Through unknown Nigeria

by John R. Raphael

• A
• Abigah junior, [120-2]
• Abigah, King of Lokoja, [327-8]
• Aboh, [337], [343]
• Aborigines, Preface [viii]
• Accra, [11]
• African World, [149], [211], [218]
• Agent (in West Africa), [6]
• Aiki Square, [20]
• Akabo, [2]
• Akassa, [351-3]
• Algeria, [102]
• Alkali, [68], [70], [71], [107], [114-15], [123], [239], [325-6]
• Amadu, [153], [158-9], [161], [166], [172]
• Ansim men, [100]
• Ashanti, military contingent for, [88]
• Ashanti War, [88]
• Awai, [134]
• Axim, [8]
• B
• Badegi, railway from Baro to, [300]
• Badiko, [161], [163], [165], [195]
• Baikie, R.N., Dr, [317]
• Baker, Major E. M., Preface [x]
• Bakin Kasua, [50]
• Bank of British West Africa, [118], [319]
• Bannerman, Mr D., [135]
• Barijuko, [133]
• Baro, [103], [145];
• railway from, to Badegi, [300], [306-11]
• Barth, Dr, [316], [327]
• Bassa, [68]
• Bauchi, [40];
• as the Capital, [42];
• Province of, [155], [205];
• expedition against Emir of, [195];
• Plateau, [223], [245], [266], [269], [334];
• escarpment, [224-5]
• Beit-el-Mal, See [Native Treasuries]
• Bell, Sir Hesketh, Preface [ix], [67], [73], [294], [325]
• Bensusan, Mr F. L., [171-2]
• Benue River, [187], [224], [316], [319], [321], [335]
• Berbushay, [86]
• Beri-Beri country, [8]
• Beri-Beris, [63], [112], [121]
• Berrida, [134]
• Bibin, [136]
• Bida, [15], [40];
• Emir of, [88];
• railway through Province of, [300];
• battle of, [318]
• Biffen, Mr E. H., [46]
• Biscay, Bay of, [3]
• Bland, Mr E. M., Preface [ix], [52]
• Borgu, [63]
• Bornu, Resident at, [26], [63], [69]
• Bourke, Mr F. D., Preface [x], [174]
• Boussa, [314]
• Boyce, Sir Rupert, [5]
• Boyle, Mr A. G., C.M.G., Preface [ix]
• Brass River, [352]
• Brayscher, Mr A. W., [58], [59]
• Brocklebank, D.S.O., Capt. J. J., Preface [x], [81-85], [128], [192]
• Brown, Mr Richard, [137-8]
• Brown, Mr Robert, [137-8]
• Bugi, [175]
• Bukuru, [196], [247-268]
• Burns, M.P., the Right Honourable John, [351-3]
• Burutu, [348-353]
• Bush fires, [222-3]
• Byfield, Mr Bertram D., Preface [x], [325-7]
• Byrd, Mr W. P., Preface [x], [60], [128]
• C
• Cactus, [248-9], [251]
• Camel transport, [191-2]
• Camera, [60], [160]
• Canary Islands, [5]
• Cannibalism, [246]
• Cantonment Magistrates, [28-9], [30-2], [325-6]
• Cape Coast, [11]
• Cape Palmas, [9]
• Cape Verde, [6]
• Carriers, [139-40], [146-180], [185], [219];
• pace of, [226], [237-242];
• See also [Dan Sokoto] and [Gotum Karo]
• Caruso, [300]
• Catholics, [39]
• Central Province, [205]
• Ch’Kardi, Adamu, Preface [x], [94], [129]
• Chief Justice, the acting, [24];
• the, [114]
• Christian, Messrs G. W., [319]
• Clerks, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone, [38], [350-1]
• Climate, [5], [236]
• “Coast, call to the,” [1]
• Coast towns, Preface [viii], [118], [324], [349]
• Coasters, [5], [6]
• Coleman, Mr E. N., [305], [308-9], [312]
• Coombe, Mr A., [313]
• Costello, Dr, [201], [219]
• Cotton growing, [305];
• British Cotton Growing Association, [319]
• Cowries, [104], [322]
• Crowther, Bishop, [330]
• Cyclops cement-block machine, [310]
• D
• Dago River, [35]
• Daka-Keri, [36]
• Dalla, [86]
• Dan Sokoto, [239-41]
• David, [86]
• Deleme River, [173], [195]
• Donisthorpe, Mr Loder, [80]
• Donkey transport, [142-3], [192-3]
• Driver, Mr T. H., Preface [x], [232-4]
• Dyer, Lieutenant, [91]
• Duchi-n-Wai, [134], [135]
• E
• Eaglesome, Mr John, [25], [49], [133]
• East Africa, [2]
• Egerton, Sir Walter, Preface [ix]
• Egypt, [2]
• Emirs, [26], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [70], [296], [299-301]
• Emlyn, Dr A., [199-200]
• Emperor William I. of Germany, [327]
• Engineer’s Gazette, The, [352]
• English Channel, [2], [3]
• Euston, [131]
• Evans, Mr E., [258]
• Exclusive Prospecting Licence, the first, [195]
• F
• Fairley, Messrs J. D., [319]
• Farms, Hausa, [55];
• Pagan, [253-4]
• Fedderi, [178-80]
• Forcados, [103], [118], [348]
• Fox, the late Rev. C., [56]
• Francis, Mr A. C., Preface [x], [298]
• Fremantle, Captain, [298]
• French Company, the, [73], [74], [75], [76], [292]
• Frontier, of Southern and Northern Nigeria, [15]
• Fulani, Preface [viii], [67], [100], [112], [116], [121], [154], [207], [263-6], [318]
• G
• Gall, Mr F. Beckles, Preface [x], [205-8], [213]
• Gambia River, [7]
• Gana-Gana, [344]
• Garrard, Mr Percy, [143-4], [147-9], [242]
• Gascoyne, Lieutenant, [91]
• Geiser and Company, [292]
• Gidan Gombo, [148], [149], [150-2], [257]
• Girouard, D.S.O., Sir Percy, [49], [300], [303], [306]
• Glasgow, [348]
• Godwin, Captain, F. A. E., [36]
• Gold Coast Colony, kola nuts from, [302]
• Gold discoveries, the, [293-4]
• Goldie, Sir George Taubman, Preface [viii], [63], [66], [281], [318]
• Goldsmith, C.M.G., Mr H. S., [25]
• Goron Dutsi, [86]
• Gotum Karo, [179-80]
• Government House, [27]
• Governor, authority of, [19], [245]
• Graham, Mr F. G., [166]
• Grand Bassa, [9]
• Grant-in-aid, [23], [205]
• Gurum River, [175-7], [231], [233]
• Gussum, [153], [154]
• H
• Hanington, Dr, [3], [4]
• Hanza, [153-4], [156-168], [172], [174], [178]
• Harmattan, [14], [223]
• Harrison, Mr W., [3], [4]
• Hausa, Preface [viii], [36];
• traders on the railway, [49], [63], [64], [67], [100], [112], [116], [121], [137], [154], [162], [207], [226-8], [237], [243-4], [247-8];
• house, [251], [254], [262-6], [280-1], [290], [318]
• Herodotus, [314]
• Hibbert, Mr W. H., Preface [x], [312], [321]
• Hill Division, [207]
• Holt, Messrs John, [73], [292], [319], [337]
• Horses, [108], [109], [141-2], [164], [216-18], [249], [253], [255-7]
• Hos, [225], [228]
• Hospital Sisters, [5]
• Hospitals, Jos, [200];
• Baro, [311];
• Lokoja, [328-9]
• House of Commons Resolution, [317]
• House of Lords, the, [308]
• Huddart, Mr L. H. L., [293-4]
• I
• Ibadan, [15], [309]
• Iddo Wharf, [11-13]
• Ijaw, [350]
• Imperial Yeomanry, 8th, [81]
• Inspector of Mines, Government, [21]
• J
• James, Mr F. Seton, C.M.G., Preface [ix]
• Jebba, [16], [40];
• as the Capital, [41], [88], [319]
• Jemma, [223-4]
• Johnson, Captain, A. E., D.S.O., [35], [36]
• Johnson, Dr, [201], [298]
• Jos, [174], [181-93], [196], [221], [230]
• Judd, Colonel, [22]
• Juga, [154], [167], [169]
• K
• Kabba, expedition against, [281], [318];
• Province of, [319];
• City of, [325]
• Kadaura, [169]
• Kaduna Bridge, [52]
• Kaduna River, [41];
• tributaries of, [50]
• Kano, [57-129]
• Kantagora, [40];
• Emir of, [88]
• Karre, [134]
• Karshi, [225], [228]
• Katsina, [70];
• Emir of, [89], [103], [107]
• Keffi, Magasi of, [89]
• Kelly, Captain G. C., Preface [ix], [24], [26]
• Kendall, Mr, [191]
• King, the Great White, [65]
• King’s Dragoon Guards, [81]
• Kogin Serekin Pawa, [50]
• Kogini Rahama, [149]
• Kolo, [215-16], [238-9]
• Kooty-Wenji, [17]
• Krumen, [7-8], [11]
• Kudara, [134], [136], [137]
• Kugo River, [50]
• Kukuruku, [36]
• L
• Lafee Sala, [163]
• Lagos, [11], [12];
• as the capital, [42];
• Colony of, [63], [73], [75], [103], [118]
• Lagos Stores, Ltd., [73], [75], [76], [292]
• Laird, McGregor, [315-17]
• Lake Chad, [54], [316]
• Lander, the brothers, [314-16]
• Langslow-Cock, Mr A. E., [204-5]
• Laundryman, [9]
• Laws, Mr H. W., [195-6]
• “Lazy negroes,” [55]
• Lefanu, Sergeant, [91]
• Leighton, Mr, [175]
• Lenthall, Mr Robert, Preface [x]
• Liberia, [9]
• Liverpool, [2], [11], [103], [315]
• Lokoja, as the capital, [41], [311], [313-33];
• distance from Forcados, [335]
• Loko-Keffi route, [187-8], [224]
• London and Kano Trading Company, [80-85], [292]
• Lugard, Lady, Preface [viii]
• Lugard, Sir F., Preface [viii], [25], [36], [30], [40], [49], [64], [65], [66], [88], [89], [90], [92], [127], [133], [142], [194-5]
• M
• Macdonald, Mr George, [195-6]
• Macintyre, Archdeacon, J. L., [330-2]
• Maclaverty, Captain C. F. S., Preface [ix], [24], [151], [282]
• Maclean, Mr C., Preface [ix]
• Magama, [165]
• Mail services, [37]
• Malarial fever, [5], [329]
• Mal-de-mer, [3]
• Mallam, [280-1];
• on railway, [301-2], [318]
• Mama, [238-9]
• Manchester, [103]
• Manson, Sir Patrick, [5]
• Marsh, Mr W. J., [59], [60]
• McDowell, Mr J. B., Preface [x]
• McQueen, James, [315]
• Medical staff, [5]
• Melba, Madame, [300]
• Migeod, Mr C. L., [207]
• Military, 1st Northern Nigeria Regiment, [24];
• West African Frontier Force, [36];
• artillery, [36];
• operations, [65];
• Northern Nigeria Regiment, [81];
• contingent for Ashanti, [88], [278-90];
• marriage in the service, [281];
• the guns, [282-4];
• sports, [284-5];
• signalling, [285-7];
• the bands, [287-8];
• classification of white civilians, [289-9];
• expedition against Kabba, [318];
• Battle of Bida, [318]
• Minerals royalty, [198]
• Minna, [16];
• station, [44-5-6], [302];
• distance from Zaria, [302]
• Missionaries, [45], [125-9], [258-9], [316], [324], [329-332]
• Mockler-Ferryman, Colonel, Preface [viii]
• Mohamedan and Moslem, [38], [39], [44];
• clothing, [64], [66], [68], [102], [114], [127], [243], [249], [280-1], [318], [324], [338], [350]
• Molyneux, Mr S. A., [179-80]
• Money, [117-8], [185], [322]
• Monrovia, [9]
• Morel, Mr E. D., Preface [viii]
• Morland, Colonel, [90-1]
• Morocco, [101], [102], [103]
• Mosques, [120]
• Motor lorry transport, [191-2]
• Mungo Park, the, [336-7], [339-40]
• Musical instruments, Pagan, [249], [250]
• N
• Naraguta, [169], [173], [195-6];
• extended, [196], [197], [205], [214]
• Nasaru, [338-9], [346]
• Nassarawa, [40];
• Province of, [223], [225]
• Navy, the Royal, [315]
• Newport, Mr A., [45]
• N’Gell, [196]
• Nicolaus, Mr G., [195]
• Niger Company, [33];
• constabulary, [36], [61], [63], [66], [73], [74], [75], [76], [77], [139-145];
• finance department, [184-6];
• transport department, [186-193];
• mining department, [194-8], [293], [307], [310], [318-19], [321], [336-7], [348-51]
• Niger River, [16];
• ferry, [16];
• bridge, [17], [103], [145];
• at Baro, [315];
• exploration of and early trading on, [314-17], [319], [321];
• navigating the, [334-37]
• “Niggers,” [13]
• Nun River, [351]
• Nupés, [63], [100], [112], [312], [338]
• Nursing, feminine, [200-1], [328]
• O
• Offa, [15]
• Officials, English, number of, [67]
• Oil Rivers, [11]
• Oje, divines water, [46], [59], [170], [182], [211-15], [238], [309-10]
• Oldfield, Mr J., [46]
• Ollivant and Company, [292]
• Olokemeji, [15]
• Onitsha, [337], [340]
• Orr, Captain, Preface [viii]
• Oshogbo, [15]
• Overweg, Dr, [316]
• Oxen transport, [142], [191-2]
• P
• Paddington, [131]
• Pagans, Preface [vii], [36], [38], [63], [64], [69], [154], [177-8], [207], [224], [226-8], [243-77];
• musical instruments, [250];
• houses, [251-3];
• fuel, [252];
• farms, [253-4];
• cattle and herds, [255];
• public celebrations, [255];
• races, [256];
• as horsemasters, [256-7];
• hunting, [257];
• sign language, [257-8];
• administering justice, [260-6];
• authority of Kings and Chiefs, [260], [270-1];
• trial by ordeal, [262];
• taxation, [266-8];
• marriage customs, [271-3];
• death customs, [273-5];
• cannibalism, [275-7];
• military, [280], [350]
• Pagenstecher and Company, [292], [319]
• Park, Mungo, [314]
• Parkin, Mr John, [352]
• Paterson and Zochonis, [292]
• Pleiad, the, [316]
• Police, Northern Nigeria, [35-6];
• Emir’s, [36], [245]
• Polygamy, [120]
• Pooley, Captain, [10], [11]
• Population, number of, [67];
• decrease of, [88]
• Porch, Mr M. P., [298]
• Porter, Major, [91]
• Postmaster-General, the, [24], [37]
• Price, Mr A. E., Preface [x], [347], [353]
• Probis, Mr, [195]
• Public Works Department, [20]
• R
• Radcliff, Captain J., [29]
• Rahama, [134], [138-145], [147], [231]
• Railway, Anchou, [54];
• Baro-Kano, Preface [vii], [48], [58-9], [145], [299-305];
• Bauchi Light, Preface [vii], [17], [131-8], [145], [154];
• Boat train, [12], [14], [131];
• Deputy Director of, [24-5];
• Dumbi, [54];
• extension from Jebba to Kano, [20-1];
• fares, [18];
• ferry, [16];
• gauges, [132];
• Hausa traders on the, [49];
• Kaduna station, [50-1];
• Kaduna bridge, [52];
• Kano, approach to, [56];
• Kano station, [58];
• Kano and the desert route for Arab merchants, [102];
• Lagos Government, the, Preface [vii], [15];
• locomotive and elephants, [302];
• locomotive and horse, [302];
• meals on the, [18];
• Nigerian, Preface [vii];
• proportion of travellers per class, [49];
• Rahama, trains from, [231];
• receipts, [48-9];
• Rigachikun, [54];
• road transport contrasted with the, [235];
• rolling-stock, demand for, [48];
• Shallawa River, [55];
• terminus, [11], [12], [13];
• 3rd class coaches, [49];
• track repair, [51];
• water for engines, [51];
• Zaria junction, [291];
• Zaria Plateau, [50];
• Zungeru, [17];
• Zungeru station, [43];
• Zungeru to Kano train, [44]
• Rats, as food, [309-10]
• Rattler, the, [312-13]
• Reichard, Herr, [314-15]
• Residents, discretion to, [26], [67], [205-8], [245-6], [247-8], [260-1], [263], [266-8], [297]
• Rest-houses, [22], [57], [109], [150-1], [164], [297-8]
• Rhodesia, [236]
• Richards, Mr Cyril, [14]
• Richardson, Mr, [316]
• Rigachikun, [187]
• Ross, Major Sir Ronald, [5]
• Raffan Governor, [234]
• “Rule of the road” at sea, [10]
• S
• Sahara Desert, [7], [102]
• Salah, the, [216], [219-220]
• Scarbrough, Lord, [197]
• Schools, Government and Missionary, [39]
• Secondee, [11]
• Selander, Mr J. E., [107]
• Shallawa River, [90]
• Sierra Leone, [7], [8], [9], [118]
• Sign language, [257-8]
• Signalled message, [290]
• Simmonds, Mr E. B., [186]
• Slave-raiding, [50], [243], [262-4]
• Slaves, domestic, [122]
• Soba, [134], [135]
• Sokoto, [15];
• resident at, [26];
• mails to, [37], [40], [67], [68], [91], [103]
• Soper, Captain, F. P., [224]
• South African War, [81]
• Speed, Mr, [235-7]
• Stephenson, Captain, W. H., [336], [339], [343], [347]
• Stobart, Mr S. E. M., Preface [x], [261-7]
• Sudan United Mission, [258-9]
• Suly, Preface [x], [129]
• Sussex scenery, [223]
• Swainson, Mr J., [137-8]
• Syrian trader, a, [73], [75], [76], [78]
• T
• Taxation, native, [67], [207], [245], [266-8], [295-7]
• Temperature, [7], [14], [159-60], [225-6], [252-3]
• Temple, Mr Charles L., C.M.G., Preface [ix], [25], [27], [300]
• Territory, extent of, [63], [67], [278]
• Tetrazzini, Madame, [300]
• Tilde Fulani, [171], [180], [195]
• Tin areas of Nigeria, [73], [75], [76], [292], [319]
• Tin fields, travellers for, [17];
• inception of, [194-8];
• mining regulations, [202-5];
• Government Inspector of Mines, [204-5];
• travellers to, [307]
• Toner, Mr James, [4]
• Toro, [169], [170]
• Trading firms, European, [6], [73]
• Transvaal scenery, [221]
• Treasuries, native, [34], [68], [69], [70], [115], [295-6]
• Tremearne, Major, Preface [viii]
• Trial by ordeal, [262]
• Trigge, Mr Joseph E., Preface [x]
• Tripoli, [101], [102], [103], [316]
• Tunis, [101]
• Turegs, [100]
• V
• Vultures, [117]
• W
• Walkden and Company, John, [292]
• Wallace, Sir William, [195-6]
• Waller, Mr F. W., Preface [ix]
• Wassaku Concessions, [134]
• Waterloo, [131]
• Watson, Dr, [199-200]
• Watts, Mr Walter, Preface [x], [194-5]
• Weinthal, Mr Leo, Preface [ix]
• West African Frontier Force, [36]
• White, Mr, [80]
• Wilks, Mr, [61]
• Women traders, [119]
• Woolloy, Mr H. M., [37]
• Worroko, [134]
• Y
• Yola, [316]
• Yorubas, [30], [63], [309], [350]
• Z
• Zaria, [15], [17], [40], [89], [90];
• station, [130-1], [182], [291-8];
• native taxation, [295-7];
• Emir of, [296];
• railway through Province of, [300];
• kola nuts for, [303]
• Zungeru, [19-20];
• character of, [21];
• living accommodation in, [21-2];
• houses and food, [22-3];
• rest-houses at, [22];
• future of, as Capital, [23], [39];
• hours of work at, [26];
• Secretariat, [26];
• Government House, [27];
• Governor’s motor-car, [27-8];
• Cantonment Magistrate, [29-32];
• Chief of, [31-2];
• Niger Company’s store, [33];
• native town, [34];
• prison, [35-6];
• mail services, [37];
• sports, [38];
• native and other coloured inhabitants, [38];
• strategic position of, [40-1], [73]

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