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;
- Eliot, Sir Chas., 294, 315
- Elliott, G. F. Scott, quoted, 52-3
- Elstop, 30-1
- Engelfingin, 2
- Equator Camp, 60-1
- Famine, 247-50
- Findlay, 116-17
- Fire-stick, the, 89, 90
- Flour, bartering of, 87-8, 114
- Food of the Kikuyu, 267-8
- Food stores, 142, 146, 240
- Fort Smith, 50
- Frielich, 31
- Gibbons, 39, 46, 53, 60-1, 66, 71, 116-17, 144, 199
- Gilkinson, Mr., 252
- Girouard, Sir Percy, 292, 294, 308
- Goanese, the, 216-24, 234
- Gorges, Captain, 77, 88
- Government, the Kikuyu system of, 302-3
- Grant, 23-5, 27
- “Great Rift Valley, The,” 52
- Gregory, Professor, 52
- Guard-keeping, 106-7
- Guasa Nyero River, 189, 205, 213
- 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
- Industries of B. E. Africa, 308-9
- “Isle of War,” see Mombasa
- Ivory, trading for, 144, 146, 163-6, 178, 187, 198, 203, 212, 233
- Kalyera, the, 122, 124-5, 132-5, 136, 149-50, 248, 259, 294
- “Karanjai,” 126, 127, 132-3
- Karkerrie, 144, 160-3, 166-7, 170-3, 179, 191-4, 231, 235, 305
- Karuri, 81-2, 85-8, 92, 94-5, 145, 150, 179, 229, 233, 235, 237-9, 245-6, 255-6, 297, 305
- Kasu, 297
- Katuni, 161-2, 173, 178
- Kedong Valley, 54, 77-8, 88
- Kikuyu, the, 49-53, 74-5, 76-99, 102, 127, &c., 152-5, 183, 259-60, 264-71, 295-315
- Kikuyu tribe, origin of the, 92-3, 296-300;
- chiefship of, 305-6;
- punishments of, 306-7
- Kilemongai, 262
- Kinangop plain, 75, 78-9, 276
- Kipling quoted, 313
- Kismayu, 173
- Knight of St. John, 7
- Kolb, Dr., 212-13
- Laguna, 9
- Laikipia plain, 183
- Lake Simcoe, 9, 11-12
- Leopard, adventure with a, 276-8
- Lions, coolies, fear of, 42;
- Liverpool, 7
- Longanot, 262
- Longfield, Captain, 281-2, 285-6
- 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;
- 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
- Nandi, the, 61
- Nairobi, 47-8, 148, 287, 307-8
- Naivasha, 74-5, 88, 114-5, 122, 125, 240, 275
- Naivasha, Lake, 58
- Nakuru, 60, 71
- “Naturalist in Mid-Africa, A,” quoted, 52-3
- News, transmission of, 66-7
- Ngai, 92, 127, 133, 197, 260-3
- Ngoma, 197, 260
- Niekerk, Captain Van, 27
- Njohi, drinking of, 142-3, 161-2, 193-4
- Njora River, 62
- Nyeri, 173
- Paget, Colonel, 28
- Perenti, 42-3
- Pigasangi, 97-9, 178-9, 187, 191-8
- Poisons, native, 118-20
- Poisons of Karuri, 245-6
- Population of the Kakuyu, 296
- Portal, Sir Gerald, quoted, 49-52
- Prophesying by natives, 159-60
- Rain-famine, 247-8
- Rain-maker, chief, 219, 235-8, 239-40
- Rain-makers, 155, see Witch-doctors
- Rain-making to order, 166-7, 210-11
- Ravine, Fort, 60
- Religious observances, 197-8, 255-8, 261-3
- Rial, 42-3, 65
- Rudolph, natives of Lake, 263
- 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
- Wagombi, 108, 143, 160-1, 178-88, 190-8, 202-4, 215, 231, 235, 294, 305
- Wakamba, 45, 119-20, 299-300
- Wake, Captain, 294
- Wa-Kikuyu, see Kikuyu
- Walsh, Mr. and Mrs., 114-15
- Wanderobo tribe, the, 165, 189-90, 203-5
- Water, locating of, 72-3
- Wattle, planting of Black, 240-1
- Weapons of the Kikuyu, 269-70
- Wilson, Major, 28
- Witch-doctors, 143-5, 159-60, see Poisons
- Women, protection of, 275-6
- Wunjaggi, 125, 127-8
- Yorks and Lancs Regiment, 28
- Zanzibar, 32
- Zebra, the, 73