Basutoland: Its Legends and Customs
ITS LEGENDS AND CUSTOMS
MINNIE MARTIN
LONDON: NICHOLS & CO., 34 HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY, W.C, AND 23 OXFORD STREET, W. 1903.
ROBERT STOCKWELL, Printer, Baden Place, Crosby Row, Borough, London, S.E.
To T. L——.
Dear ——
Some time ago, during a conversation about Basutoland, you suggested that I should write an account of the country and its inhabitants, and were kind enough to give me many valuable hints as to how I should collect and arrange my information.
Minnie Martin
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BASUTOLAND:
CONTENTS.
Dedication.
CHAPTER I. OUTLINE OF BASUTO HISTORY—MOSHESHUE—LETSIE—LEROTHOLI—SCENERY—CLIMATE.
CHAPTER II. APPEARANCE OF BASUTO—ALBINOS—NATIVE VILLAGES—HUTS—MANNER OF LIVING—DRESS—ORNAMENTS.
CHAPTER III. MANNER OF CULTIVATING THE SOIL—GRAIN—HARVEST-FOOD—MANNER OF EATING—RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY—IMPORTS—STATUS OF WOMEN—CHILDREN—RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS—HEATHEN SCHOOLS—AMUSEMENTS.
CHAPTER IV. CHIEF WARS—MOROSI—DEATH OF MOLAPO—INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONARIES—COLONEL GRIFFETH—GENERAL GORDON—1843 TO PRESENT TIME—GOVERNMENT HUT TAX—MISSION SOCIETIES.
CHAPTER V. THABA BOSIGO—CANNIBALS—THEIR MANNER OF CAPTURING AND DESTROYING THEIR VICTIMS—SUPERSTITIONS—LAND TENURE.
CHAPTER VI. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS—DEATH CUSTOMS.
CHAPTER VII. BIRTH CUSTOMS—EDUCATION—INTELLECT—CHARACTER—NEWS-CARRIERS.
CHAPTER VIII. NATIVE DOCTORS—THOKOLOSI—MOLOI—WARFARE—PROVERBS.
CHAPTER IX. BOERS AND BASUTO.
CHAPTER X. THE STORY OF TAKANE.
CHAPTER XI. HOW KHOSI CHOSE A WIFE.
CHAPTER XII. THE VILLAGE MAIDEN AND THE CANNIBAL.
CHAPTER XIII. MORONGOE THE SNAKE.
CHAPTER XIV. MORENA-Y-A-LETSATSI, OR THE SUN CHIEF.
CHAPTER XV. HOW RA-MOLO BECAME A SNAKE.
CHAPTER XVI. LELIMO AND THE MAGIC CAP.
CHAPTER XVII. THE CHIEF AND THE TIGERS.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MAID AND HER SNAKE-LOVER.
CHAPTER XIX. THE FAMINE.
