[110] Casengula, called Kissengula, p. 86, was perhaps a trombash, for sangula means to kill at a long range (Bentley).
[111] The Jagas are still buried sitting, and wives are sacrificed (Capello and Ivens, From Benguella to the Territory of the Iacca, vol. i, p. 330). In Ngois, likewise, the dead are occasionally buried in a sitting posture (Bastian, vol. i, p. 82). For a full account of a funeral, see Dennett’s Folklore, p. 11.
[112] These feasts are intended to secure the goodwill of the deceased, so that he may not injure the living. Human beings are occasionally sacrificed, in addition to goats and fowls.
[113] João Rodrigues Coutinho received his appointment as Governor at Madrid, on January 30, 1601 (see Appendix).
[114] Ndemba, in Quissama, a territory famous for its salt mines, the chief of which was the Caculo Caquimone Casonga (Cadornega, 1702). In 1783, when P. M. Pinheiro de Lacerda invaded Quissama, a Caculo Caquimone still held the mines of Ndemba. Kakulu, the elder of twins, a title.
[115] Outaba seems to be a misprint for libata (village). Tombo is on the north bank of the Coanza, almost due south of Loanda.
[116] Songa, on the Coanza, below Muchima, a village in the territory of the Caculo Caquimone Casonga.
[117] Machimba I believe to be Muchima or Muxima, whilst (according to Cadornega) a chief Cavao occupied a district above Lake Quizua and below Massangano.
[118] According to the Catalogo dos Governadores, p. 356, the Governor died in Quissama. He was succeeded by his captain-major, Manuel Cerveira Pereira, and it was he who, on August 10, 1603, defeated Cafuxe, in the bloody battle to which reference is made in the text. Battell’s Angoykayongo is undoubtedly identical with the Agoacaiongo of an anonymous account of the Establimentos e Resgates Portuguezes (1607), published by L. Cordeira. He was a Christian chief; and a captain-major, with a detachment of cavalry, was stationed at his village to keep Quissama in order.