INDEX

Abeokuta, walled city of, [3];
population of, [3].
Accra, town of, [3].
A Defeza de Angola, Loanda newspaper, [27].
“Afoola,” native name for missionary, [142].
“Agent,” the, [9], [29], [151]-[153], [163], [167], [169], [171]-[175], [181], [191], [196], [199].
Ambriz, [180], [181].
American mission, Congregationalist, [140];
Wesleyan Episcopalian, [141].
Amorim, Captain, [45], [119], [157].
Angola, [26], [35], [37], [43], [51], [55], [67], [75], [83], [158].
Antelopes, [72], [74], [77], [110].
Ants, [6], [73], [112], [116].
“Apeka” (slaves), [121].
Arnot, F. S., missionary explorer, [51], [109], [141].
Ashanti, town of, [1].
Ashburton Treaty, [207].
Atundwa plant, the, [109].
Aureoles, [76].
Axim, settlement of, [2].

Bailundu, district of, [45], [156];
mission village of, [158].
Bailundu war of 1902, [45], [82], [115], [118], [141], [150], [157].
Bananas, plantation of, [32].
Barotzeland, [68].
Barracoons, remains of, [13].
Batatele cannibals, [52].
Bees, [76], [107], [108].
Beeswax, [42], [86], [149].
Beit, Mr., [151].
Belmonte, fort at, [84], [150].
Benguela, town of, [43], [44], [46], [51], [69], [149], [169], [171], [173], [176], [178], [182];
Boers at, [43].
Berlin General Act, [207].
Bihé, district of, [43], [45], [69], [77], [80], [83], [86], [104], [149]-[151], [152] n, [153], [156], [175].
Bihéans, the, born traders, [85], [86];
language of, [86];
villages of, [87];
public club (onjango) of, [88];
games of, [91];
proverbs of, [92];
folk-lore of, [94];
dancing of, [95];
musical instruments of, [96], [97];
witchcraft of, [99];
slavery among, [100], [115];
objections to burying slaves, [114];
eat those meeting with sudden death, [128];
thieves, [170].
Birds, [7], [76], [110], [192].
Black-headed crane, [76], [110].
Bluebock, [77].
Boer transport-riders, [43], [64], [82].
Boers, long trek of, [67];
knowledge of oxen, [68];
trade in slaves, [68].
Bogs, [65], [80], [81], [153], [154].
Boiling springs, [153].
Bourru-Bourru bog, [81], [154].
“Boys,” native, [9], [16], [79].
Brussels Conference of 1890, [149].
Brussels General Act, [207].
Buffaloes, [72], [74], [166].
Burchell’s zebra (quagga), [74].
Burial of slaves, [36], [114], [155], [206].
Bush paths, [31], [85], [86], [115], [118].
Bustard, great, [76].

Cabinda, in Portuguese territory, [182].
Caconda, fort at, [68];
turning-point of journey, [77], [80].
Caiala, town of, [84].
Calabar, missionaries at, [14].
Calei River, [81].
Cameron’s, Commander, Across Africa, [110] n, [155] n, [157] n, [159] n.
Camps, rest, [160].
Candombo, deserted village of, [82].
Cannibals, [52], [86], [162].
Cape Coast Castle settlement, [2].
Caravans, slave, [86], [117], [120], [121], [126], [163], [167].
Cassava, native food, [31].
Catholic mission, [56], [78], [79], [140].
Cats, civet, [192], [204].
“Central Committee of Labor and Emigration,” [46], [102].
Chain-gangs, [44], [119], [153] n, [171], [172].
Chibokwe tribe, the, [83], [107]-[110], [126];
kill their slaves, [126];
file their teeth, [127];
eat those meeting with sudden death, [128];
trade in rubber, [128];
artistic, [129];
dancing of, [129];
religious rites of, [130];
witchcraft of, [131];
missionaries among, [132]-[148].
Chicotes (hide whips), [120], [155].
Children pawned into slavery, [29], [51], [150], [151].
Chinjamba, pioneers at, [140].
Chocolate from San Thomé and Principe islands, [167].
Civet-cats, [192], [204].
Cocoa, [26], [27], [32], [44], [46], [167], [188], [189], [192], [193].
Coffee, [26], [32], [188], [198];
plantation, working a, [33].
Coillard, M., missionary, [142].
Coinage, real, in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
Commercial Company of Angola, [84].
Committee of Emigration, [174].
Concubines, slaves as, [53].
Contract, form of, serviçaes, [28].
Contract labor, [23], [26], [34]-[38], [48], [57], [116], [153], [167], [169], [173], [196], [209];
form of contract, [28];
pay of, [38], [194]-[196], [208].
Contrahidos or serviçaes, [27], [44], [46]-[48], [58], [172], [187], [190], [196], [208].
Copper-mines, ancient, of Matanga, [86].
Cotton cloth, [9], [33], [35], [42], [84]-[86].
Cotton, trade in, [10].
Crane, black-headed, [76], [110];
dancing, [76].
Crocodiles, [6], [41], [165], [168].
Cuando River, [75], [80].
Cuanza River, [75], [83], [104]-[106], [111], [112], [126].
Cunene River, [80].
Cunughamba River, [82].
Cunyama, the, [78].
Cunyami natives, [68].
Currency, recognized, in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
Currie, Mr., missionary, [142].

Dancing cranes, [76].
Debtor, a, body left to jackals, [115].
Decree of January 29, 1903, [158], [172]-[174], [176], [177], [180], [190], [194].
Deer, [77], [110], 166.
Deposits of magnesia, [153].
Desert, Kalahari, [67].
De Silva, fate of, [185].
Ditch-canals, [32].
Domestic slavery, [14], [17], [40]-[58], [100], [193].
Doves, [76].
Dried fish, “stinkfish,” [35], [37], [193], [194].
Drum, native musical instrument, [96]-[99].
Duiker, antelope, [77], [110].

Eagles, [76].
Eckstein, Mr., [151].
Elands, [72], [166].
Elephants, [74], [75].
“Empreza Nacional,” profits of, [175].
English mission, Plymouth Brethren, [140].
Eucalyptus-trees of Benguela, [43].
Exportation of slaves, [23], [157], [158], [168]-[185].

Factories, [8]-[10], [12], [155].
Fay, Mr., missionary, [142], [158].
Fernando Po, island, [200].
Ferries over the Cuanza, [111].
Feudalism, [16].
Fevers, [8], [105], [117], [150], [164], [168], [171].
Flag-grasses, [31], [107].
Flamingoes, [76].
Fly, tsetse, [24].
Form of contract, serviçaes, [28].
Forts, [20], [21], [68], [70], [78], [84], [105], [111], [119], [124], [141], [150], [155], [156]-[159].
Francolins, [76].
Fruits, trade in, [10].
Fugitive slaves, [171], [179], [194], [199]-[201], [203], [205], [207].

Gangers, [34], [35], [155], [184], [193], [194], [199], [201], [206].
Gnu, [77].
Gold, [10].
Grasses, [31], [107], [108], [153].
Guinea-fowl, [76].
Gums, trade in, [10].

Hartebeest, [77].
Hawks, [7], [76].
Hide whips (chicotes or sjamboks), [120].
Hippopotamus, [83], [111], [165].
Honey-guide, [76].
Hornbill, [76].
Hugo, Victor, quoted, [17], [18].
“Hungry country,” the, [47], [105], [107], [110]-[112], [115], [116], [118], [122], [124], [149], [164].
Hunting slaves, [204], [205].
Hyena, [76].

Il Principe Island, [48], [151], [167], [173], [187]-[202].
India-rubber plant, [33].
Islands, Il Principe, [48], [151], [167], [173], [187]-[202];
San Thomé, [26], [27], [44], [48], [51], [54], [116], [151]-[153], [157], [162], [163], [167], [170], [172]-[174], [176], [182], [187]-[202];
Fernando Po, [200].
Ivory, trade in, [10].

Jackals, debtors left to, [115].
Johannesburg, [201].
Ju-ju house, [13], [18], [173].

Kalahari Desert, [67].
Kamundongo, mission at, [141].
Kandundu, the, worship of, [99].
Kanjumdu of Chiuka, Christian chief, [146].
Kasai, tributary of the Congo, [106].
Katanga, ancient copper-mines of, [40];
district, [86].
Katumbella, river, [165];
town of, [41]-[43], [160], [169], [171].
Kernels, trade in, [10].
Kola, trade in, [10].
Koodoo, [76], 166.
Kraal, native chief’s, [81], [82].
“Krooboys,” [15].
Kukema River, [61], [80].

Ladysmith, [186].
Lagoons of Lagos, [11].
Lagos, town of, [2], [3], [13];
lagoons of, [11].
Lake Ngami, [80].
Lechwe, antelope, [77], [110].
Legalized slavery, [27]-[29], [173].
Leopards, [72], [76], [83], [87], [110], [156].
“Letters of freedom,” [46].
Life of slaves, the, [33]-[36], [187]-[210].
Lions, [71]-[74], [76], [77], [83], [148], [160], [161].
Livingstone, David, [32], [42], [51], [80].
Loanda, St. Paul de, [19]-[23], [27], [40];
slaves shipped from, [180].
Lobito Bay, possible future of, [40], [166], [169]-[171].
Luchazi tribe, [104].
Luena, tributary of the Zambesi, [106].
Lungwebungu, tributary of the Zambesi, [106].
Luimbi tribe, [104].

Magnesia, deposits of, [153].
Mahogany, trade in, [10].
Mangrove swamps, [5]-[7], [78].
Mashiko, fort at, [105], [124].
Matchets, [5], [34], [162], [204].
Matota, fort at, [124].
Mediums of exchange, [42], [84], [85], [107].
Metallic starling, [76].
Millet, trade in, [10].
Mines, Transvaal, [16].
Missionaries, [3], [14], [45], [79], [101], [109], [132]-[148].
Missions, [56], [78], [79], [133], [138]-[141], [152] n, [158], [159].
Monkeys, [7], [177], [192];
yellow, [162].
Moolecky, poisonous herb, [64].
Mortality among slaves, [25], [190], [198].
Mosquitoes, [81].
Mossamedes, [67], [152] n.
“Mountain of Money,” the, ancient city of, [81].
Mozambique, [16], [163].
Mud-fish, [6].
Mushi-Moshi (the Simoï), [118], [128].

Nanakandundu, district, [120];
villages of, [85].
Native “boys,” [9], [16], [79];
instruments, [96], [97].
New slavery, [17], [30].
Newspapers, [4], [27].
Niger, the, [5], [11].
Nigeria, [7], [13], [14], [201].
Nile, the, [1].
Novo Redondo, [159], [175], [178], [180].
Nurses, white women, on the Coast, [3].

Ochisanji, native musical instrument, [96], [97].
Okavango River, the, [80].
Onjango, public club of Bihéans, [88].
Orange orchards, [84].
Order of the Holy Spirit, [138], [140].
Oribi, the, [77].
Our Lady of Salvation, church of, [19], [20], [23].
Ovampos, cattle-breeding tribe, [87].
Overseers, plantation, [34].
Ovimbundu, the, [85].
Oxen, characteristics of, [62]-[65];
riding, [66];
language of, [67];
Boers’ knowledge of, [68], [87];
love of salt, [62], [107];
children pawned for, [150].
Ox-wagon, mode of conveyance, [43], [59]-[62], [148].

Palm-oil, [4], [8], [10], [13].
Parrots, [7], [76], [110], [192].
Peho, Mona, chief, [110] n;
town of, [109].
Plantations, [31], [188], [189], [190], [197];
banana, [32];
coffee, working a, [33];
overseers, [34], [35], [39];
slavery, [13], [17], [19]-[39], [49]; [58], [100], [193], [203];
sugar-cane, [159];
sweet-potato, [84], [155], [159].
Polygamy, [89], [145], [146].
Porcupines, [110].
Profits on slaves, [174], [175].
Python, [76].

Quagga (Burchell’s zebra), [74].
Queensland, [201].
Railways, [31], [40], [41], [169], [185].
“Redeemed” slaves, [153], [165], [169], [173].
Redondo, Novo, [159], [175], [178], [180].
Red peppers, trade in, [10].
Reedbuck, [77].
“Repatriation Fund,” [48], [195].
Rest camps, [160], [161], [163].
Riding-ox, [66].
Rivers, [1], [5], [11], [31], [61], [80]-[83], [104]-[106], [111], [118], [124], [128], [165].
“Robert Williams Concession,” [40], [45].
Rubber, India, [26], [33], [42], [85], [86], [122], [128], [149], [150].
Rum, [4], [26], [29], [32], [35], [42], [145], [146], [149], [150], [155], [159], [164], [170], [172], [191], [192], [195].

Saccanjimba, mission village of, [159].
Salt, [9], [42], [62], [63], [86], [107]-[109], [128], [149], [164].
San Thomé, island of, [26], [27], [44], [48], [51], [54], [116], [151], [152], [153], [157], [162], [163], [167], [170], [172]-[174], [176], [182], [187]-[202].
Sanders, Mr., missionary, [142].
Scottish missionaries, [14].
Sekundi, settlement of, [2].
Serviçaes, [27], [44], [46]-[48], [58], [172], [187], [190], [196], [208];
form of contract, [28].
Settlements, [2], [159], [175], [178], [180], [141], [152].
Shackles, slave, [42], [46], [111]-[113], [117], [119], [152], [159], [160].
Sharks, [181].
Ships, slave, [169], [172], [175], [176].
Sierra Leone, [1].
Silva Porto, slave-trader, [84].
Sjamboks (hide whips), [55], [120].
Slave, caravan, [86], [117], [120], [121], [126], [163], [167];
hunting, [204], [205];
market, [46], [83], [84];
shackles, [111]-[113], [117], [119], [152], [159], [160];
ships, [169], [172], [176];
trade, [13], [30], [43], [45], [58], [80], [84]-[86], [113], [150], [151], [157], [172], [174], [207], [209];
traders, [13], [46], [51], [52], [79], [84], [103], [115], [118], [152] n, [168];
traffic, [124], [153], [158].
Slavery, [12], [14], [37], [48], [49], [51], [55], [57], [58], [100], [102], [145], [147], [150], [151];
domestic, [14], [17], [40]-[58], [100], [193];
legalized, [27], [29], [173];
new, [17], [30];
plantation, [13], [17], [19]-[39], [49], [58], [100], [193], [203];
tribal, [14], [16].
Slaves, [13], [37], [42]-[44], [46], [48], [50], [55], [85], [86], [102], [111], [113], [114], [118], [119], [122], [126], [139], [150], [152], [153], [155], [157], [162], [158] n, [168], [172], [174], [177], [179], [184], [189];
as concubines, [53];
burial of, [36], [114], [155], [206];
chain-gangs, [44], [119], [153] n, [171], [172];
exportation of, [23], [157], [158], [168]-[185];
fugitives, [38], [171], [179], [194], [199]-[201], [203], [205], [207];
life of, [33]-[36], [187]-[210];
mortality among, [25], [190], [198];
profits on, [174], [175];
“redeemed,” [155], [163], [165], [169], [173];
stamp duty on, [175];
treatment of, [54]-[56], [112]-[115],
[117], [122], [151], [155], [162], [163], [167], [178], [179], [181], [198], [199];
value of, [29], [50]-[53], [85], [102], [114], [162], [167], [174];
wages of, [38], [194]-[196].
Sleeping-sickness, the, [24]-[26];
symptoms of, [24];
duration of, [25];
mortality of, [25];
its effects upon the labor supply, [26].
Small-pox, [24].
Snakes, [76], [157].
Springs, boiling, [153].
Stamp duty on slaves, [175].
Standard of value in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
Starling, metallic, [76].
“Stinkfish,” dried fish, [35], [37].
Stinking water-buck, [77].
Stover, Mr., missionary, [142], [158].
Sugar-cane, [26], [32], [159].
Swamps, mangrove, [5]-[8], [78].
Sweet-potato, [164];
plantations, [84], [155].

“Tanganyika Concession,” [40], [85].
Tax on slaves, [175].
“The Rivers,” [5], [7].
Tobacco, [88], [164], [194].
Towns, [2], [3], [13], [14], [19]-[23], [27], [40], [41]-[44], [46], [51], [69], [82], [84], [109], [110], [149], [152], [159], [169], [171], [173], [175], [176], [178], [180], [182], [186].
Trade in slaves, [13], [30], [43], [45], [58], [80], [85], [86], [113], [150], [151], [157], [172], [174], [207], [209].
Traders, slave, [13], [46], [51], [52], [79], [84], [103], [118], [152] n, [168].
Traffic in slaves, [124], [153], [158].
Transvaal mines, labor forced to, [16].
Treatment of slaves, [54]-[56], [112], [113], [115], [117], [122], [151], [155], [162], [163], [167], [178], [179], [181], [198], [199].
Treaty, Ashburton, [207].
Trek, distance reckoned by, [69];
long, of Boers, [67];
ox, [60]-[67].
Tribal slavery, [14], [16].
Tribes, native, [68], [78], [86], [87], [104], [107], [126].
Tsetse-fly, [24].

Umbala, or King’s fortress, [156], [158].
Umbundu, language of Bihéans, [86].
Upeka (slave), [121] n.

Value, of slaves, [29], [50]-[53], [85], [102], [114], [162], [167], [174];
standard of, in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
Vultures, [76].

Wages of slaves, [38], [194], [195].
Wagon, ox, mode of conveyance, [43], [59]-[62], [148].
Walled city of Abeokuta, [3];
population of, [3].
Wart-hogs, [110].
Water-buck, stinking, [77].
Wesleyan Episcopalian order, [141].
Wild animals, [7], [71]-[77], [83], [87], [110], [111], [115], [156], [160]-[162], [165], [166], [177], [192], [204].
Wildebeest, [77].
Witchcraft, [99], [131], [170], [191].
Women, white, on the coast, [3], [4];
nurses, [3].

Yams, trade in, [10].

Zambesi, awarded to Great Britain, rumor of, [110];
river, [106], [124].
Zebras, [72], 74.

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