[21] Usually but wrongly spelt Kaffir. It is the Arabic كافِر, Káfir = Infidel, Unbeliever, applied indifferently to all non-Mohammedan peoples, hence has no ethnical significance.
[22] In Chicaranga the Zulu l becomes r. The Sebele l in Abolse (see pp. 3, 17, 133, 134, and 191 The Ancient Ruins, 2nd edition) becomes r—or Barose, Barotse, etc.
[23] The Mogabe Handisibishe is called Benzi, “the quarrelsome man,” owing to his frequent quarrellings with the chiefs of other Makalanga tribes.
[24] See also Isafuba, Ancient Ruins, pp. 79, 80, 140, 152, 268.
[25] Waterfall (Chicaranga).
[26] Bingura’s people are Amangwa.
[27] Mashona, probably a corruption of Mashuli, Mahuli, “slaves,” is the name by which the Makalanga are known to the whites; hence “Mashonaland,” the now established name of their territory, which should properly be Makalangaland.
[28] Barotse, Barose, Marose, and Varose are all variant forms of Baharutse, who appear to be the original stock of the Bechuana nation, hence are regarded by all the other branches of the family as their “elder brothers.”
[29] The proper totem of the Barotse people is the Chuene (Cape baboon), but sub-tribes of Barotse each have also a totem of their own. The Mamba (puff-adder) was the totem of the Barotse of Thabas I’Mamba districts.
[30] Coillard, pp. 220, 224, and 333.