INDEX

Akela tribe, 126, 160, 161

Aspect, clothing, dental and other customs, dwellings, &c., 179-81

Albinos, negro, at Lusambo, 80

Alcohol, sale of, restrictions on, 5, 6

Alela, see Athenes

Animal Sacrifices, Bushongo, 101-2

Arab influence on Batetela tribes, 160, 161

Arrows, poisoned, of the Batwa, 83

Athenes (Alela) factory, 260, 264, 274

Country round, stay and work at and near, 265 et seq.

Tribes near, 235

Babunda tribe—

Aspect of, 265

Bowmanship of, 273

Characteristics of, 267, 272, 280

Death and burial customs, 264, 273

Dress and ornaments of, 266

Dwellings, 262

Location of, 235

Rubber trade of, 266

Singing of, 35, 263

Baboma tribe, 26

Baby as war-trap, 146

Badinga tribe, Kasai river, hostility of, 276

Badjok tribe—

Characteristics of, 337-8, 340-1

Chief, visit to, 339

Dances of, 342

Elephant-hunting by, 341

Grass shelters of, 330

Slave raids by, 78, 306-7, 324

Trade and methods of, 340

Traders, 232, 330-1

near Makasu, 334 et seq.

Sheep bred by, 289

Bangendi sub-tribe, rising of, 221-2

Visited by Torday, 111

Bakongo (see also Bashilele) tribe—

Bad repute of, 227

Bombeecke on, 278-9

Cannibalism ascribed to, 287,

falsely, 344

Characteristics, 304, 306, 308-9 et seq.

Chief of, 294

Cups made by, 282, 309

Dress and ornaments, 308

Head-dress, 330

Dwellings (at Insashi), 292-3

Fetish of, 313

Hunting methods of, 300-1

Porters, 298,

difficulties with, 301 et seq.

Women as, 297, 302-3

Subdivision of the Bushongo, 329

Village and stockade (Insashi), 293

Bakuba (see also Bushongo) tribe, 80

“Baluba,” so-called, origin of, and problem of, 72 et seq., 233, 281

Baluba tribe (true)—

Birth customs of, 79

Dress of women of, 79

Location of, 74

Bambala tribe—

Bowmanship of, 273

Cannibalism of, 252

Characteristics of, 76, 254-6

Dwellings of, 254

Singing of (Kwilu river), 35, 263

Slavery among, 76, 256

Tournaments of, 255-6

Northern, Agriculture of, 252

Southern, Porters from, 253, 259 et seq.,

excellence of, 304-5

Torday’s acquaintance with, 235

Banana Point, 2

Bangongo, sub-tribe, of Bushongo, 90

Dwellings of, 190

Head-dresses of, 188

Bankutu tribe—

Appearance and physique of, 133, 134

Cannibalism among, 75, 125, 138, 148-9, 252

Characteristics of, 133-7, 142 et seq.

Dwellings, 133

“Country houses” of, 138-9

Keloids used by, 134

Location of, 125

Problem of, 149-50

Slavery among, 75

Slaves eaten by, on death, 75, 148-9

Warfare of, 144-7

Women of, 134

Bapende tribe, 278

Dance of, 279

Dress and ornaments of, &c., 280

Dwellings, 283

Non-cannibal, 258

Dog-eaters, 258-9

Bapindji tribe—

Characteristics, 271-2

Location of, 235, 269

Bashilele (see also Bakongo) tribe—

Arts and crafts, 330-1

Aspect and physique, 333

Bad repute of, 227

Cannibalism of, 287

Chief of, 279,

bearing of, 338-9

Courtesy of, to guests, 337, 339

Daily life of, 331-2

Head-dress of, 330

Hostility of, 29

Location of, 29

at Makasu, 323, 325 et seq.

Origin of, 226

Subdivision of the Bushongo, 329

Warlike qualities of, 333 et seq.

Basonge tribe—

Arts and crafts of, 35-7

Cannibalism of, 37, 61

Dance and music of, 35-6

Weapons of, 37

Basongo, post at, 28, 29

Basongo-Meno tribe, unfriendliness of, 86-7, 115-6, 130

Bateke tribe, village of, Kinshasa, 11-12

Batempa, journey to, 27, 28 et seq.

Christmas Day at, 33

View from, 32, 33

Yuka (animal) at, 33-5.

Batetela country, journey in, 33 et seq.

Sleeping-sickness in, 64-5

Batetela tribe, 27

Agriculture of, 58-9, 62

Arts and crafts of, 52, 55, 65

Cannibalism among, 61

Dress of, 42, 43-4, 54

Dwellings of, 43

Rubber collectors’ huts, 131

European and Arab influence manifest among, 56, 94, 160, 161

Fetish customs of, 58

Foods of, 79

Friendliness of, to Europeans, 150, 160-1, 169, 174, 175

Head-ornaments, male, 45

History of, Okitu on, 60-1

Local politics of, 49, 67

Marriage customs of, 56

Physique, 42, 43-4

Signalling gong of, and its uses, 67-8

Sub-tribes—

Forest dwelling, 156, 160 et seq.

Tobacco grown and smoked by, 51-2

Batetela-Bankutu tribes, internecine border warfare of, 131

Batwa dwarfs, Bushongo region, clothing and hunting skill of, 82-4, 89, 96-7, 134

Origin of, legend of, 84

Vocabulary of, secured, 96-7

Bayanzi tribe, 243

Cannibalism of, 258-9

Courage of, 234

Location of, 242, 244

Bembe, see Yuka

Bena Dibele, post, 123-4, 186

Animal life near, 127

Climate at, 126-7

Rubber plantations near, 124-5

Bena Luidi, factory, 338, 343, 345

Bena Lulua tribe, courage of, 233

Benga, a Bapende “boy,” 258-9

Bienge factory, location of, 260

Bilumbu, the, at Misumba, 103 et seq.

Birds seen at Gandu, 121

Birth customs, Baluba tribe, 79

Bishwambura, 301, 304

Bolombo, journey to, 185

Boma, 2

Bombeecke, M., of Dumba, 277, 278 et seq.

Bompe, 301, 305

Bomu Island, Congo river, 15

Bondo, Kwilu cataracts at, 269-70

Boo, a boy chief, 164, 165

Bos coffer simpsoni, n.sp., discovered by the expedition, 178, 248

Bow versus muzzle-loader, 69

Bows and arrows of Batwa dwarf hunters, 83

“Boys,” hints on handling, 38 et seq.

Bridges, Native, &c.—

Creeper, 65

Log, 89, 326

Pole, 275

British Museum, 345;

uses of explained to the Nyimi, 193-4

British West Africa, natives of, at Dima, 23

Buffalo-hunting, Dima, 26

Buffaloes, love of salt of, 12

Where found, 191, 242 et seq., 278

Bush-buck, 63

Bushongo district—

Volcanic crevices in, 88

Iron from, 112

Legend of that near Misumba, 88-9

Bushongo people, 27, 80

Appearance and physique of, 133

Arts and crafts of (see also Carvings), 93-4, 207, 309

Batwa huntsmen of, 82 et seq.

Carvings by, 27, 36, 102, 109

Portrait statues, 186-7, 207-10

Characteristics, 93-4, 219

Children (girls), ornaments of, 81

Dances of, 102, 110-111, 201 et seq.

Disunion among, 198-9, 221-2

Divination among, 211-2, 329-30

Dress of, ceremonial, at dances, 111, 201

Dwellings of, 95-6, 133, 190, 195-6, 330

Fishing methods of, 185-6

Folk-tales of, 106

of the Yuka, 106

Foods of, 213

Funeral customs of, 211-2

History of, compiled by Torday, 205 et seq.

Hunting of, 82 et seq., 101, 225

Origin of, 205

Punishments among, 219-20

Religious ideas of, 217

Rising of (1904), 199-200, 213-4

Ruler of, and Viceroys, 90-1

Sacred objects of, 208

Secret society among, strength of, 114

Slaves of, position of, 76

Sub-tribes of, 90

Tobacco grown by, 215

Trading keenness of, 110

Tukula dye used by, 81

Weapons, 93

Buya, Bayanzi “boy,” a child, 257-8

Bwabwa village, visit to, 298-9

Bwao, 301

Cam-wood, see Tukula

Cannibalism, past and present, 37, 61, 75, 138, 142 et seq., 176, 227, 258-9

Carvings of the Bushongo, 27, 36, 93, 109, 207-10

Cephalophos simpsoni, n.sp. of Duiker, found near Kole, 150-1

Chaltin, Colonel, 223, 230-1, 237

Charms of the Bapende, 280, 284

at Entrances to villages, 190-1, 299

Chenjo, 140

Chiefs, appointment of, errors in, 90-1, 117, 127-8

Chikongo dialect, where used, 6

Chituba language, 192

Clay applications, Southern Bambala, 253

Climate and health, 1, 2, 7, 9-10 et passim

Cloth, remarkable, made by the Bushongo, 210

Cloth-weaving, Bushongo, 93

Congo Railway, 5 et seq.

Congo Region, Fetishes worn throughout, 58

Sleeping-sickness in, 17, see that head

Southern, slavery in, classes of, 78

Congo River, cataracts on, 8, 13, 85

Estuary of, ports at, 2

Scenery on, 2, 4-5, 9, 15 et seq.

Upper, vessels on, 8

Crocodiles, where found, 17, 21, 241

Carved, in Bushongo divination, 211-2, 329-30

Cuckoo, Emerald, 132

Dance space, Bakongo village, 293

Dances, various tribes—

Badjok, 342

Bapende tribe, 279

Basonge, 35-6

Batetela tribes, forest-dwelling, 17

Bushongo, 102, 110-111, 201-2, 203-4, 211-12

Death and Burial Customs—

Akela tribe, 181

Babunda, 264, 273

Bankutu (slaves), 75, 148-9

Bushongo tribe, 201-3, 211-2

Kasai region, 75

Okale tribe, 176

Olemba tribe, 162

Decoy-duck, use of, 119-20

Dilonda, Bapende chief, 283,

dealings with, 284 et seq.

Dima, 10, 345

Animal life near, 26

Importance of, 21 et seq.

Improvements at, 229-30

Journey from, to the Sankuru, 27 et seq.

Natives at, 23-5

Religion of, 24

Divining instruments, Bushongo, 210-211, 329-30

Divorce case, at Misumba, 108-9

Dogs, Cannibal horror of eating, 258-9

European, able to live in Congo-land, 183

Hunting, of Native tribes, 300-1, 332

Domaine privée, Congo district, 123, 124

Domestic animals, Kasai region, 274

Door-posts, carved, at the Mushenge, 197

Dover Cliffs, Congo, 16

Drawings, coloured, of the Batetela, 52

Dress of various tribes—

Akela, 179-80

Bakongo, 308

Baluba, 79

Bambala, Southern, 253

Bapende (boys’, for initiation), 282-3

Batetela, 43-4

Batwa dwarf hunters, 83

Bushongo, ceremonial, at dances, in, 201-4

King’s, 192

Okale, 175

Vungi, 173

Drums—

Friction, 255

Signalling (or gong), 67-8, 132, 175-6

Duiker, 63-4,

n.sp., Kole, 150-1

Dumba factory, 29, 236, 260

Journey to and beyond, 275 et seq.

River at, country round, and amenities of, 275 et seq.

Dutch House, trading firm, 2

Dwellings of various tribes—

Akela, 181

Babunda, 262-3

Bakongo (of Insashi), 292-3

Bambala, 254

Bangongo (at Misumba), 190

Bankutu, 133

Bapende, 283

Bateke, 12

Batetela, 43

Bushongo, 330,

(at Misumba) 95-6, 133,

(near the Mushenge) 190, 195-6

Lusambo, 80

Vungi, 173

Earthquakes, Misumba, legend on, 88-9

Egg-blowing, native surprise at, 313, 315

Elephant-hunting of the Badjok, 341

Elephants, where found, 21, 224, 331

Elephants, clockwork, effect of, on natives, 228-9, 261-2, 270-1, 286, 300, 311-2, 313, 320-2, 324, 327, 329

Elephant’s tusk, as royal chair-back, 190, 202

Embroidery, Bushongo, 93-4

Emin Pasha, 64

Eolo factory, Kasai river, 28, 29

Escorts, pros and cons of, 233-4

Eyelash extraction, of Bakongo women, 308

Female line, succession to Bushongo kingship, 205

Fermes chapelles of Jesuit missions, 238 et seq.

Fetish-man, Oyumba, skill of, 163-4

Fetishes of the Bakongo, 313

Bushongo, Hunting, at Misumba, 101

Sacrifices to, 101-2

Kasai natives, how considered, 58

Fire, native carelessness as to, 188

Fishing, primitive methods, 120

Flute, played by the Nose, 254-5

Folk-tales of the Bushongo, 106

Food of the Batetela, 79

Vungi, 174

Forest life, depression caused by, 186

Forest marching, 170-3, 177-8, 214

Forest region, Animal life in, wealth of, 150-1, 178-9

Forest tribes, 138 et seq.

Warfare of, 144-7

Forests—

near Kole, mists and other drawbacks in, 147-8

along the Kwilu, 240

Friction Drum, 255

Fuchs, M., 3

Fuel for Kwilu steamers, 241

Fumu N’Tangu, s.w.s., journey on, 14

Gamba, incident at, 136-7

Gandu—

Animal and bird life at, 120-3

Mosquitoes at, 118-9

Tsetse-fly at, 118

Gandu, of Kanenenke, 312 et seq.

Gentil, M., 232, 236

Ghost dance, of the Bushongo, 203-4

Ghosts, Bankutu precaution against, 148

Girl-dancers of the Basonge, 36

Goman Vula, chief, 279, 294, 298, 344

Decree of against European goods, 310

Tribes ruled by, 329

Village of, 313, 330

Gong or Drum, Signalling, Batetela tribes, 67-8, 133, 175-6

Great Lakes Railway Co., 13

Greeting, nasal, Olemba tribe, 162

Gustin, Commandant, 31, 67, 70, 84, 85

Hair and head-dressing of various tribes—

Babunda, 266

Bangongo, 188

Bankutu, 134

Southern Bambala, 253

Bashilele, 330

Hardy, N., sketches by, 21 et alibi

Harnessed bush-buck, 26

Hatton & Cookson, Messrs., 4, 12, 345

Hemp-smoking of the Batetela, 256

Hippopotami—

Kasai river, 17, 19, 20

Kasai and Sankuru rivers, epidemic among, 29

Kwilu river, 241

Sankuru river, hunt, with Zappo, 122-3

Wissman Pool, 20

Human Sacrifice, 75, and see 148-9

Hunting methods, various tribes—

Bakongo, 300-1

Batwa, 82-4, 89, 96-7, 134

Bushongo, 93, 96, 99-100

Hyrax, see Yuka

Ibanshe, American mission at, 218

Idanga factory, 164, 184

Mosquitoes and Tsetse at, 185

Stay at, and excursions round, 185 et seq.

Ikoka factory, 31

Journey from, to Batempa, 32, 33

Ikwembe, buffaloes near, 224-6

Initiation ceremonies, Bapende, appurtenances of, 282-3

Inkongu, English missionary at, 31, 77

Insashi, Bakongo villages, 286,

visit to, 290-1, 297

Inzia river, 235

Affluent of the Kwilu, 240

Factories on, 242

Iron, Bakongo liking for, 286-7, 298 et seq., 309 et seq., 316

from Volcanic crevices, 112

Iron-working, of the Bushongo, 93

Isaka, post, disused, 83

Isambula N’Genga, chief, 90,

and dandy, 91-2, 128

Jadi, chief, Mokunji, 59, 68, 69

Difficulties, official, concerning, 49

Dwelling of, 58

Fetishes of, 58

Intercourse with, 53 et seq.

Jesuit missions, Kwango river region, 237-9

Jokes, practical, native love of, 271-2

“Jones,” Loango “boy,” 6 et alibi

Joyce, T. A., 205

Kancha river, 29

Factory near, 260

Kanda Kanda, Buffaloes near, 249

Lions near, 187

Kandale factory, 232

Country and natives near, 232

Kandolo and his village, 166-70

Kanenenke, 307-9

Kangala village, and its chief, 282 et seq.

Kasai Company, factories of, names of, difficulty concerning, 338

Headquarters of, 21 et seq.

Kasai district (see also Lualaba-Kasai), 345

Coin introduced into, 25

Domestic slavery in, 75 et seq.

Kasai river, Bashilele name for, 338

Affluents of, 21, 28-9, 275, 281, 325, 338

Animal life on, 17-21

Hippopotami of, disease among, 29

Journey up, 17 et seq., 27 et seq.

Native chief’s knowledge of, 285

Natives of, Fetish-notions of, 58

Fishing and bargaining of, 18, 19

Scenery along, 28, 30

Storms on, 18

Upper, journey to, 227

Kasongo-Batetela village, 44,

and its chief, 45-6,

music at, 45

Keloids, tribes using, 54, 55, 134

Kenge village, 312-3

Chief at, 314 et seq.

Difficulties at, 316 et seq.

Route to, and country near, 315

Kikwit, post, Kwilu river, 25

Bambala tribe around, 253 et seq.

Journey to, 231 et seq.

Kinshasa, 10-12

Bateke village at, 14

Kisantu, Jesuit mission headquarters, 239

Kitambi, stay at, 338-9

Kole, Bankutu cannibals near, 125

Visit to, and meeting with Bankutu at, 141 et seq.

Kwamouth, 16-17

Kwango river, 21

Affluent of, 239

Journey up, scenery on, 237 et seq.

Trade on, 239-40

Kwete Peshanga Kena, Nyimi or King of the Bushongo, 227

Appearance of, 192

Attitude of to R.C. missionaries, 216-18

Children of, 222-3

Councillors of, 198, 199

Dress of, 192

Ceremonial, 202, 203

Dwelling of, 196-7

Friendliness of, 196, 216

Household of, 212

Justice of, 219-20

Progressiveness of, 198, 216

Torday’s interview with, 193-4

Viceroys of, 90-1

Welcome from, 188

Kwilu Buffalo, discovered by the expedition, 178, 248

Kwilu country, alleged dangers of, 234

Kwilu river, affluents of, 235, 240

Cataracts on, 269-70

Journey up, 229 et seq., 240 et seq.

Outfall of, 239

Scenery along, 240 et seq., 269

Tribes beside, 269

Torday’s popularity with, 233

Variant names of, 240

Kwilu river basin, produce from, 22, 26

Lac Leopold II., 28

Lardot, M., 125

Le Grand, Lieutenant, 29

Leaf-cups, of the Bakongo, 309

Leopards, man-eating, near Mokunji, 64

Leopoldville, 12, 13

Anthropological work at, 13, 14

Journey to, 6-12

Loange region, Natives of, name used by, 227

Loange river, 29, 281

Crossing of, in canoes, 295 et seq.

Loange and Kasai rivers, country between, 315, 343-4,

mapped, 298

Tribes between, origin of, 329

Lodja, station, 164

Forest north of, dense population of, 173

Journey to, 152-6

Life at, 157 et seq.

Sports at, 157-60

Lohinde Jofu, sub-tribe of Batetela, 161

Lomela, tribes near, 126

Louis, catechist and sportsman, 243, 244 et seq.

Lualaba-Kasai district, 3

Administrative centre of, 31

Luana stream, course and outfall of, 281

Luano factory, Natives near known to Torday, 235

Porters from, 252, 253

Lubefu river, features of, 65

Journey up, 27

Primitive Batetela tribes north of, 125

Lubefu station, 65

Lubue river, 22, 29

Affluent of, 281

at Dumba, 275-6

Factories on, 280

Hills near, 265

Hospital on, 29

Luchima, cook, 257 et alibi

Luchwadi river (Lotjadi), 189

Lagoons of, 191

Luebo, 24, 25, 345;

slavery at, 78

Lukenye river, posts on, 124

Navigation and scenery of, 153 et seq.

Outfall of, 28

Rafts on, 156

Shores of, dangers of, 151

Whirlpool on, 153

Lulua river, affluent of the Kasai, 338

Lumbuli, village of, 165

Lumbunji river, 325-6

Affluent of, 331

Lusambo administrative centre, 24, 25, 27, 31

Lusambo, “Baluba” of, problem of, 72 et seq.

Batwa dwarfs met at, 82-4

Bushongo of, 80, 81

Horses at, 71

Market at, features of, 79-80

Slavery at, 78

Visit to, and excursions around, 70 et seq.

Mabruki, cook, 257

Magyar, Ladislaus, explorer, 235-6, 260

Makasu villages, visit to, 322 et seq., 331, 332 et seq.

Mangay, Rubber plantations at, 29

Marriage customs of various tribes—

Batetela, 56

Olemba, 162-3

Mask-charms of the Bapende, 280

Masks, initiation, of Bapende boys, 282-3

Masolo, an interpreter, 105, 106

Matadi, described, 5;

journey to, 1-5

Mayila, Badjok chief, visit to, 339-40

Information from, 342-3

Mayuyu (Bambala), gun-bearer, 259, 312-3, 323-4

M’Bei, village, game at, 239,

journey to, 235, 240

Mikope, 223

Miloa river, Elephant spoor near, 331

Mingi Bengela, 223

Misumba, Animal life near, 112

Batwa dwarfs near, 84

Country round, 86-9

Local government at, 90 et seq.

Native dwellings at, 94-6, 190, 195-6

Native life and work at, 92 et seq.

Stay at, and excursions around, 89 et seq.

Volcanic crevices near, 88, 112

Missionary methods, a suggestion on, 217-9

Moamba, Bambala porter, 252-3

Adventure of, 327-8

Mokenye (Bambala), gun-bearer, 259

Mokulu, Babunda village, and its chief, 267-9

Mokunji, Animal life near, 63-4

Building changes in, 56

Chief of, welcome by, 53

Visit to, 27 et seq.

Morretti, Lieutenant, 186

Mosquitoes, where prevalent, 11, 19, 23, 26, 118-9, 148, 185

Murderers, Olemba, punishment of, 162

Mushenge, the, capital of the Bushongo, 90

Animal life near, 224-6

Arrival at, and stay at, 191 et seq.

Country near, 189

Cultivation near, 197-8

Dwellings at, 195

Kwete’s palace, 196-7

Gilded youth of, 200

Journey to, 187 et seq.

Life at, 200 et seq.

Musical instruments of various tribes—

Bambala, 254-5

Basonge, 35-6

Bushongo, 87, 202

Mustard, a liking for! 288

Mutton, craving for, 289-90

Native characteristics (see also under Names of Tribes), 46, 328

Troops, at Lusambo, 71-2

Natives, Clothing of, at Dima, 23-4

Hints on handling, 38 et seq., 46 et seq., 136, 191, 231, 234-5, 282, 344

Negroes, Albino, at Lusambo, 80

Arithmetical limitations of, 97

Facial aspects, European ideas on, 133-4

Noki, post, 2, 4, 5

Okale, Batetela sub-tribe, Dress, customs, &c., of, 175 et seq.

Okitu, ex-chief of Mokunji, 49, 59,

friendliness of, 60 et seq.

Okitulonga, Batetela village, 43

Olemba (Batetela) tribe—

Forest dwellers, 161

Customs of, 162-4

Osodu village, hospitable natives at, 48 et seq.

Osodu, chief of, recalcitrance of, 49;

hospitality of his children, 50-1;

release of, 67

Oyumba village, 161-2

Pakoba, Basongo-Meno village, Sankuru river, 129-30

Palm wine, a mighty drinker of, 288-9

Bakongo customs connected with, 308-9

Pana, Jesuit ferme chapelle, animal life at, 239-40, 245 et seq., 278

Described, 243-4

Pangu, hospital at, 22, 216

Peffer, Lieutenant, at Kole, 141, 142, 152

Pères de Scheut, mission house of, at the Mushenge, 191

Petrodomus, n.sp. found near Misumba, 112

Poison ordeal, Bushongo tribe, 50, 211

Polygamy, tribes practising, 56, 202

Pongo-Pongo, chief of Misumba, 90, 128;

information from, 91;

sporting trip with, 97-101

Population statistics, problems of, 56, 57, 58

Porters (see also Natives), hints on managing, 136

Women as, 297, 302-3

Punishments, Bushongo, 219, 220

Rafts, native, Lukenye river, 156

Railways, 5 et seq.

Rattles—

Funeral, 273

Hunting, 99, 100, 300

Musical, 45

Reckitt’s blue, native use of, 304, 318

Red river hog, near Mokunji, 64

Religion of the Bushongo, 217-8

Roman Catholic missionaries to the Bushongo, 216-18

Rubber as currency, 266

Rubber-collecting, Badjok tribe, 331

Rubber plantations—

Bena Dibele, 124-5

Mangay, 29

Rubber trade of the Babunda, 266-7

Sacrifices, see Animal, and Human

St. Antoine s.s., journey by, 237, 252 et seq.

Salt as currency, 42, 195, 263, 297, 308, 310, 326

Salt-tasting plant beloved of Buffaloes, 121

“Sam,” an honest “boy,” 39, 41, 77-8, 81, 236, 257, 278

San Salvador, Angola, 4

Sankuru river, country near, 86

Hippopotami of, disease among, 29

Journey to, 113, 115 et seq.

Journey up, 33

Natives from, 24

Scenery along, 30, 32, 33

Tribes near, 86

Saut, Commandant, 31, 70

Schlagerstrom, launch, journey on, 84 et seq.;

its captain and his fate, 85-6

Shamba Bolongongo, King of the Bushongo, history of, 206-7

Carved portrait of, 186-7, 207-10

Sheep, where found, 33, 274, 289

Shields of the Akela tribe, 181

Signalling Drum or Gong, 67-8, 132, 175-6

Sitatunga antelope, 151

Skulls, collection of, 65-6

Slave-raids still carried on, 78

Slave trade and Domestic Slavery, 73, 75 et seq., 78, 256, 306-7

Slaves, Buried alive at funerals of the great, 75

Bushongo, position of, 75-6, 212

Eaten by Bankutu, 75, 148-9

“Freed,” see “Baluba”

Sleeping-sickness, 11, 17, 155

Early symptoms of, 82

Isolation methods, Batetela, 65

Smoking of the

Bakongo, 309, 311-2

Bashilele, 332

Bushongo, legend of its introduction, 215-6

Sneezing, Batetela custom as to, 55

Soap, Batetela make of, 52

Stanley Pool, Railway to, 5 et seq.

Sticks of office of Bushongo elders, 91-2

Stomach-ache, odd cure for, 141

Teeth, Akela custom of destroying, 180

Thesiger, Capt. the Hon. W. G., information from, 186-7, 207-10

Thysville, 9, 10

Tobacco, tribes growing and using, 51-2, 59, 215, 309, 311-2, 332

Tofoke people, Facial Keloids of, 55

Tono people, near Kole, Cannibalism and other habits of, 142 et seq., 152

Tournaments, of the Bambala, 255-6

Toys, see Elephants

Trade goods for the Loange district, 286-7

Traps—

Hunting, 145

War, Bankutu, 145-6

Tsetse-fly, 12, 118, 148, 154, 155, 185

“Tukongo,” branch of the Bakongo, 226-7

Tukula wood, 81-2

Carved, as mourning gifts, 211

Dye from, uses of, 81-2, 188, 280

Twipolo, Bankutu village, 130, 132, 135

Umbi Enungu, information gathered from, 62 et seq.

Underwood, Mr. and Mrs., 4

Van Tilborg, Father, S.J., 238-9

Velde, s., journeys in, 27 et seq., 69, 122

Ville de Bruxelles, fate of wrecked passengers of, 151-2

Volcanic crevices, 88

Iron from, 112

Vungi, Batetela sub-tribe, Dress, customs, &c., of, 173-5

Wahis, Baron, 3

Wall decorations, of the Bushongo, 52, 196-7

Warfare of various tribes—

Babunda, 263-4

Bankutu, 144-7

Bashilele, 133 et seq.

Watch “towers” of Batetela rubber collectors, 131-2

Weapons of various tribes—

Akela, 181

Babunda, 273

Basonge, 37

Batetela, Bow versus muzzle-loader, 69

Batwa, 83

Bushongo, 93

Vungi, 173

Westcott, Mr., 31, 77

White man, Native notion on, 307-8

White “residents,” suggestions on, 164-5, 219, 220

Wigs of the Bapende, 280

Wissman Pool, Kasai river, animal life at, 20

“Witchcraft” (see also Divining) at Oyumba, 163-4

Initiation ceremonies, Bankutu, 141

Wombali, Jesuit mission at, 237

Women of various tribes—

Bakongo, as Porters, 297, 302-3

Bankutu, 134

Batetela tribe, Keloids of, 54

Yongo’s practical joke, 272

Yuka, the, mysterious animal, 33-5

Specimen secured, 64-5

Story about, 107

Zappo, “chief,” at Zappo-Lubumba, 115-7, 128

Sport with, 122-3

Zappo-Lubumba village, 86

Difficulties at, 115-7

Zappo Zap, warlike tribe, 233

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