INDEX
Alice Werner translation
Abdallah bin Malim, Wali of Mahuta, 352 et seq.; his noisy devotions, 399–400
Achmed bar Shemba, song by, 31
Adams, Pater, on the Makonde, 259–60
African continent, conformation of in relation to Colonization, 415 race, original home, question of, 12
African Fund, the, 9, 10
Age-classes, 304
Akundonde, Yao chief, information from, 140, 184 settlement of, 212, visit to, 213 et seq.
Alum, as water-clarifier, 153–4
Ancestor-worship, 326
Antelope-hunting, 200–1
Anthropology, difficulties of, in G.E. Africa, 53
Artistic aptitudes of Natives (see also Drawings), 36
Asiatic origin of African races, discussed, 12, 13
Assuan dam, the, lessons from for Germany, 413–5
Astronomical beliefs and customs, Yao, 184–5
Atlantic Ocean, historical density, 6
Axes, etc., bewitched, 210–12
Babies, see Children & Infants
Bagamoyo roadstead, 2
Bakeri of Zanzibar, 140, 142–3
Bangala river, Camp at mouth of, 208
Bantu imitation of the Masai, 118 origin, tribes of, 12, 53, 139
Baraza, the, 65, described, 135
Bards, 170, 175
Bark-cloth, ceremonial uses of, 276–7, 313 manufacture of, 274 et seq.
Barnabas as artist, 367–8
Birth customs Makonde, 281, 283 Yao (as to twins), 283
Black race, distribution of, explanation of, 13
Boots, question of, 71
Bornhardt on the geology of German East Africa, 66, 67–8
Botanical features (see also Bush), Masasi region, 69
Bows and arrows, 74 methods of using, 75–6 as toys, 285
Boys’ initiation ceremonies, see Lupanda, and Unyago
Brass-founding, native, 267–70
British Colonial Empire, comments on, 417
Burial customs, Makua, 132 Yao, 194 & note
Bush and Scrub vegetation, 51, 52, 60
Bush-burning, 58–61, 255, 257
Bwalo, the, 231 & note
Calico, as dower, 306 over graves, 194, 214
Camp life, 83–4 sleeping discomforts, 119, 163, 164
Cape Banura, 24, 25 Guardafui, 14, 15
“Cape rubies,” 209, 210
Carnon, Archdeacon of Masasi, 45 hospitality of, 74
Carriers, see also Wanyamwezi, difficulties with, 393 paying off of, and farewell to, 393–4, 400, 405–7
Cattle, Matola’s, 138, stampede by, 164
Central Lukuledi Valley, lions in, 245
Chain-gangs, 28, 44, native drawing of, 371
Charms (Dawa), 129; used in Majimaji rebellion, 51
“Cherchez la femme!” 397–9
Child-life, native, G.E. Africa, 157–8 & note, 284 et seq.
Children, native, characteristics of, and aspect, 148
Chingulungulu, author’s stay at, 104 et seq. description of, 134 et seq. diseases noted at, 192 424meaning of name, 104 note native amusements at, 169 characteristics, 106 route to, from Mkululu, 126–7 water-supply at, 150–2
Chipini, the, see Nose-pin
Chiputu or girls’ initiation or Unyago ceremonies, 218, 219, 230 et seq., dances at, 220, 223, songs at, 232–4, maskers at, 235–7, stilt-dancers at, 236–7 Matambwe form, 239 et seq. nature of, 304–5 witnessed by author, 299
Chironji, insular mountain of, 69
Chiwata, Nakaam, chief of, 108
Christianity, versus Islam for Natives, 70
Chronology, native, 145, 146
Cinematograph work, 27, 34, 177, 218, 237, 356
Clan names, and Clan system, 279, 310, 312 et seq.
Climate and appetite, 43
Cloth, see Bark-cloth & Calico
Colonial Congress, the First, 10
Colonization in Eastern Equatorial Africa, 4, 45
Collecting methods and collections, 362 et seq., 386
Collins’ dynamometer tests of Europeans, 8 tests of Natives, 39
Colonists, industry essential in, 416
Combs, native, 124
Corn-grinding by women, 163, methods of, 165–6
Cotton cultivation at Saadani, 415
Couch of native chief, 129
Crocodiles, Rovuma river, 346, 347
Crops, prevalent near Masasi, 92
Currency, G.E. Africa, 101–3
Dances, native, child-performers of, 284–5 & note at Chiputu ceremonies, 220, 223 at Dar es Salam, 26 Masewe, 296 Ngoma, 62 Pantomimic, at Mahuta, 354 Stilt, 176 by Sulila, the bard, 172 at Unyago ceremonies, 181 et seq., 296 Women’s (see also Chiputa supra), 62, 64 Yao, 177
Dar es Salam, harbour and bay, 1, 2 & note life at, 26 et seq. Mangoes at, 409
Daudi, native preacher, 155, 250
Dawa, see Charms
Death, omens of, 210, 212, 273
Death and Burial customs Makonde, 259 Yao, 396 & note
Dernburg, Herr, 418
Diabolo playing, native, 379–80 & note
Doherr, Captain, 411
Domestic animals and Birds at Matola’s, 137–8 Pigeons, 91
Doors, and fastenings, Makonde, 262
Dove-cotes, native, 91
Drawing, native powers of, 36–9, 72–3, 99–101, 168, 366 et seq.
Dress of Matola, 147 of Nakaam, 146–7
Dress and clothing, native past and present, 274 Yao women, 49
Drinking customs, 170, 186
Drums, 62, 241 at Chiputu ceremonies, 241 toy, of children, 290 tuning of, by fire-heat, 222 of Unyago dances, 181 various ways of playing, 222–3
Drummers, sacred, 301
Dwellings, see Huts and Dwellings
Ear-discs or Studs, 56, 219, 260
East Africa, see also German East Africa Coast harbours on, geological origin of, 25 Orography of, 66–9
Equatorial, Colonization in, history of, 4
Eclipses, Yao beliefs and customs concerning, 184
Egg, use of at Chiputu ceremonies, 233
Elephants near the Rovuma, 209, 345, 350–1
Endurance, native, 40
Europeans in the tropics, characteristics of, 41, 42 Food-consumption by, 43
Ewerbeck, Herr Commissioner, 26, 44, 46, 48, 58, 73, 140, 335, 409
Exogamy in East Africa, 189, 282
425Fashion, African and European, 57–8
Farming, native, 415, 419–20
Festivities, native, at Mahuta, 376
Fever, curious form of, 252–3
Feet, effect on, of Jigger, 251–2
Filter, an improvised, 152
Fish-drying stages, Rovuma river, 202
Finger-nails, brittleness of, at Newala, 251, 254 loss of, by Knudsen, 254–5
Fire, in Unyago ceremonies, 300, 302
Fire-arms, use of, by natives, 198
Fire-production, and maintenance, 195–8
Flies, torment from, 147–8, 246
Flutes, ipivi, 291
Floors, earthen, in native huts, 65, 135
Food, native staple, 84
Foresight of Natives, 89–91, 94–5
Gama, Vasco da, and East Africa, 4
Games and toys, 284 et seq.
Garnet-mine at Luisenfelde, 78, 209
Geographical Exploration of the German Colonies, Committee for, 10
Geology and Anthropology in study of Race-development, 13–14
German East Africa considerations affecting succession, 415 et seq. cotton cultivation in, 415 soil of, and agricultural possibilities, 415–6 musical backwardness of tribes in, 174 rivers of, 414–5 south-east corner of, 46 water-supply questions in, 414–5
German Imperial Post in East Africa, 111
Germans, the, characteristics of, 8, 24 colonial, social difficulties of, 41
Gestures indicative of Age, 146 Time, 145, 246
Ghost stories, 327–8
Girls, attitude to, of parents, 281–2 puberty of, customs at, 315 seclusion of, 292
Go-betweens, matrimonial, 306
Grain-storage, 89–91, 136–7
Graves, native, 53, 54, 132, 183, 194 & note of Makua chief, 264 trees at, 326–7 Yao, features of, 214
Guillain, Admiral, book by, on African History, etc., 3
Haber, Geheimrat, Acting Governor, 17
Hair, arrangement of, various tribes, 260 note
Hamitic races, original home of, 12; tribes descended from, 11
Hanno, and the grass-burning, 58
“Hapana” and “bado,” 123
Hatia I, grave of, 194
Hatia III, Sultan, grave of, 53, 54
Hatia IV, “Sultan” of the Makua, 53, wife carried off by lion, 54
Hearths, 129, 136
Hemedi Maranga, Corporal, 245
Henderera’s village, 334
Head-shaving, Makonde, reason for, 259, 260 & note
Historic sense, the, 417
Hunting, native interest in, 198
Hunting-dances, Makua tribe, 177–81
Huts over graves, 194 & note used in initiation ceremonies, 215–7, 218, 219, 240, 296
Huts and Dwellings at Mahuta, 352 Makonde, 231, 262 painted, 366 Makua, 261, 264 Masai, 86 windowless, 88–9 subdivision of interiors, 84 Tembes, 86 Wamwera, 55 Wangoni, 338, 349 Yao, 65, 134 et seq., 261–2
Ikoma dance, 223
Indian Ocean, historical importance of, 6, 7
Infant life, native, 63, 157–8 & note, 281–4, 351 mortality, 88
Infants, still-born, Makua graves of, 132
Initiation ceremonies, see Chiputu, Lupanda, and Unyago
Interiors, visits to, 88 et seq.
Ironworking, native, 26
426Island camp, Rovuma, river, 207–8
“Island” mountains, East Africa, 66–9
Islam, versus Christianity for Natives, 70
Italy, disafforestation in, 5, 6
Jäger, Dr., 10, geographical tasks of, 11
Jigger, havoc wrought by, 87–8, 251–2
Justice, trials, punishments, etc., 27, 28, 121–3, 135
Juma, drawing by, 168
Jumbe Chauro, Makonde huts and fastenings at, 261–3 & note
Kazi Ulaya, kerosene and fatalism, 86, 87
Kakale sticks, uses of, 291, 297
Keloid patterns (scars), 56–7, 223, 260, 356, 359 et seq.
Kibwana, author’s “boy,” 20, 167
Kiheru river, 401
Kilwa, pori beyond, 46
Kilwa Kisiwani, associations of, 23
Kitulo heights, 404, view from, 44
Kitututu, insular mountain of, 69
Knots, as calendar, 328–9 as records, 330 tying of, Akundonde on, 186
Knudsen, Nils, 61 hunting of, 392 accident to, 394 et seq. official duties of, 77–8 services secured, 190, 191 superstitions of, 397–9 Yao wife of, 307 on the Wangoni, 333
Kofia tule, a quaint name, 110
Kondoa-Irangi expedition abandoned, 17
Labrets, 219
Lake Eyasi, peoples near, 11 Manyara, peoples near, 11
Langheld, Captain, and the Wangoni, 339
Last, J. T., on the Makua lip ornament, 56
Laughter under difficulties (pelele-wearers), 219
Lepers in German East Africa, 107, 192
Lichehe Lake, 204
Lidede Lake, the, 335–6
Likoswe, Che, “Mr. Rat,” a bard dress of, 176 name of, 280 songs by, 176–7
Likwata, women’s dance, 62–3, words and music, 64
Linder, Herr, welcome from, at Lindi, 402–4 song on, 176–7
Lindi Bay, geology, etc., of, 25 District, rebellion in, 51 Town, 25 attractions of, 28 boom at, 393 execution at, 27 social conditions at, 41 and its hinterland, journey to, 17 et seq.
Linguistic notes on difficulties of the student, 345 interchange of “l” and “r,” 373 Makonde language, 382 et seq. pitch of voice, 119 prefixes, 156–7, 175 & note, 259 & note, 313 Wasandawi, 11 Wataturu, 12
Lions, boldness of, 54 distribution of, 209, 245 a fastidious, 209 song in praise of, 159
Lisakasa, or Unyago huts (q. v.), 296
Litotwe (rat) in carvings, 364
Liver, the, in “medicine,” 200
Livingstone, Dr., in Africa, 116 & note, 204 & note
Locks and keys, 263 & note, 264
Luagala, 401
Lugombo, the, musical instrument, 288–90
Luisenfelde mine, 78 visit to, 209–10
Lujende river, coal measures, 142
Lukuledi river, 25, 402 leper hospital at estuary of, 192 Valley, 48, 50
Lupanda, or initiation of Boys, 299 emblem of, 217 Yao form of, 300
Machemba, noted Yao chief, 239, 401
Mafia island, 23
Mafiti people, 341, raids of, 248
Magic, native, 186, 324
Mahichiro’s grave at Witi, 194
427Mahuta, original home of the Makonde, 259 huts of, 352 importance of, 332 scenery of, 335–6
Majaliwa, Wangoni chief, 340 forestry of, 348 new palace of, 349
Majeje country, “insular mountains” in, 67
Majimaji rebellion, the, 31, 51
Makachu, Wangoni chief, 337, 341
Mkomahindo, “insular mountain” of, 69
Makonde beds, the, 248 masks, 235 Plateau, 48, 66, 342–3 bush growth on, 60, 239, 255, 256, 257 configuration, area and surface of, 255 geological formation, 256 lack of water on, 248 natives on, characteristic features of, 265 distribution of, 248 industries of, 266–7 et seq. rivers and streams of, 151 timber on, 348 view from, 255
Makonde tribe ancestral traditions of, 258–9 death and burial customs, 259 huts, 231, 261–2 occupations of, 248–50 language, 382–3 marriage customs, 307 name of, explained, 259 & note stilt-dancers, 236–7
Makua tribe clans and clan names among, 313 dances of, 177 et seq. death and burial customs, 132 hunters and hoe-tillers, 97 huts of, 261, 264 marriage customs, 307, 314 migrations, 118 mouth-stones of girls, 322–3 & note traps of, 97–8 women’s initiation ceremonies, 218 et seq., 230 et seq.
Malay fire-pump, 197
Mamba, Seliman, rebel leader, 29
Mambo, 339
Mangupa village, Matambwe Chiputu at, 239, 240 et seq.
Manhood and womanhood initiation ceremonies, 170
Maps drawn by natives, 373 et seq.
Marching, life during, 78 et seq.
Marriage customs, native, G. East Africa, 189, 282, 305, 30, 314, et seq.
Marquardt, Herr, of Luisenfelde Mine, 209; death of his child, 210, 373
Masai race, origin of, 12 characteristics of, 70 et seq. huts of, 86, 88–9
Masange marriage, 305 & note
Masasi district, area of, 66 Mountains, 248 botanical interest of, 69 geology, etc., of, 66–9 (place), missionaries at, 45 & note
Masasi races, tribal affinities of, 69, 70
Masasi-Rovuma plain, tribes upon, 139
Masekera Matola, chief and his family, 103
Masewe dance, 181–3, 296
Masks and masked dances, 235–7, 304, 363–4
Matambwe tribe, Chiputu among, 239 et seq. past and present condition, 205
Matola (the elder), 142 & note, 143, 333
Matola (the younger) Yao chief of Chingulungulu, 108 dress of, 147 hospitality of, 132–3 house, etc., described, 134 et seq. and sick child, 292–5 on Bakiri of Zanzibar, etc., 142–3
Matola Salim, see Salim
Matriarchy in G.E. Africa, 189, 307, 314 laws of inheritance under, 309
Mavia Plateau, 343
Mavia tribe, 261
Mazitu (see also Wangoni), inroads, 116 & note, 117
Mchauru, interests at, 224–5
Mchinga Bay, 24
Medical demands on travellers, 86 et seq.
“Medicines,” hunting, 199–201 for illness, 323 at Unyago of women, 233
Medula, the magician, 225 et seq.
Meyer, Prof. Hans, 10
Merker, Captain, on the origin of the Masai, 12
Meteorites, Yao belief as to, 184
Mgoromondo, see Xylophone
428Migrations of native races, 48, 118, 139 et seq.
Mikindani, and its hinterland, journey to, 17 et seq.
Mikindani beds, the, 248
Mimicry among natives, 116, 118
Mixed races, how accounted for, 13
Mirambo of Unyanyembe, 401
Mitete (boxes) carven, 364–5
Mkwera, “insular mountains,” 68
Mkululu, 126
Mlipa, deceased chief, grave of, 264
Modesty, evolution of, and variants in, 131
Mombasa, importance of, 3
Moon, the, Yao beliefs and customs as to, 184–5
Moritz, author’s “boy,” 20, 167–9
Mothers-in-law, native, position of, 282, 307–8
Mosquitoes on the Rufiji river, 22
Mouth and lip-ornaments, various tribes (see also Labrets and Pelele), 55, 56 & note
Mouth-stones, of Makua girls, 322
Msolo tree, sacred in Makonde, 326
Mtandi Mt., an insular peak, 6, 9 ascent and aspect of, 71
Mtarika, Yao chief, death omen of, 212
Mtua, Yao natives at, 48, 49
Music, see Songs
Musical Instruments names of, 215, 288–9, 291, 391 as toys, 289 Yao, 171
Mwiti, home of Nakaam, 113
Mwiti river, 113
Myombo forest, see Pori
Nakaam of Chiwata, importance of, 108 at home, 113 et seq. dress of, 146–7 interest of in foreign affairs, etc., 125–6 true origin of, 115–9 on the mixed character of the Yaos, 146
Namaputa ravine, 212
Names, native, clan, enquiries on, 312, meanings and origins of, 310
Names, personal, 279 clan names, ib. meanings, 279, 280 & note new, assumed on initiation, 280
Namuki, insurgents, 31
Namwera women, dress of, arrangement of, 57
Native characteristics and habits, 52, 94, 120, 123, 144, 147, 152, 202, 246–7, 395, summary of, 418–21 clothing, indigenous and imported, 274 cultivation, methods of, 257–8 eloquence, 143 estimate of time, 144–5, 246 handicrafts, 124 historical knowledge, 144 intellectual potentialities, 421 interest of, in European matters, 125 powers of resisting climate, etc., 88 teeth, premature decay of, 143–4 utilization of, 420
Natura, friction-drum, 290
“Nature-peoples,” the, some errors concerning, 90 et seq. & note
Naunge camp, 207
Navigation, of African natives, 21
Nchichira, 333, author’s stay at, 336
Newala, climatic troubles at, 243 et seq. diseases met with at, 323 grave at, of Matola I, 143 lack of water at, 250 life at, 243 et seq. missionaries’ arrival at, 142 note position of, view from, and climate at, 203 revisited, 230 old towns so-called, 250
Ngoma dances, 26, 62
Ngurumahamba, 48
Ningachi, the teacher, 366, methods of, 381–2
Niuchi, Makua village, women’s initiation ceremonies at, 230 et seq.
Nkunya, famous shauri of, 142, 143
Nose-pins, or studs, 49, 130–1, 219, 341
Nyangao, Benedictine Mission at, ruined, 50
Oehler, Herr Eduard, 10, geographical tasks of, 11
Omari, author’s cook, 20, 208, 387 as artist, 371 characteristics, 167–9 escape of, from lion, 209
Omens of evil, 210, 212, 373
429Ornaments and ornamentation, personal, of Natives Bangles, 222 Ear-discs, 56 Keloids (scars), 57, 223 Labrets, 219 Nail in lower lip, 56 & note Nigutila, or lip-pin, 56 Nose-pins, 49, 130–1 Pelele (q. v.), 55–6, 219
Owl as omen of Death, 210, 373
Pacific Ocean, historical importance of, 6
Parents, native respect for, 188, 189, 282
Pelele, the, 232, 240, 260 effect of, on articulation, 383 laughter by wearers, effect of, 219 at Mahuta, 306 et seq. of Makonde women, 56 of Wamwera women, 55–6
Personnel of author’s expedition, 20
Pesa Mbili, caravan leader, 30, 31 as artist, 370 duties of, 81, 82
Phonograph experiences, 26, 30, 34, 148, 155 et seq., 172–? magic ascribed to, 320–1 native enjoyment of, 34–6 results, 385
Photographic experiences, 34, 95, 284, 320, 356, and results, 384
Pigeon-trap, 96
Pigeons, kept by natives, 91
Pigs, Matola’s, 137–8
Pile-dwellings Rovuma valley, 319
Pombe, native beer, 93–4
Pori, the, 46 definition of, 60–1 lions on, boldness of, 55
Porter, Canon, of Masasi, 46
Portuguese, the, in East Africa, 4
Pottery-making, native, 270 et seq.
“Problem play,” native, 378
Race-development, problem of, discussed, 13
Rage, fits of, in white men in Africa, 41
Rainfall, G.E. Africa, 415
Rat trap, native, 98
Recurrent Fever Tick, the, 106–7
Red sea, the, 7
Results of author’s Expedition, 384 et seq.
Rhythm, assistance of, to work, 389–90
Riddles, Yao, 160 & note, et seq.
Rivers, G.E. Africa, drawbacks of, 414, 415
Roads in G.E. Africa, excellence of, 239, 333–4, 404
Roads, 333–4
Rondo Plateau, 50
Roofs, Makonde, 262, and Yao, 65
Rovuma river, crocodiles in, 206, 346–7 delights of, 204 et seq. fertile valley of, 260; beauties of, 342–4 game in, 260 march to, 203–4 native farming along, 419 region of, past and present condition, 116 shifting course of, 206 wild animals near, 20, 209, 344, 350
Rovuma, steamer, 20
Rufiji river, mouths of, 21
Rufiji, steamer, 18, voyage in, 19 et seq.
Saadani, cotton cultivation at, 415
Saidi Kapote, village, 402
Saleh, author’s erstwhile Corporal, 245
Sarcopsylla penetrans, see Jigger
Seats, superior, at Sefu’s, 238
Secret societies, 304
Sefu bin Mwanyi, Akida, 230, 238
Serpents and snakes, native tales about, 51
Seyfried, Captain, 44, culinary skill of, 43
Shabruma, Wangoni rebel leader, 111
Shemba, Achmed bar, Sol, march sung by, 31–4
Shume forest, 349
Simba Uranga estuary, Rufiji river, 21
Sketching, value of skill in, 98–100
Skin-colour, various tribes, 52–3
Slaves, freed, see Wanyasa
Sling, the, 286–7
Smells, African, 82, 147, 223, 240, 246
Snake, crowing, “songo” song, etc., about, 159–60 & note
Soldiers, native, 386
Somali wreckers, 15
Songs, words and music, native, 264–5, 328 430at Chiputu ceremonies, 232 et seq. 240 at Dar es Salam, 26–7 March sung by Sudanese soldiers, 31–4 by Sulila, 172, 173–4 Wanyamwezi carriers’, 30, 31, 389–92 Yao, 156, 159
Souls, departed, dwellings of, 324, 326, 327
Spiegel, Lieutenant, 401
Spinning, by Medula, the magician, 225, 228–9
Stilts, dancing on, 176, 376
Stamburi as artist, 368
Strandes, Justus, book by, on history of E. Africa, 4
Strength, physical, European and native dynamometer tests, 40
Stuhlmann, Dr. Franz, culinary, skill of, 42
Sudanese soldiers, march of, music and words, 31–4
Sulila, the bard, 170 et seq.
Swastika, the, at Nakaam’s house, 114
Tails of animals, in magic, 215 note
Tanga, port, 2 importance of, 411–12 native education at, and music, 412
Telephone, an African, 290–1 & note
Tembes, described, 86
Throwing-sticks, 286–7
Tick, the, of Recurrent Fever, 106–7
Timber of Makonde Plateau, 348 of the Rufiji delta, 21, 22
Time, native means of reckoning, 145, 246, 328–9
Tobacco, chewing and snuffing of, at Chingulungulu, 147
Toothbrush, native, 404
Tops, various kinds of, 287–8 & note
Totemism, defined, 312 traces of, in G.E. Africa, 313
Traps, native, for various animals, 96–8
Trees at graves, 326–7
Tree-worship, 324 et seq.
Troops, disposal of, 28
Trunk of elephant, tip buried by hunters, 201
Tsetse-disease in cattle, Chingulungulu, 138
Tsetse-fly areas, 419
Twins, native views on, 283
Ugali porridge, native staple food, 84, how prepared, 166
Uganda Railway, and Mombasa, 3
Ulimba, musical instrument, 288
Umbekuru, river, 46 basin of, projected railway across, 69
Unguruwe Mountain, 53 Hatia I’s grave on, 194
Unyago or initiation ceremony, 170 after customs, 304 arrangements for, and course of, 295 et seq. author’s presence at, 214 et seq. bark-cloth, used in, 277 dances during, 181 et seq. initiation seats, 183 instruction given during, 187–9 value of author’s notes on, 386
Upupu plant, 239, delights of, 240 & note
Usambara railway, 411
Usanye (millet), the weeping, omen of Death, 212
Vohsen, Herr, of Luisenfelde Mine, 209
Waburunge tribe, origin of, 11
Wafiomi tribe, origin of, 11
Wairaku tribe, origin of, 11
Wairangi tribe, origin of, 12
Wakindiga tribe, racial affinities of, 11
Walking-powers of natives, 125
Wamatambwe tribe, famous swimmers, 346
Wambugwe tribe, origin of, 12
Wamburu tribe, origin of, 11
Wamwera tribe, 48 characteristics, 62 huts of, 50 location and condition of, 50 rebellion of and consequences, 17, 53, 383 skin-colour of, 52
Wanduwandu, Knudsen’s boy, 392, fate of and funeral, 395, his grave, 397
Wanege tribe, racial affinities of, 11
Wangindo tribe, 139
Wangoni enclave, 332–3 natives of, observations on, 336 et seq.
431Wangoni tribe, immigration of, 116 & note, 117–8 huts, 338 language and history, 339 et seq. rebels, 111, raids of, 118 true origin of, 341
Wanyamwezi tribe, carriers of, characteristics (see also Songs), 20, 23, 29, 80, 203, 418–9
Wanyasa, the, of Masasi, 70
Wanyaturu tribe, origin of, 12
Wasandawi tribe, language of, 11
Wawasi tribe, origin of, 11
Wataturu or Tatoga tribe, origin, and language, 12
Water, neighbourhood, why avoided by Makonde, 259–61
Water-supply, author’s precautions, 153–4 G.E. Africa, difficulties with, 150, 250–1
Weddings, native, 307–8
Weule, Dr., passim, ethnographical and ethnological tasks of, 11
Werther, Captain, view by of the Wakindiga, 11
Whirlwinds on the pori, etc., 61, 62, 149, 150, 217 charms against, 129–30
Winds, evening, 119, 126–7, 209, 247, 402
Wood-carving, native, 363–5
Words of dances, see Songs
Woman, primitive, debt of civilization to, 271–3
Women (see also Girls, Marriage, Married Life) native, Eastern Equatorial Africa and inland, position of and duties, 162–3 et seq. cry of, 231–2 & note, 297–8, 317 of Mahuta, 355 et seq. Makua, ornaments of, 219, 222, 223 nose-pins, 130–1 Wamwera, ornaments of, 55–7 Wooden figures of, 260 Yao, dress and ornaments of, 49, 219
Wonder-tales, native, 210, 212
Wooden figures of women, 260
Xylophone, native, 288, 319
Yao tribe, clan divisions, names of, 311 et seq. dances of, 177 dandy of, 213 death and burial customs of, 194 et seq. drinking customs, 186 huts of, 65, 128–9, 261–2 Lupanda among, 300 migrations of, 48, 49, 118, 139, 140 et seq. origin and racial affinities of, 139 mixed character of, 146 predominant at Chingulungulu, 139 treatment of lepers, 192 wooing, 305–6
Zanzibar, Sultans of, and Dar es Salam harbour, 2
Zanzibar treaty, the, 9
Zulu kingdoms, origins of, 117
Zuza, Yao chief, house of, 128 et seq.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
Re-indexed footnotes using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.