Chapter IV: Appendix: The Treaty of Vivi, 13th June, 1880 487

The Treaty of Manyanga, 12th August, 1882 488

The Treaty of Leopoldville, 29th April, 1883 489

The Treaty of Stephanieville, undated 490

Table of other Treaties, Districts ceded, and Stations
established by the International Association of the
Congo 491

Report from the Committee on Foreign Relations to the
Senate of the United States, March 26, 1884 (Senator
John T. Morgan, of Alabama), recommending
the recognition of the International African Association
as a friendly Government, with citations
from the history of the American colonies 492

An essay on “The Free Navigation of the Congo,” by
Sir Travers Twiss, taken from the _Revue de Droit
International_, 1883 502

An argument by Professor Arntz, citing numerous
authorities, on the question, Can Savage Tribes
cede their territory to Private Persons with the
Sovereign Rights appertaining thereto 516

For Treaty between the International Association of the
Congo and the United States, see Chapter IV.

The General Act of the Berlin Conference 530

Declaration of the General Act of the Brussels Conference,
July 2, 1890 552

Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between
the United States and the Congo Free State, January
24, 1891 553

Protocol in which the United States ratifies the General
Act of the Brussels Conference, February 2, 1892 559

Dispatch from his Britannic Majesty’s Minister at
Brussels enclosing:

A Decree by the Sovereign of the Congo Free State
providing Settlements for native children orphaned
or abandoned, July 12, 1890 561

A Decree instituting a local Commission of Europeans
for the Protection of Natives, September 18, 1896 562

Official letter of instruction thereon from the Secretary
of State to the Governor-General at Boma, in
the Congo Free State, October 1, 1896 563

Letter of Governor-General Wahis to the Reverend
George Grenfell (British), of the Baptist Missionary
Society at Bolobo, transmitting Decree, December
26, 1896 565

Circular to all District Commissioners, Heads of Zones
and of Posts with regard to barbarous customs
prevailing among the native tribes, February 27,
1897 566

Letter from the Reverend George Grenfell to the
Governor-General, July 13, 1897 568

Co-ordinated text of various instructions respecting
relations between state officials and natives 569

Report of first meeting of Commission for Protection
of Natives, May 17, 1897 571

A Decree appointing additional members upon the
Commission for the Protection of Natives, March
23, 1901 572

The British Dispatch to European Powers calling attention
to charges alleged against the Congo Free
State, and inviting consideration thereof. August
8, 1903 573

Letter from Sir Constantine Phipps, his Britannic
Majesty’s Minister at Brussels, transmitting text of
the Note and its enclosures addressed by the Congo
Government to the Powers parties to the Act of
Berlin, replying to the British Dispatch of August
8, 1903 577

Rejoinder of the Congo Government to the Report,
dated December 11, 1903, of Mr. Roger Casement,
his Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Boma, wherein,
amongst others, charges of maltreatment of natives
are made. March 12, 1904 590

Memorandum on the part of the Congo Government
regretting that the British Foreign Office did not
deem it necessary to communicate to it previous
Consular Reports, the names of persons accused
and generally such specific information as would
enable the Congo Government to prosecute offenders,
etc., together with the remarks of the
Secretary-General of the Congo Free State upon
the debates in the British Parliament as to partitioning
that State between the Powers whose
possessions surround it. May 14, 1904 610

Features of the Land System in the African Colonies of
Germany, Great Britain, France, and Portugal 612

Concessionaires, Firms, and Trading Companies in the
Congo Free State 616

Officials of the Congo Free State 617

INDEX 619

ERRATA

Illustration, page 92, _read_ Basoko _for_ Baneko.

Illustration, page 130, _read_ Turumbus _for_ Barumbus.

Illustration, page 216, _read_ Commissary-General.

Illustration, page 226, _read_ House _for_ Mission.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

His Majesty Leopold II., King of the Belgians _Frontispiece_
(From a painting by Jef Leempoels.)

Native Huts Built of Leaves (Aruwimi) 4

Elephant Farm on the Bomokandi 8

Basongolo Chiefs (Lokandu) 12

House of Governor-General, Boma 14

The Congo at Lokandu 18

View of the Port of Leopoldville (Stanley Pool) 26

Making a Road (175 kilometres) for Automobiles
(Kwango) 30

A Saddle Ox, Kassai 34

European Travelling in the Uelle District 34

Native Employees of the State Waiting for Rations at
Boma 40

SS. _Leopoldville_ Bound for Boma 42

Departure of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, on Board
SS. _Stanley_, Stanleyville, 1899 46

Departure of SS. _Goodwill_ from Upoto 50

Bridge, 80 Metres (Kwilu) 58

State Pilot Barge, Banana 58

Taking Merchandise to the SS. _Leopoldville_ 66

State Post at Yankomi, near Basoko, Surrounded by
Palisade (Aruwimi) 72

Europeans at Stanleyville, 1902 78

Post-Office, Boma 80

Native Boys, Boma 82

Group of Yie-Yie Women (Uelle) 84

Types of Bearers (North Bank of Cataracts) 84

Native Potters at Work (Aruwimi) 88

Making Manioc Flour, Baneko (Aruwimi) 92

Native Musicians at Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) 98

Market, near Boma 104

Government Park, Boma, 1904 110

Students of the State Technical School, New Antwerp
(Bangala) 118

Hospital, Boma 118

Bridge Made of Cement, Boma 126

Types of Barumbus (Stanley Falls) 130

Government Wagons 132

House of Vice-Governor-General, Stanleyville 134

Postmaster’s House, Suruango, 1904 134

A Street in Coquilhatville, 1896 (Equateur) 138

Camp on Line of Cataracts Railroad, Songololo 142

Return from the Hunt at Bumba (Bangala) 144

Baluba Chiefs 144

The Governor’s House, Ponthierville (Upper Congo) 146

European Houses at Coquilhatville (Equateur) 148

Specimens of Hair-dressing among Women of the Sango
Tribe, Banzyville (Ubanghi) 150

Cicatrised Batetela Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) 150

Funeral at Bumba (Bangala) 152

Women Beating Rice, Uelle 154

Tribunal at Boma. Sentencing a Native to Death for
Cannibalism Committed in the Upper Congo 156

Batetela Women (Lualaba-Kassai) 158

Kassai Women Returning from Market 158

African Belles. Hair-dressing of Sango Women at Banzyville,
1894 (Ubanghi) 160

Bangala Women 162

Bakusu Chiefs, Stanleyville 162

Group of Warriors, Djabbir 164

Coffins for Native Chiefs, Wangata, 1897 (Equateur) 164

Native Making Butter at his Home in Botandana
(Kivu) 166

A Bangala Chief, with his Harem 166

Native Canoes, Lower Congo 170

Fishermen, Uvvia 170

Uelle Chief and his Wives, Van Kerckhovenville 172

Port of Leopoldville. Natives at Work 172

Tailors’ School, New Antwerp (Bangala) 174

Steam Saw-Mill, Boma 176

Camp of Bangalas, Stanleyville 178

Types of Lokélés, Jafungas (Oriental Province) 180

Review of Troops by Governor-General at New Antwerp 184

Soldiers’ Mess, Suruango, 1903 (Uelle) 186

Soldiers’ Wives, Bumba 186

The White Man’s Cemetery, Stanleyville 188

Hospital, New Antwerp 188

An Avenue at Boma 190

Office of Secretary-General, Boma 192

Post-Office on River Bank, Boma 192

Bishop’s Palace, Mission of Our Lady of M’Pala (Tanganyika) 196

Office of Director of Transport, Boma 196

Cattle, Luvungy (Kivu) 200

Various Mounts, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) 200

Grand Hotel, Boma 203

Native Ploughing in Botanical Garden at Ealer (Equateur) 206

The Old Covered Market at Boma 210

Commissariat of the District of Banana, 1893 212

King Nekuku and his Suite at Boma 214

Regiment of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, Stanleyville 216

State Officials at Ponthierville 220

Saddle Ox, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) 220

Bird’s-eye View of the Station at Basoko, 1893 222

Dutch Mission, Banana 226

Bishop’s Palace at Baudouinville (Oriental Province) 228

Children of the Settlement School, Boma 234

In the State Printing Office at Boma. Natives Laying-on
and Taking-off 238

Natives Working Sewing Machines at Kisantu 242

Children of the Settlement Drilling at New Antwerp,
1896 (Bangala) 246

Zappo-Zapp Musicians, Luluabourg 250

Band of Government Technical School, Boma 256

Coffee Plantation at Yalicombe (Oriental Province) 258

Shelling Coffee, Stanleyville 270

Making Baskets for Transportation of Rubber (Kassai) 272

Collecting Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) 280

Church and Rectory, Matadi 286

Native Carpenters at Work, Mission of New Antwerp, 1897 294

Orphans Praying at St. Truden (Kassai) 302

Children of the Settlement School at Boma Praying 308

Mission of the White Fathers, Tanganyika 314

The Mission, Moanda 320

Missionary Necropolis, Luluabourg 328

Franciscan Sisters at the Mission of St. Gabriel of the
Falls (Oriental Province) 336

Native Christians of the Village of Our Lady of Lourdes,
near the Mission of Luluabourg, 1897 344

Drying Rubber in the Forest (Kassai) 348

Mission Children at New Antwerp 358

A Beautiful Spot in Mayumbe 366

Interior of Cathedral, Baudouinville (Tanganyika) 374

Sisters of New Antwerp Teaching Natives to Weave 374

Building a Bridge for the Cataracts Railroad, 1897 382

Christian Child, New Antwerp (Bangala) 390

Fetich-Idol, Lower Congo 390

Coffee-Drying Grounds, Coquilhatville (Equateur) 398

Bakusu Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) 398

Village near Coquilhatville. A Native Attempt to Copy
the European Style 406

Melting Latex of Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lusambo-Kassai) 412

Soldiers’ Mess at Coquilhatville (Equateur) 420

Public Library, Matadi 420

The Station at Bumba 426

Convent of Franciscans of St. Gabriel of the Falls
(Oriental Province) 434

Prison, with Carpenter’s Shop, at New Antwerp (Bangala) 446

Native Planter’s House, near Stanley Falls 446

Mission of New Antwerp (Bangala) 460

The Sultan Djabbir 482

Father Kisouru of the New Antwerp Mission (Bangala) 482

MAPS.

Outline Map of Africa 1

Map of Central Africa At end

THE STORY OF

THE CONGO FREE STATE