Chapter IV: Part IX: Savage Warfare

CHAP. XXI.--The most warlike savage--hereditary pirates in
Borneo--a fleet of ninety-eight pirate ships--Rajah Brooke and
the pirates--a visit to the fleet--hunting for pirates--the
“Didos” excursion--the adventures of the “Jolly Bachelor”--“many
a slip twixt the hand and the ship”--a startler for a pirate
chief--no quarter with Dayaks--the victorious Jolly Bachelor--a
pirate hero--the Dayak considered as a soldier--a council of
war--preparations for a tremendous battle--swords and spears
and muskets and ranjows--_two_ gunners to one musket--how the
engine is loaded--Bornean fighting tactics--advance of Sir J.
Brooke’s troops--the rival armies chaff each other--the warrior
Nacota recounts an instance of his able generalship--“you hit
me, that’s all!”--the Dayak sumpitan--how it is carried, loaded,
and discharged--poisoned arrows--the _ilang_-weapons of the
Amazonian Indians--the _pecuna_ and its use--its similitude to
the Bornean sumpitan--the Indian blow-gun--a war dance among
the Illanuns and Gillolos--head hunting in Borneo--fray between
the Sigos and the Singé--a disgusting trophy--hanging up the
heads--Sir J. Brooke’s defence of Bornean customs--the brain
hunters of the Philippine Islands--La Gironiere’s experience of
a brain feast--a horrible cup--the Bornean savage compared with
others. Pages 88–106.

CHAP. XXII.--Warfare among the North American Indians--wooing
a war dream--companions in arms--the “squaw of sacrifice”--her
horse, her medicine bag, and her pipe--on the march--no head
scratching allowed--Indian war dances and speeches--bragging
warriors--an exploit worth bragging of--what it is to
be a “brave”--swallowing an Indian’s horse--shifting
camp--praiseworthy care of the very old and very young--the
belle of the party--“How, How”--an instance of Indian
heroism--showing his enemies how a Chippewa can die--how the
Sioux exhibited their admiration of said heroism--Mahtotopa
the Mandan once more--How he fought a duel with the renowned
Scheyenne--a precious scalp--another precious scalp and
how it was obtained--the Indian warrior’s confidence in
dreams--“where is my munedoo?”--wonderful power of a saw-bill
munedoo--concerning the Indian canoe--its antiquity--the
Algongian canoe--no nails or screws used in canoe building--boat
building a job for a tailor--women boat builders--sea
worthiness of the fragile vessels--warfare in Samoa--how to
prevent hostilities--“we are come, and here are the knives
to cut us up”--devotedness of the wives and sweethearts of
Samoan braves--the Samoan’s war tools and symbols--his war
tactics--four hundred prisoners burnt--the glorious distinction
of cutting off a head--a remarkably close shave--dead warriors
food for dogs--the brave Samoan mother--the king of Samoa’s
great privilege--“Perhaps upwards the face”--imploring the
royal clemency--a massacre of Christians--fate of the sandal
wood getters--treachery of the Pine Islanders--the story of
the capture of the “Sisters”--the avenging “powder”--settling
accounts with a batch of convicts--two of the batch saved--their
ingratitude--once more forgiven--the natives not as black as
they are painted--a little story told by Mr. Coulter--the
useful carronades--the remarks of the humane and outraged
captain--considerable loss--very sorry, but couldn’t be
helped!--a fancy picture, but a probable one. Pages 107–133.

CHAP. XXIII.--Warfare in Figi--_bole-bole_ or the
challenging--“Sir, do you know me? Your enemies soon
will”--Figian “fustian”--the missionary Williams’ opinion of the
Figian as a man of war--war orators--battle field tactics--the
fall of the first warrior--“the first rending of the
root”--wearing a dead enemy as a necklace--fighting implements
of the Figians--Tonga weapons--five-bladed swords--indignities
practised on the bodies of the slain--how king Finow disposed
of his warrior prisoners--the defiant Cacahoo--adopting the
child of a dying enemy--heroism of Monfaho’s widow--Figian ship
building--surprising skill of savage boat-builders--ordinary
sea-women--superstition of Figian seamen--inviting the
breeze--the warrior in New Zealand--confirmation of fighting
men--pronouncing the Haha--“Go away, go away”--distribution
of the locks of the slain--cooking the hearts of the
warriors--cannibal feasts after the battle--the art of war in
Australia--Australian war tools--the boomerang and its various
uses--the “hicleman” and the “wammera”--celebrated victims to
the Australian spear--Australian duels--thick heads and thin
heads--the “satisfaction” of an Australian gentleman. Pages
134–155.

CHAP. XXIV.--War among the savages of Africa--the tail-bearing
heralds--great cry and little carnage--Caffre war dance--A
Basuto’s war chant--the battle song of the renowned Cucutle--a
Griqua Pitsho--a council of war--the chief’s address to the
Barolongs and Batlapis--“Let every one speak his mind, and
then I shall speak again”--some one speaks his mind rather
freely--“you are rolled up in apathy; show yourself a man and
a king”--a reproof to the kidney eaters--the African savage a
better man than the American--Death before dishonour--archery
in Eastern Africa--the cannibal Fans considered as bowmen--their
war weapons generally--their poison darts, war knives and
brain-hatchets--their shields of elephant hide--women warriors
of Dahomey--a review of an army of the “fair” sex--King
Gezo’s “fingers”--ambition of an elderly lady--“I long to
kill an elephant to show the king my regard”--Gezo likened
to a hen--the amazon standard-bearers--the lady soldiers
indulge in parables--likewise in strong waters--the warrior
in Abyssinia--pretty picture of a Galla chief--Omen birds--a
non-believer in English gunnery--the sceptics convinced--a
potent candle end--savage metallurgy--the value of a pair
of bellows--the blacksmith in Papua--the king and the
blacksmith--Le Vaillant turns bellows mender. Pages 156–182.