Chapter VII: Part 7

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.

THE END

Transcriber’s Notes

In a few cases, obvious errors or omissions in punctuation were corrected.

Page 21: “Portuguese War Depatment” changed to “Portuguese War Department”

Page 24: “hitherto suppoed to” changed to “hitherto supposed to”

Page 38: “been bought themelves” changed to “been bought themselves”

Page 47: “Under similiar circumstances” changed to “Under similar circumstances”