Part 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
A
Abiabok, 163, 180-184
Abiadiong, 180
Abiadiong, 180
Abonema (see New Calabar)
Abrah, oracle at, 172
Administration (see Crown Colony)
Adultery laws, 434, 454, 536
African—
acclimatisation of, West Indians, 53-54
agriculture, 341
nature of, 63, 124, 168, 177-178, 373
Alemba rapid fetish, 177
Alumah, King, 458
Amachree, King, 500, 503, 505
Amomum, 56
Anamaquoa, 82
Ancestor Worship, 131-135
Andoni, 538-540, 553
Angola, 196, 283
Animal deities, 513, 515 (see Snake and Shark)
Ants—
Driver, 25-33
Myriaica molesta, 33, 34
Apothecary, 180-184
Ashantee, 115, 144, 368
Assini, 73, 83
Atlantis, 227
Ayzingo, 108
Azambuja, 258
B
Bafangh, 152
Bakele, 186
Bantu, 231 (see Negro)
Bar, custom, 523
Barbot, 46, 69, and Appendix III.
Basel mission, 110
Bastian, 137, 154
Baths, medical, 182, 183
Bence Island, 36
Benga, 90, 153
Benguella, 210, 286-287
Benin, Bight of, 4
fetish of, 141-144 (see Appendix I)
natives of kingdom, 448-468
Binger, 83
Bob Manuel, King, 507, 509
Bonny, 142, 495-509, 510, “free,” 516, 540
Brahmanism, 119
Brass River, 140, 468-491
Bristol, 83
Brohemie, 458
Brüe Sieur, 271-273
Burial Customs, 144-150, 452-455
Bush fighting, 319
soul, 208, 209
C
Cabinda, 11, 186
Calabar, 54, 140-142
fetish, 144
history, 552-561
New, 491
Cameroons, 81, 231, 236, 238
Canoes, 99-101
Catfish, 96, 97
Centipedes, 81
Chamberlain, Rt. Honble. J., 307
Chambers of Commerce, 323
Charms, 163-169
Chiloango, 108-112
Clerks, 329, 357
Coinage, native, 82
Colonial Office, 305, 324-330
Comey, 444, 447, 523
Competition, 417
Comte, 115
Congo—
Belge, 54
River, 102, 238
Cookey Gam, King, 497
Corisco, 89-90
Crabs, 105
Crocodiles, 2
worship of, 140
Crown Colony, 317, 319, 326, 361, 366, 390, 417-418
statistics, 348, 357
Crowther—
Bishop, 481
Archdeacon, 487, 509
“Customs,” native, 451 (see Fetish)
fiscal, 408, 410, 413, 444, 447
D
Dahomey—
fetish, 144
fiscal, 347-348
Danfodio, 278
Dash, 446
De Brosses, 114
Debtors, 431, 433
Dennett, R. E., 154, 183, 186, 192
De Zurara, 252, 253
Dieppe, 256, 261-263
Diplomacy, 280
Direct taxation, 331
Disease (see Doctor)
ague, 184
boisi, 184
fvuma, 184
hysteria, 188
leprosy, 184
malignant melancholy, 188
pneumonia, 188
small-pox, 184-188
soul, diseases of, 199, 209, 213
worms, 184
yaws, 187
Doctor (see Apothecary)
clinical, 199-219
witch, 163, 169, 180, 182, 213
Dream-soul, 205, 207
Drum fish, 108
Duppy, 68
Dutch, 262, 268
Dye wood, 78
E
Eboes, 138 (see Ibo)
Ebony, 78
Ebumtup, 214
Edinburgh Review, 157
Egbo (see Law God)
Electrical fish, 107
Ellis, Sir A. B., 115-116, 132, 134-139
Elmina, 257
Emanequetta, 57
Expenditure (see Crown Colony)
Exports, 334
F
Face, throwing the, 165-167
Familiar spirits, 161
Fangaree charms, 164
Father, making, 146-148, 451
Fetish, 112-179
“customs,” 173, 176, 450
days, 171, 174
definitions of, 113, 116, 119, 171
derivation of the word, 114
gods and goddesses—
Abassi-boom, 155
Mbuiri, 118
Nkala, 118
Nyankupong, 155
Nzambi 118, 137, 154
Nzambi Mpungu, 155
Sasabonsum, 117
Srahmantin, 137
House, description of, 170, 514
Man, 168, 171
Schools of, 137
Calabar, 144, 151, 160
Mpongwe, 151, 154, 160
Nkissism, 154-163
Tshi and Ewe and Yoruba, 139
Fiscal arrangements, 290 (see Crown Colony)
Fish, quality of, 95, 106-109
Fishing, appliances, 101-106
canoes, 99
Native methods of, 99-109, 488
Floating Islands, 103
French, early exploration by the, 250, 264
Statistics, Colonial, 347
Frogs, 66
Funerals, 145, 452-484
G
Ga, 138
Gesture, 237
Ghagas, 424
Glamour, 219
Gods (see Fetish), 141
Goethe, 121-123
Gorillae, 235, 236
Governor, 305, 328, 365
native, 450
Grain Coast, 56-61
of Paradise, 56-61
Guineamen, 83
Günther, Dr., 108
H
Hanno, 231-240
Head cutting, 525
Hero worship, 131-134
Hoheit, Landes and Ober, 400-405, 410
House system, 427, 475-478
Human sacrifices, 142-148
I
Ibbibios, 138
Igalwa, 153
Ijos, 448, 460
Immortal soul, 200, 207
Imports, 334
Inheritance, 453-475
Insects, 10-11
Islam and Fetish, 127
Ivory Coast, 68-73
trade of, 81-83, 347
J
Ja Ja, King, 497, 522, 527, 540-552
Jakris, 448-457, 459-460
Jam, 503
Jannequin, 248
Jews, 630
Jobson, 246-247
Ju Ju, 114 (see Fetish)
Long, 439, 444, 461, 480, 498
trade, 503
K
Kitty-Katty, 64
Kla, 200
Koromantin slaves, 140
Krumen, 52, 54, 56, 412, 429
Kufong, 163, 165
Kwo Ibo, 549, 552, and Appendix II
L
Labat, 131
Lagos, colony, 353
Land, 438
Landana, 194
Law, John, 271
Law, native—
adultery, 434, 536
god society, 160
property, 371, 427, 439, 475-478.
Leo Africanus, 231
Leopard worship, 140, 165
Liberia, 46, 52-54 (see Grain Coast)
Loanda, 108, 284
Loango, 212
Lucan, Dr., 194
Lyall, Sir Alfred, on witchcraft, 156, 158
M
Machinery, 288
Maine, Sir Henry, 153
Malagens, 69
Malignant melancholy, 188-189
Manchester, 288, 351
Manilla, 82
Manioc, 190
Markets, 310
Maxwell, Sir Wm., 329
Meleguetta Coast, 51-61
Melli, 244-245, 426
Mendi, 164
Merolla, 197, 321
Minstrels, 149
Missionary, 320, 478, 509, 512, 556
Mohammedanism and Fetish, 126-127, 141
Monrovia, 46
Monteiro, 196
Mpongwe, 151
Mungo Mah Lobeh, 236
Murder, 454
Music, 64-66
Mutterrecht, 437
N
Nassau, Dr., 89, 130, 152-153, 159
Nana, 451, 458
Negro, 420-423
Nganga bilongo (see Apothecary)
Niger Company, 279, 306, 360, 394
Nkala, 118
Nkissism, 154-155, 163
Nyankupong, 155
Nzambi, 118, 137, 154-155, 159
Nzambi Mpungu, 118, 155
O
Obeah, 139, 140, 219
Ogi, 138
Ogowé, 45, 79, 102
Oko Jumbo, King, 522, 529-532
Ombuiri, 116
Opobo, 142, 532, 540-549
Ordeal, 160, 161, 490
Oru, 160
Oulof, 273
Ouwere, 143, 630
P
Palm oil, 15 (see Appendix I)
Panavia, 152
Paradise grains, 56-57
Parliamentary resolution (1865), 305, 307, 311
Pepple, King, 497, 510, 512, 517-521, 526
Pepper coast (see Grain)
Phœnicians, 227 (see Hanno)
Police, 333, 407
Poorah, 139
Portuguese, 114, 252-256, 281, 290
stone monuments, 259
Post-mortem, 211
Priests, 140-141, 160, 169-170, 499, 505 (see Fetish Man)
Property—
ancestral, 428
family, 428
private, 428-429
Stool, 428
R
Railways, 287, 350
Religion, native (see Fetish)
Revenue, 309, 413 (see Crown Colony)
native, 444-447, 523
S
Sails, 100-101
Sataspes, 228
San Andrew, Rio, 58, 70, 73
Sanguin, 274
Sasabonsum, 116-117
Scorpion, 80, 81, 185
Senegal, 273, 275
Shadow-soul, 200, 207-208
Shake hand, 446
Shark, 501
Sierra Leone, 36, 139, 149, 344
resources of, 339
Sisa, 202-205
Sleep disease, 189-193
stages of, 192-193
Small-pox, 186-188
Smaltz, 273
Snake worship, 140, 483-490, 456
Sobo, 457
Societies, Secret, 139, 170, 556-566
(see Law God)
Song-net, 149-150
Soul, 199-200
Fetish view of the, 129-131
Division of the Human, 200-204
South Africa, 394
Spiders, 140
Spinoza 112-113, 120
Spirit and Matter, Native view of, 129-130
Spirits, Classes of, 130
Familiar, 161
Touch of, 133
Srahmandazi, 146, 151, 202
Srahmantin, 137
Statesmanship, 311
Statistics, 348-357
T
Tchanga (Voudou), 139
“Them,” 132
Theopompus, 226
Timber, 73-80
Timbuctoo, 277
Tom-toms, 64
Topping, 525
Tornadoes, 18-19, 47-48
Trade (see Crown Colony)
gold, 241-246, 257
palm oil, 354-359
rubber, 353
salt, 242-248, 339
timber, 78
tobacco, 248, 339
Tshi, 115, 137
Twins, treatment of, 148
Tylor, Professor, 115
U
Ukukiwe, 160
Umaru l’Haji, 278
V
Vegetation, 32-33
Virtue, Native idea of, 178
Volta, 96
Voudou, 139-140
W
Wanga (Obeah), 139-140, 219
War, 371
Warri, 143, 459, 630
Wealth, 438
“Well-disposed ones,” 132
West Africa, Political aspect of, 310
West Indies, 302, 324
Will Braid, 493-497
Wills, 436
Winnebah, 175
Winnaboes, 471-474
Witchcraft, 157-168
law, 430 (see Fetish)
X
Xylophonic instruments, 65
Y
Yam custom, 174-175, 450
Yaws, 187
Z
Zaire, 102
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