.
- Country near, 189
- Cultivation near, 197-8
- Dwellings at, 195
- Kwete’s palace, 196-7
- Gilded youth of, 200
- Journey to, 187 et seq.
- Life at, 200 et seq.
- Musical instruments of various tribes—
- Bambala, 254-5
- Basonge, 35-6
- Bushongo, 87, 202
- Mustard, a liking for! 288
- Mutton, craving for, 289-90
- Native characteristics (see also under Names of Tribes), 46, 328
- Troops, at Lusambo, 71-2
- Natives, Clothing of, at Dima, 23-4
- Hints on handling, 38 et seq., 46 et seq., 136, 191, 231, 234-5, 282, 344
- Negroes, Albino, at Lusambo, 80
- Arithmetical limitations of, 97
- Facial aspects, European ideas on, 133-4
- Noki, post, 2, 4, 5
- Okale, Batetela sub-tribe, Dress, customs, &c., of, 175 et seq.
- Okitu, ex-chief of Mokunji, 49, 59,
- friendliness of, 60 et seq.
- Okitulonga, Batetela village, 43
- Olemba (Batetela) tribe—
- Forest dwellers, 161
- Customs of, 162-4
- Osodu village, hospitable natives at, 48 et seq.
- Osodu, chief of, recalcitrance of, 49;
- hospitality of his children, 50-1;
- release of, 67
- Oyumba village, 161-2
- Pakoba, Basongo-Meno village, Sankuru river, 129-30
- Palm wine, a mighty drinker of, 288-9
- Bakongo customs connected with, 308-9
- Pana, Jesuit ferme chapelle, animal life at, 239-40, 245 et seq., 278
- Described, 243-4
- Pangu, hospital at, 22, 216
- Peffer, Lieutenant, at Kole, 141, 142, 152
- Pères de Scheut, mission house of, at the Mushenge, 191
- Petrodomus, n.sp. found near Misumba, 112
- Poison ordeal, Bushongo tribe, 50, 211
- Polygamy, tribes practising, 56, 202
- Pongo-Pongo, chief of Misumba, 90, 128;
- information from, 91;
- sporting trip with, 97-101
- Population statistics, problems of, 56, 57, 58
- Porters (see also Natives), hints on managing, 136
- Women as, 297, 302-3
- Punishments, Bushongo, 219, 220
- Rafts, native, Lukenye river, 156
- Railways, 5 et seq.
- Rattles—
- Funeral, 273
- Hunting, 99, 100, 300
- Musical, 45
- Reckitt’s blue, native use of, 304, 318
- Red river hog, near Mokunji, 64
- Religion of the Bushongo, 217-8
- Roman Catholic missionaries to the Bushongo, 216-18
- Rubber as currency, 266
- Rubber-collecting, Badjok tribe, 331
- Rubber plantations—
- Bena Dibele, 124-5
- Mangay, 29
- Rubber trade of the Babunda, 266-7
- Sacrifices, see Animal, and Human
- St. Antoine s.s., journey by, 237, 252 et seq.
- Salt as currency, 42, 195, 263, 297, 308, 310, 326
- Salt-tasting plant beloved of Buffaloes, 121
- “Sam,” an honest “boy,” 39, 41, 77-8, 81, 236, 257, 278
- San Salvador, Angola, 4
- Sankuru river, country near, 86
- Hippopotami of, disease among, 29
- Journey to, 113, 115 et seq.
- Journey up, 33
- Natives from, 24
- Scenery along, 30, 32, 33
- Tribes near, 86
- Saut, Commandant, 31, 70
- Schlagerstrom, launch, journey on, 84 et seq.;
- its captain and his fate, 85-6
- Shamba Bolongongo, King of the Bushongo, history of, 206-7
- Carved portrait of, 186-7, 207-10
- Sheep, where found, 33, 274, 289
- Shields of the Akela tribe, 181
- Signalling Drum or Gong, 67-8, 132, 175-6
- Sitatunga antelope, 151
- Skulls, collection of, 65-6
- Slave-raids still carried on, 78
- Slave trade and Domestic Slavery, 73, 75 et seq., 78, 256, 306-7
- Slaves, Buried alive at funerals of the great, 75
- Bushongo, position of, 75-6, 212
- Eaten by Bankutu, 75, 148-9
- “Freed,” see “Baluba”
- Sleeping-sickness, 11, 17, 155
- Early symptoms of, 82
- Isolation methods, Batetela, 65
- Smoking of the
- Bakongo, 309, 311-2
- Bashilele, 332
- Bushongo, legend of its introduction, 215-6
- Sneezing, Batetela custom as to, 55
- Soap, Batetela make of, 52
- Stanley Pool, Railway to, 5 et seq.
- Sticks of office of Bushongo elders, 91-2
- Stomach-ache, odd cure for, 141
- Teeth, Akela custom of destroying, 180
- Thesiger, Capt. the Hon. W. G., information from, 186-7, 207-10
- Thysville, 9, 10
- Tobacco, tribes growing and using, 51-2, 59, 215, 309, 311-2, 332
- Tofoke people, Facial Keloids of, 55
- Tono people, near Kole, Cannibalism and other habits of, 142 et seq., 152
- Tournaments, of the Bambala, 255-6
- Toys, see Elephants
- Trade goods for the Loange district, 286-7
- Traps—
- Hunting, 145
- War, Bankutu, 145-6
- Tsetse-fly, 12, 118, 148, 154, 155, 185
- “Tukongo,” branch of the Bakongo, 226-7
- Tukula wood, 81-2
- Carved, as mourning gifts, 211
- Dye from, uses of, 81-2, 188, 280
- Twipolo, Bankutu village, 130, 132, 135
- Umbi Enungu, information gathered from, 62 et seq.
- Underwood, Mr. and Mrs., 4
- Van Tilborg, Father, S.J., 238-9
- Velde, s., journeys in, 27 et seq., 69, 122
- Ville de Bruxelles, fate of wrecked passengers of, 151-2
- Volcanic crevices, 88
- Iron from, 112
- Vungi, Batetela sub-tribe, Dress, customs, &c., of, 173-5
- Wahis, Baron, 3
- Wall decorations, of the Bushongo, 52, 196-7
- Warfare of various tribes—
- Babunda, 263-4
- Bankutu, 144-7
- Bashilele, 133 et seq.
- Watch “towers” of Batetela rubber collectors, 131-2
- Weapons of various tribes—
- Akela, 181
- Babunda, 273
- Basonge, 37
- Batetela, Bow versus muzzle-loader, 69
- Batwa, 83
- Bushongo, 93
- Vungi, 173
- Westcott, Mr., 31, 77
- White man, Native notion on, 307-8
- White “residents,” suggestions on, 164-5, 219, 220
- Wigs of the Bapende, 280
- Wissman Pool, Kasai river, animal life at, 20
- “Witchcraft” (see also Divining) at Oyumba, 163-4
- Initiation ceremonies, Bankutu, 141
- Wombali, Jesuit mission at, 237
- Women of various tribes—
- Bakongo, as Porters, 297, 302-3
- Bankutu, 134
- Batetela tribe, Keloids of, 54
- Yongo’s practical joke, 272
- Yuka, the, mysterious animal, 33-5
- Specimen secured, 64-5
- Story about, 107
- Zappo, “chief,” at Zappo-Lubumba, 115-7, 128
- Sport with, 122-3
- Zappo-Lubumba village, 86
- Difficulties at, 115-7
- Zappo Zap, warlike tribe, 233
About This Book
The author recounts an extended expedition through the Kasai basin of the Congo, combining travel narrative with ethnographic description. He details routes and river navigation, logistical arrangements and trading with local suppliers, and the process of collecting objects and natural specimens. The account presents portraits of diverse native communities, their material culture, ceremonies, social customs, and oral traditions, illustrated by drawings, colour plates, and a map. Reflections on fieldwork challenges, colonial administration, and commercial contacts provide contextual background for the observations.