FOOTNOTES:
[94] For the reasons for the unhealthiness of this island see Travels in West Africa (Macmillan), p. 46.
INDEX
- A
- Abiabok, 163, 180-184
- Abiadiong, 180
- Abiadiong, 180
- Abonema (see New Calabar)
- Abrah, oracle at, 172
- Administration (see Crown Colony)
- Adultery laws, 434, 454, 536
- African—
- acclimatisation of, West Indians, 53-54
- agriculture, 341
- nature of, 63, 124, 168, 177-178, 373
- Alemba rapid fetish, 177
- Alumah, King, 458
- Amachree, King, 500, 503, 505
- Amomum, 56
- Anamaquoa, 82
- Ancestor Worship, 131-135
- Andoni, 538-540, 553
- Angola, 196, 283
- Animal deities, 513, 515 (see Snake and Shark)
- Ants—
- Driver, 25-33
- Myriaica molesta, 33, 34
- Apothecary, 180-184
- Ashantee, 115, 144, 368
- Assini, 73, 83
- Atlantis, 227
- Ayzingo, 108
- Azambuja, 258
- B
- Bafangh, 152
- Bakele, 186
- Bantu, 231 (see Negro)
- Bar, custom, 523
- Barbot, 46, 69, and Appendix III.
- Basel mission, 110
- Bastian, 137, 154
- Baths, medical, 182, 183
- Bence Island, 36
- Benga, 90, 153
- Benguella, 210, 286-287
- Benin, Bight of, 4
- fetish of, 141-144 (see Appendix I)
- natives of kingdom, 448-468
- Binger, 83
- Bob Manuel, King, 507, 509
- Bonny, 142, 495-509, 510, “free,” 516, 540
- Brahmanism, 119
- Brass River, 140, 468-491
- Bristol, 83
- Brohemie, 458
- Brüe Sieur, 271-273
- Burial Customs, 144-150, 452-455
- Bush fighting, 319
- soul, 208, 209
- C
- Cabinda, 11, 186
- Calabar, 54, 140-142
- fetish, 144
- history, 552-561
- New, 491
- Cameroons, 81, 231, 236, 238
- Canoes, 99-101
- Catfish, 96, 97
- Centipedes, 81
- Chamberlain, Rt. Honble. J., 307
- Chambers of Commerce, 323
- Charms, 163-169
- Chiloango, 108-112
- Clerks, 329, 357
- Coinage, native, 82
- Colonial Office, 305, 324-330
- Comey, 444, 447, 523
- Competition, 417
- Comte, 115
- Congo—
- Belge, 54
- River, 102, 238
- Cookey Gam, King, 497
- Corisco, 89-90
- Crabs, 105
- Crocodiles, 2
- worship of, 140
- Crown Colony, 317, 319, 326, 361, 366, 390, 417-418
- statistics, 348, 357
- Crowther—
- Bishop, 481
- Archdeacon, 487, 509
- “Customs,” native, 451 (see Fetish)
- fiscal, 408, 410, 413, 444, 447
- D
- Dahomey—
- fetish, 144
- fiscal, 347-348
- Danfodio, 278
- Dash, 446
- De Brosses, 114
- Debtors, 431, 433
- Dennett, R. E., 154, 183, 186, 192
- De Zurara, 252, 253
- Dieppe, 256, 261-263
- Diplomacy, 280
- Direct taxation, 331
- Disease (see Doctor)
- ague, 184
- boisi, 184
- fvuma, 184
- hysteria, 188
- leprosy, 184
- malignant melancholy, 188
- pneumonia, 188
- small-pox, 184-188
- soul, diseases of, 199, 209, 213
- worms, 184
- yaws, 187
- Doctor (see Apothecary)
- clinical, 199-219
- witch, 163, 169, 180, 182, 213
- Dream-soul, 205, 207
- Drum fish, 108
- Duppy, 68
- Dutch, 262, 268
- Dye wood, 78
- E
- Eboes, 138 (see Ibo)
- Ebony, 78
- Ebumtup, 214
- Edinburgh Review, 157
- Egbo (see Law God)
- Electrical fish, 107
- Ellis, Sir A. B., 115-116, 132, 134-139
- Elmina, 257
- Emanequetta, 57
- Expenditure (see Crown Colony)
- Exports, 334
- F
- Face, throwing the, 165-167
- Familiar spirits, 161
- Fangaree charms, 164
- Father, making, 146-148, 451
- Fetish, 112-179
- “customs,” 173, 176, 450
- days, 171, 174
- definitions of, 113, 116, 119, 171
- derivation of the word, 114
- gods and goddesses—
- Abassi-boom, 155
- Mbuiri, 118
- Nkala, 118
- Nyankupong, 155
- Nzambi 118, 137, 154
- Nzambi Mpungu, 155
- Sasabonsum, 117
- Srahmantin, 137
- House, description of, 170, 514
- Man, 168, 171
- Schools of, 137
- Calabar, 144, 151, 160
- Mpongwe, 151, 154, 160
- Nkissism, 154-163
- Tshi and Ewe and Yoruba, 139
- Fiscal arrangements, 290 (see Crown Colony)
- Fish, quality of, 95, 106-109
- Fishing, appliances, 101-106
- canoes, 99
- Native methods of, 99-109, 488
- Floating Islands, 103
- French, early exploration by the, 250, 264
- Statistics, Colonial, 347
- Frogs, 66
- Funerals, 145, 452-484
- G
- Ga, 138
- Gesture, 237
- Ghagas, 424
- Glamour, 219
- Gods (see Fetish), 141
- Goethe, 121-123
- Gorillae, 235, 236
- Governor, 305, 328, 365
- native, 450
- Grain Coast, 56-61
- of Paradise, 56-61
- Guineamen, 83
- Günther, Dr., 108
- H
- Hanno, 231-240
- Head cutting, 525
- Hero worship, 131-134
- Hoheit, Landes and Ober, 400-405, 410
- House system, 427, 475-478
- Human sacrifices, 142-148
- I
- Ibbibios, 138
- Igalwa, 153
- Ijos, 448, 460
- Immortal soul, 200, 207
- Imports, 334
- Inheritance, 453-475
- Insects, 10-11
- Islam and Fetish, 127
- Ivory Coast, 68-73
- trade of, 81-83, 347
- J
- Ja Ja, King, 497, 522, 527, 540-552
- Jakris, 448-457, 459-460
- Jam, 503
- Jannequin, 248
- Jews, 630
- Jobson, 246-247
- Ju Ju, 114 (see Fetish)
- Long, 439, 444, 461, 480, 498
- trade, 503
- K
- Kitty-Katty, 64
- Kla, 200
- Koromantin slaves, 140
- Krumen, 52, 54, 56, 412, 429
- Kufong, 163, 165
- Kwo Ibo, 549, 552, and Appendix II
- L
- Labat, 131
- Lagos, colony, 353
- Land, 438
- Landana, 194
- Law, John, 271
- Law, native—
- adultery, 434, 536
- god society, 160
- property, 371, 427, 439, 475-478.
- Leo Africanus, 231
- Leopard worship, 140, 165
- Liberia, 46, 52-54 (see Grain Coast)
- Loanda, 108, 284
- Loango, 212
- Lucan, Dr., 194
- Lyall, Sir Alfred, on witchcraft, 156, 158
- M
- Machinery, 288
- Maine, Sir Henry, 153
- Malagens, 69
- Malignant melancholy, 188-189
- Manchester, 288, 351
- Manilla, 82
- Manioc, 190
- Markets, 310
- Maxwell, Sir Wm., 329
- Meleguetta Coast, 51-61
- Melli, 244-245, 426
- Mendi, 164
- Merolla, 197, 321
- Minstrels, 149
- Missionary, 320, 478, 509, 512, 556
- Mohammedanism and Fetish, 126-127, 141
- Monrovia, 46
- Monteiro, 196
- Mpongwe, 151
- Mungo Mah Lobeh, 236
- Murder, 454
- Music, 64-66
- Mutterrecht, 437
- N
- Nassau, Dr., 89, 130, 152-153, 159
- Nana, 451, 458
- Negro, 420-423
- Nganga bilongo (see Apothecary)
- Niger Company, 279, 306, 360, 394
- Nkala, 118
- Nkissism, 154-155, 163
- Nyankupong, 155
- Nzambi, 118, 137, 154-155, 159
- Nzambi Mpungu, 118, 155
- O
- Obeah, 139, 140, 219
- Ogi, 138
- Ogowé, 45, 79, 102
- Oko Jumbo, King, 522, 529-532
- Ombuiri, 116
- Opobo, 142, 532, 540-549
- Ordeal, 160, 161, 490
- Oru, 160
- Oulof, 273
- Ouwere, 143, 630
- P
- Palm oil, 15 (see Appendix I)
- Panavia, 152
- Paradise grains, 56-57
- Parliamentary resolution (1865), 305, 307, 311
- Pepple, King, 497, 510, 512, 517-521, 526
- Pepper coast (see Grain)
- Phœnicians, 227 (see Hanno)
- Police, 333, 407
- Poorah, 139
- Portuguese, 114, 252-256, 281, 290
- stone monuments, 259
- Post-mortem, 211
- Priests, 140-141, 160, 169-170, 499, 505 (see Fetish Man)
- Property—
- ancestral, 428
- family, 428
- private, 428-429
- Stool, 428
- R
- Railways, 287, 350
- Religion, native (see Fetish)
- Revenue, 309, 413 (see Crown Colony)
- native, 444-447, 523
- S
- Sails, 100-101
- Sataspes, 228
- San Andrew, Rio, 58, 70, 73
- Sanguin, 274
- Sasabonsum, 116-117
- Scorpion, 80, 81, 185
- Senegal, 273, 275
- Shadow-soul, 200, 207-208
- Shake hand, 446
- Shark, 501
- Sierra Leone, 36, 139, 149, 344
- resources of, 339
- Sisa, 202-205
- Sleep disease, 189-193
- stages of, 192-193
- Small-pox, 186-188
- Smaltz, 273
- Snake worship, 140, 483-490, 456
- Sobo, 457
- Societies, Secret, 139, 170, 556-566
- (see Law God)
- Song-net, 149-150
- Soul, 199-200
- Fetish view of the, 129-131
- Division of the Human, 200-204
- South Africa, 394
- Spiders, 140
- Spinoza 112-113, 120
- Spirit and Matter, Native view of, 129-130
- Spirits, Classes of, 130
- Familiar, 161
- Touch of, 133
- Srahmandazi, 146, 151, 202
- Srahmantin, 137
- Statesmanship, 311
- Statistics, 348-357
- T
- Tchanga (Voudou), 139
- “Them,” 132
- Theopompus, 226
- Timber, 73-80
- Timbuctoo, 277
- Tom-toms, 64
- Topping, 525
- Tornadoes, 18-19, 47-48
- Trade (see Crown Colony)
- gold, 241-246, 257
- palm oil, 354-359
- rubber, 353
- salt, 242-248, 339
- timber, 78
- tobacco, 248, 339
- Tshi, 115, 137
- Twins, treatment of, 148
- Tylor, Professor, 115
- U
- Ukukiwe, 160
- Umaru l’Haji, 278
- V
- Vegetation, 32-33
- Virtue, Native idea of, 178
- Volta, 96
- Voudou, 139-140
- W
- Wanga (Obeah), 139-140, 219
- War, 371
- Warri, 143, 459, 630
- Wealth, 438
- “Well-disposed ones,” 132
- West Africa, Political aspect of, 310
- West Indies, 302, 324
- Will Braid, 493-497
- Wills, 436
- Winnebah, 175
- Winnaboes, 471-474
- Witchcraft, 157-168
- law, 430 (see Fetish)
- X
- Xylophonic instruments, 65
- Y
- Yam custom, 174-175, 450
- Yaws, 187
- Z
- Zaire, 102