- 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