- A
- Abigah junior, 120-2
- Abigah, King of Lokoja, 327-8
- Aboh, 337, 343
- Aborigines, Preface viii
- Accra, 11
- African World, 149, 211, 218
- Agent (in West Africa), 6
- Aiki Square, 20
- Akabo, 2
- Akassa, 351-3
- Algeria, 102
- Alkali, 68, 70, 71, 107, 114-15, 123, 239, 325-6
- Amadu, 153, 158-9, 161, 166, 172
- Ansim men, 100
- Ashanti, military contingent for, 88
- Ashanti War, 88
- Awai, 134
- Axim, 8
- B
- Badegi, railway from Baro to, 300
- Badiko, 161, 163, 165, 195
- Baikie, R.N., Dr, 317
- Baker, Major E. M., Preface x
- Bakin Kasua, 50
- Bank of British West Africa, 118, 319
- Bannerman, Mr D., 135
- Barijuko, 133
- Baro, 103, 145;
- railway from, to Badegi, 300, 306-11
- Barth, Dr, 316, 327
- Bassa, 68
- Bauchi, 40;
- as the Capital, 42;
- Province of, 155, 205;
- expedition against Emir of, 195;
- Plateau, 223, 245, 266, 269, 334;
- escarpment, 224-5
- Beit-el-Mal, See Native Treasuries
- Bell, Sir Hesketh, Preface ix, 67, 73, 294, 325
- Bensusan, Mr F. L., 171-2
- Benue River, 187, 224, 316, 319, 321, 335
- Berbushay, 86
- Beri-Beri country, 8
- Beri-Beris, 63, 112, 121
- Berrida, 134
- Bibin, 136
- Bida, 15, 40;
- Emir of, 88;
- railway through Province of, 300;
- battle of, 318
- Biffen, Mr E. H., 46
- Biscay, Bay of, 3
- Bland, Mr E. M., Preface ix, 52
- Borgu, 63
- Bornu, Resident at, 26, 63, 69
- Bourke, Mr F. D., Preface x, 174
- Boussa, 314
- Boyce, Sir Rupert, 5
- Boyle, Mr A. G., C.M.G., Preface ix
- Brass River, 352
- Brayscher, Mr A. W., 58, 59
- Brocklebank, D.S.O., Capt. J. J., Preface x, 81-85, 128, 192
- Brown, Mr Richard, 137-8
- Brown, Mr Robert, 137-8
- Bugi, 175
- Bukuru, 196, 247-268
- Burns, M.P., the Right Honourable John, 351-3
- Burutu, 348-353
- Bush fires, 222-3
- Byfield, Mr Bertram D., Preface x, 325-7
- Byrd, Mr W. P., Preface x, 60, 128
- C
- Cactus, 248-9, 251
- Camel transport, 191-2
- Camera, 60, 160
- Canary Islands, 5
- Cannibalism, 246
- Cantonment Magistrates, 28-9, 30-2, 325-6
- Cape Coast, 11
- Cape Palmas, 9
- Cape Verde, 6
- Carriers, 139-40, 146-180, 185, 219;
- pace of, 226, 237-242;
- See also Dan Sokoto and Gotum Karo
- Caruso, 300
- Catholics, 39
- Central Province, 205
- Ch’Kardi, Adamu, Preface x, 94, 129
- Chief Justice, the acting, 24;
- the, 114
- Christian, Messrs G. W., 319
- Clerks, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone, 38, 350-1
- Climate, 5, 236
- “Coast, call to the,” 1
- Coast towns, Preface viii, 118, 324, 349
- Coasters, 5, 6
- Coleman, Mr E. N., 305, 308-9, 312
- Coombe, Mr A., 313
- Costello, Dr, 201, 219
- Cotton growing, 305;
- British Cotton Growing Association, 319
- Cowries, 104, 322
- Crowther, Bishop, 330
- Cyclops cement-block machine, 310
- D
- Dago River, 35
- Daka-Keri, 36
- Dalla, 86
- Dan Sokoto, 239-41
- David, 86
- Deleme River, 173, 195
- Donisthorpe, Mr Loder, 80
- Donkey transport, 142-3, 192-3
- Driver, Mr T. H., Preface x, 232-4
- Dyer, Lieutenant, 91
- Duchi-n-Wai, 134, 135
- E
- Eaglesome, Mr John, 25, 49, 133
- East Africa, 2
- Egerton, Sir Walter, Preface ix
- Egypt, 2
- Emirs, 26, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 296, 299-301
- Emlyn, Dr A., 199-200
- Emperor William I. of Germany, 327
- Engineer’s Gazette, The, 352
- English Channel, 2, 3
- Euston, 131
- Evans, Mr E., 258
- Exclusive Prospecting Licence, the first, 195
- F
- Fairley, Messrs J. D., 319
- Farms, Hausa, 55;
- Pagan, 253-4
- Fedderi, 178-80
- Forcados, 103, 118, 348
- Fox, the late Rev. C., 56
- Francis, Mr A. C., Preface x, 298
- Fremantle, Captain, 298
- French Company, the, 73, 74, 75, 76, 292
- Frontier, of Southern and Northern Nigeria, 15
- Fulani, Preface viii, 67, 100, 112, 116, 121, 154, 207, 263-6, 318
- G
- Gall, Mr F. Beckles, Preface x, 205-8, 213
- Gambia River, 7
- Gana-Gana, 344
- Garrard, Mr Percy, 143-4, 147-9, 242
- Gascoyne, Lieutenant, 91
- Geiser and Company, 292
- Gidan Gombo, 148, 149, 150-2, 257
- Girouard, D.S.O., Sir Percy, 49, 300, 303, 306
- Glasgow, 348
- Godwin, Captain, F. A. E., 36
- Gold Coast Colony, kola nuts from, 302
- Gold discoveries, the, 293-4
- Goldie, Sir George Taubman, Preface viii, 63, 66, 281, 318
- Goldsmith, C.M.G., Mr H. S., 25
- Goron Dutsi, 86
- Gotum Karo, 179-80
- Government House, 27
- Governor, authority of, 19, 245
- Graham, Mr F. G., 166
- Grand Bassa, 9
- Grant-in-aid, 23, 205
- Gurum River, 175-7, 231, 233
- Gussum, 153, 154
- H
- Hanington, Dr, 3, 4
- Hanza, 153-4, 156-168, 172, 174, 178
- Harmattan, 14, 223
- Harrison, Mr W., 3, 4
- Hausa, Preface viii, 36;
- traders on the railway, 49, 63, 64, 67, 100, 112, 116, 121, 137, 154, 162, 207, 226-8, 237, 243-4, 247-8;
- house, 251, 254, 262-6, 280-1, 290, 318
- Herodotus, 314
- Hibbert, Mr W. H., Preface x, 312, 321
- Hill Division, 207
- Holt, Messrs John, 73, 292, 319, 337
- Horses, 108, 109, 141-2, 164, 216-18, 249, 253, 255-7
- Hos, 225, 228
- Hospital Sisters, 5
- Hospitals, Jos, 200;
- Baro, 311;
- Lokoja, 328-9
- House of Commons Resolution, 317
- House of Lords, the, 308
- Huddart, Mr L. H. L., 293-4
- I
- Ibadan, 15, 309
- Iddo Wharf, 11-13
- Ijaw, 350
- Imperial Yeomanry, 8th, 81
- Inspector of Mines, Government, 21
- J
- James, Mr F. Seton, C.M.G., Preface ix
- Jebba, 16, 40;
- as the Capital, 41, 88, 319
- Jemma, 223-4
- Johnson, Captain, A. E., D.S.O., 35, 36
- Johnson, Dr, 201, 298
- Jos, 174, 181-93, 196, 221, 230
- Judd, Colonel, 22
- Juga, 154, 167, 169
- K
- Kabba, expedition against, 281, 318;
- Province of, 319;
- City of, 325
- Kadaura, 169
- Kaduna Bridge, 52
- Kaduna River, 41;
- tributaries of, 50
- Kano, 57-129
- Kantagora, 40;
- Emir of, 88
- Karre, 134
- Karshi, 225, 228
- Katsina, 70;
- Emir of, 89, 103, 107
- Keffi, Magasi of, 89
- Kelly, Captain G. C., Preface ix, 24, 26
- Kendall, Mr, 191
- King, the Great White, 65
- King’s Dragoon Guards, 81
- Kogin Serekin Pawa, 50
- Kogini Rahama, 149
- Kolo, 215-16, 238-9
- Kooty-Wenji, 17
- Krumen, 7-8, 11
- Kudara, 134, 136, 137
- Kugo River, 50
- Kukuruku, 36
- L
- Lafee Sala, 163
- Lagos, 11, 12;
- as the capital, 42;
- Colony of, 63, 73, 75, 103, 118
- Lagos Stores, Ltd., 73, 75, 76, 292
- Laird, McGregor, 315-17
- Lake Chad, 54, 316
- Lander, the brothers, 314-16
- Langslow-Cock, Mr A. E., 204-5
- Laundryman, 9
- Laws, Mr H. W., 195-6
- “Lazy negroes,” 55
- Lefanu, Sergeant, 91
- Leighton, Mr, 175
- Lenthall, Mr Robert, Preface x
- Liberia, 9
- Liverpool, 2, 11, 103, 315
- Lokoja, as the capital, 41, 311, 313-33;
- distance from Forcados, 335
- Loko-Keffi route, 187-8, 224
- London and Kano Trading Company, 80-85, 292
- Lugard, Lady, Preface viii
- Lugard, Sir F., Preface viii, 25, 36, 30, 40, 49, 64, 65, 66, 88, 89, 90, 92, 127, 133, 142, 194-5
- M
- Macdonald, Mr George, 195-6
- Macintyre, Archdeacon, J. L., 330-2
- Maclaverty, Captain C. F. S., Preface ix, 24, 151, 282
- Maclean, Mr C., Preface ix
- Magama, 165
- Mail services, 37
- Malarial fever, 5, 329
- Mal-de-mer, 3
- Mallam, 280-1;
- on railway, 301-2, 318
- Mama, 238-9
- Manchester, 103
- Manson, Sir Patrick, 5
- Marsh, Mr W. J., 59, 60
- McDowell, Mr J. B., Preface x
- McQueen, James, 315
- Medical staff, 5
- Melba, Madame, 300
- Migeod, Mr C. L., 207
- Military, 1st Northern Nigeria Regiment, 24;
- West African Frontier Force, 36;
- artillery, 36;
- operations, 65;
- Northern Nigeria Regiment, 81;
- contingent for Ashanti, 88, 278-90;
- marriage in the service, 281;
- the guns, 282-4;
- sports, 284-5;
- signalling, 285-7;
- the bands, 287-8;
- classification of white civilians, 289-9;
- expedition against Kabba, 318;
- Battle of Bida, 318
- Minerals royalty, 198
- Minna, 16;
- station, 44-5-6, 302;
- distance from Zaria, 302
- Missionaries, 45, 125-9, 258-9, 316, 324, 329-332
- Mockler-Ferryman, Colonel, Preface viii
- Mohamedan and Moslem, 38, 39, 44;
- clothing, 64, 66, 68, 102, 114, 127, 243, 249, 280-1, 318, 324, 338, 350
- Molyneux, Mr S. A., 179-80
- Money, 117-8, 185, 322
- Monrovia, 9
- Morel, Mr E. D., Preface viii
- Morland, Colonel, 90-1
- Morocco, 101, 102, 103
- Mosques, 120
- Motor lorry transport, 191-2
- Mungo Park, the, 336-7, 339-40
- Musical instruments, Pagan, 249, 250
- N
- Naraguta, 169, 173, 195-6;
- extended, 196, 197, 205, 214
- Nasaru, 338-9, 346
- Nassarawa, 40;
- Province of, 223, 225
- Navy, the Royal, 315
- Newport, Mr A., 45
- N’Gell, 196
- Nicolaus, Mr G., 195
- Niger Company, 33;
- constabulary, 36, 61, 63, 66, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 139-145;
- finance department, 184-6;
- transport department, 186-193;
- mining department, 194-8, 293, 307, 310, 318-19, 321, 336-7, 348-51
- Niger River, 16;
- ferry, 16;
- bridge, 17, 103, 145;
- at Baro, 315;
- exploration of and early trading on, 314-17, 319, 321;
- navigating the, 334-37
- “Niggers,” 13
- Nun River, 351
- Nupés, 63, 100, 112, 312, 338
- Nursing, feminine, 200-1, 328
- O
- Offa, 15
- Officials, English, number of, 67
- Oil Rivers, 11
- Oje, divines water, 46, 59, 170, 182, 211-15, 238, 309-10
- Oldfield, Mr J., 46
- Ollivant and Company, 292
- Olokemeji, 15
- Onitsha, 337, 340
- Orr, Captain, Preface viii
- Oshogbo, 15
- Overweg, Dr, 316
- Oxen transport, 142, 191-2
- P
- Paddington, 131
- Pagans, Preface vii, 36, 38, 63, 64, 69, 154, 177-8, 207, 224, 226-8, 243-77;
- musical instruments, 250;
- houses, 251-3;
- fuel, 252;
- farms, 253-4;
- cattle and herds, 255;
- public celebrations, 255;
- races, 256;
- as horsemasters, 256-7;
- hunting, 257;
- sign language, 257-8;
- administering justice, 260-6;
- authority of Kings and Chiefs, 260, 270-1;
- trial by ordeal, 262;
- taxation, 266-8;
- marriage customs, 271-3;
- death customs, 273-5;
- cannibalism, 275-7;
- military, 280, 350
- Pagenstecher and Company, 292, 319
- Park, Mungo, 314
- Parkin, Mr John, 352
- Paterson and Zochonis, 292
- Pleiad, the, 316
- Police, Northern Nigeria, 35-6;
- Emir’s, 36, 245
- Polygamy, 120
- Pooley, Captain, 10, 11
- Population, number of, 67;
- decrease of, 88
- Porch, Mr M. P., 298
- Porter, Major, 91
- Postmaster-General, the, 24, 37
- Price, Mr A. E., Preface x, 347, 353
- Probis, Mr, 195
- Public Works Department, 20
- R
- Radcliff, Captain J., 29
- Rahama, 134, 138-145, 147, 231
- Railway, Anchou, 54;
- Baro-Kano, Preface vii, 48, 58-9, 145, 299-305;
- Bauchi Light, Preface vii, 17, 131-8, 145, 154;
- Boat train, 12, 14, 131;
- Deputy Director of, 24-5;
- Dumbi, 54;
- extension from Jebba to Kano, 20-1;
- fares, 18;
- ferry, 16;
- gauges, 132;
- Hausa traders on the, 49;
- Kaduna station, 50-1;
- Kaduna bridge, 52;
- Kano, approach to, 56;
- Kano station, 58;
- Kano and the desert route for Arab merchants, 102;
- Lagos Government, the, Preface vii, 15;
- locomotive and elephants, 302;
- locomotive and horse, 302;
- meals on the, 18;
- Nigerian, Preface vii;
- proportion of travellers per class, 49;
- Rahama, trains from, 231;
- receipts, 48-9;
- Rigachikun, 54;
- road transport contrasted with the, 235;
- rolling-stock, demand for, 48;
- Shallawa River, 55;
- terminus, 11, 12, 13;
- 3rd class coaches, 49;
- track repair, 51;
- water for engines, 51;
- Zaria junction, 291;
- Zaria Plateau, 50;
- Zungeru, 17;
- Zungeru station, 43;
- Zungeru to Kano train, 44
- Rats, as food, 309-10
- Rattler, the, 312-13
- Reichard, Herr, 314-15
- Residents, discretion to, 26, 67, 205-8, 245-6, 247-8, 260-1, 263, 266-8, 297
- Rest-houses, 22, 57, 109, 150-1, 164, 297-8
- Rhodesia, 236
- Richards, Mr Cyril, 14
- Richardson, Mr, 316
- Rigachikun, 187
- Ross, Major Sir Ronald, 5
- Raffan Governor, 234
- “Rule of the road” at sea, 10
- S
- Sahara Desert, 7, 102
- Salah, the, 216, 219-220
- Scarbrough, Lord, 197
- Schools, Government and Missionary, 39
- Secondee, 11
- Selander, Mr J. E., 107
- Shallawa River, 90
- Sierra Leone, 7, 8, 9, 118
- Sign language, 257-8
- Signalled message, 290
- Simmonds, Mr E. B., 186
- Slave-raiding, 50, 243, 262-4
- Slaves, domestic, 122
- Soba, 134, 135
- Sokoto, 15;
- resident at, 26;
- mails to, 37, 40, 67, 68, 91, 103
- Soper, Captain, F. P., 224
- South African War, 81
- Speed, Mr, 235-7
- Stephenson, Captain, W. H., 336, 339, 343, 347
- Stobart, Mr S. E. M., Preface x, 261-7
- Sudan United Mission, 258-9
- Suly, Preface x, 129
- Sussex scenery, 223
- Swainson, Mr J., 137-8
- Syrian trader, a, 73, 75, 76, 78
- T
- Taxation, native, 67, 207, 245, 266-8, 295-7
- Temperature, 7, 14, 159-60, 225-6, 252-3
- Temple, Mr Charles L., C.M.G., Preface ix, 25, 27, 300
- Territory, extent of, 63, 67, 278
- Tetrazzini, Madame, 300
- Tilde Fulani, 171, 180, 195
- Tin areas of Nigeria, 73, 75, 76, 292, 319
- Tin fields, travellers for, 17;
- inception of, 194-8;
- mining regulations, 202-5;
- Government Inspector of Mines, 204-5;
- travellers to, 307
- Toner, Mr James, 4
- Toro, 169, 170
- Trading firms, European, 6, 73
- Transvaal scenery, 221
- Treasuries, native, 34, 68, 69, 70, 115, 295-6
- Tremearne, Major, Preface viii
- Trial by ordeal, 262
- Trigge, Mr Joseph E., Preface x
- Tripoli, 101, 102, 103, 316
- Tunis, 101
- Turegs, 100
- V
- Vultures, 117
- W
- Walkden and Company, John, 292
- Wallace, Sir William, 195-6
- Waller, Mr F. W., Preface ix
- Wassaku Concessions, 134
- Waterloo, 131
- Watson, Dr, 199-200
- Watts, Mr Walter, Preface x, 194-5
- Weinthal, Mr Leo, Preface ix
- West African Frontier Force, 36
- White, Mr, 80
- Wilks, Mr, 61
- Women traders, 119
- Woolloy, Mr H. M., 37
- Worroko, 134
- Y
- Yola, 316
- Yorubas, 30, 63, 309, 350
- Z
- Zaria, 15, 17, 40, 89, 90;
- station, 130-1, 182, 291-8;
- native taxation, 295-7;
- Emir of, 296;
- railway through Province of, 300;
- kola nuts for, 303
- Zungeru, 19-20;
- character of, 21;
- living accommodation in, 21-2;
- houses and food, 22-3;
- rest-houses at, 22;
- future of, as Capital, 23, 39;
- hours of work at, 26;
- Secretariat, 26;
- Government House, 27;
- Governor’s motor-car, 27-8;
- Cantonment Magistrate, 29-32;
- Chief of, 31-2;
- Niger Company’s store, 33;
- native town, 34;
- prison, 35-6;
- mail services, 37;
- sports, 38;
- native and other coloured inhabitants, 38;
- strategic position of, 40-1, 73
About This Book
A travel account of journeys across Southern and Northern Nigeria that traces movement from the coast inland by rail and river, and through towns and countryside. It documents urban and rural scenes including administrative centres, market life, local industries, housing and transport infrastructure. The narrative records interactions with colonial officials, native rulers and everyday communities, and explains systems of native administration, taxation and law. Interwoven are reflections on railway expansion, commercial opportunity, missionary and military activity, and cautionary observations about cultural change and public health.