# Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons/Index

INDEX
INDEX
* Abambo, see Ghosts
* Aburi, 29
* Accra, 26, 29
* Adooma Tribe, 355
* Adultery, Laws of, 497
* Africans, their culture and characteristics, 439, 500-504, 605
* Agonjo, 306, 308, 333
* Ajumba, 317-229
* Akanda Point, 414
* Alondo Point, 392, 410
* Alouette, Mt. 408
* Ambas (or Amboises) Bay and Island, 610-613
* Andande, 215
* Angola-bells, 66
* Anne Bom, 46, 55
* Anzam, or Anyambi. God, 442
* Apparitions, 520-523
* Arevooma, 250
* Art, characteristics of Negro, 503
* Asyuka, 375
* Axim, 95
* Aynfwa Goddess, 512
* Ayshouka, 241
* Ayzingo Lake, Eliya z'Ayzingo, 237, 240, 269
* Bakwe, Boqué, River, 348
* Bana, Bank and Island, 405
* Bantu, religious ideas of the, 443
* Basile in Fernanda Po, 44
* Bateke Tribe, the, 357
* Bats, Witch, 470
* Baumann, Dr. Oscar, on the dances of the Bubis, 67
** on the Gods of the Bubis, 69
** on the language of the Bubis, 64
** on the liquor traffic, 63 note
* Beads "Aggry," 679
* Beans, Calabar, used in ordeals, 465, 466
* Bells, musical, of the Bubis, 66
** used by Witch Doctors, 464
** Watch, among the Fans, 450,
* Bell Town, Murder Society at, 539
* Benga Tribe, the, 400, 402
** Witch Doctors of the, 464
* Bights, of Benin and Biafra, 75
* Bikei, Coinage among the Fans, 320-321
* Blood, an apparition of, 522, 523
** ideas among the W. African tribes
*** with regard to, 447, 525
* "Blown-blessings," Ibata, 453
* Bobia Island, 610, 612
* Bohowissi, 521
* Boko Boko, on the Ogowé River, 183, 185
* Bonny, Town and River, 97
* Boofima, 539
* Boqué, or Bakwe River, 348
* Bosum Prah River, 635
* Brazza, M. de, at Loango, 105
** his exploration of the Ogowe, 353-368
* Brazzaville, 360, 361
* Buana, 606
* Bubis, the, of Fernando Po
** Arts and Crafts, 64
** Character of, 56
** Charms, 69
** Fetish, 68
** Gods, 69
** Government, 69
** Implements, 65
** Language, 64
** Music, 66, 68
* Buea, on Cameroons, 600, 604
* Burial customs (see Funeral customs)
** among the Bubis, 70
** African ideas regarding, 491
* Burial grounds of the Ajumba, 481 ​
* Burton, Sir Richard, his ascent of
** Mungo Mah Lobeh, 595 (note)
* Bush Souls, 459
* Bush trade, with the Fans, 310
*** with the Igalwa and M'pongwe, 316
* Cabalistic Words, 453
* Cabinda, Witch doctors among the, 464
* Calabar, Old, 12
* Cameroons, 548 (see Mungo Mah Cobeh)
* Canary, Grand, 13
* Cannibalism among the Fans, 287, 330
* Cape Coast Castle, 26
* Carica papaya, 39
* Carthaginian beats, 679
* Chaillu, M. du, his explorations, 368-370
* Charms, 445, 448-450, 511
** Mahommedan, 19
* Children, ownership of, 498
* Christiansborg, 30-33
* Civilization, effect of on W. African trihes, 403
* Clarence Cove and Town, Fernanda Po, 50
* Clarence Peak, 47, 50
* Coast Divisions of the W. Affican, 75
* Cocoa growing, 624
* Coffee growing in Congo Français, 147
** at Fernando Po, 48
** on the W. Coast, 642
* Coinage of the Bubis, 59
** of the ans, 320-1
* Coinage Equivalents of the Bubis, 59
** of the Natives near the Ogowé, 203
* Colonial methods, 548
* Como River, 345-347, 408
* Congo Français, 369-381
* Congo Free State Railway, 553, 624
* Cookery, Native, 208, 211
* Coomassie, Trade of, 636
* Corisco Island, 382,
** fishing at, 398-404
* Costumes of the Sierra Leone Negroes, 20
* Cotton growing, 643
* Cray fish swarms, 402
* Crocodiles, 88, 89, 546
* Crocodile Witches, 448, 538
* Cross River, 624
* Crown Sand, 405
* Death, Customs at, 459, 471, 482
* Diseases, Native ideas with regard to, 500
* Diseases, Native remedies for, 468-470
* Doctors, Witch, 464, 446
* Dongila, 351
* Dreams, Native ideas regarding, 504, 505
* Drink traffic, The, 18, 63, (note}, 662-668
* Dualla Tribe, The, 400
* "Duppy" 509
* Erumptup Seers, 459
* Education of the Natives by the French, 205
** by the Missions, 658-662
* Efoua, 270
* Egaja, 282
* Egbo Society, 532
* Elephants, 258
** hunting, 326
** sense of smell, 160
* Ellis, Colonel, on the Native Religions and Magic, 510
* Elmina, 27
* Eloby, 385, 406
* Esoon, 294, 207
* Esterias, 408-410, 420
* Extinction of W. African tribes, 401-403
* Eyeballs used as charms, 449
* Fan Tribe, 103-104 (note), 138, 141-142, 247
** aggressions on other tribes, 399
** arts and crafts, 322-324
** cannibalism, 330
** coinage, 320
** hunting, 325-327
** ideas about death, 381
** marriage laws, 321
** moral characteristics, 329
** trade, 310
* Fernan Vaz, 104
* Fernando Po, 42-73
** British occupation or, 53
** Fauna, 60
** Flora, 48
** Natives, See Bubis
** Spanish colonization of, 54, 615
* Fetish, origin of the name, 429
* Fever on the W. Coast, 85-86, 618-619, 680, 681
* Fishes, 692
* Filaria, 686
* Forests, characteristics of the W. African, 101
** on the banks of the Ogowé, 261-262
* Franceville, 356 ​
* Frederickshafen, 623
* Free Town, 14-25
* Fruits of the W. Coast, 38
* Funeral Customs, 490-491
** of the Ajumbas, 481
** of„ the„ Bantus, 478
** of„ the„ Delta of the Niger tribes, 490
** of„ the„ Calabar tribes, 479, 693-95
** Congo Français tribes, 479
** Fans, 481
** 'Mpongwe and 'galwa, 287
** Ncomi, 281
* Gaboon, 104-106, 329
* Gaboon River, 326
* Geography of Congo Français, 369
* Ghosts and Spirits, 443-445, 505, 509
* Glass, 108, 347
* Gods, Native ideas concerning, 442, 507, 513
* Gold Coast, The, 26-41
** imports, 676
* Gorillas, 267-268
* Grain Coast, The, 75
* Graves of the Ajumbas, 481
*** of„ the„ Natives of Calabar, 293
* Gri-Gri bags, 19
* Gru-Gru, 429 (note)
* Hippopotami, 243, 253
* Hornbills, 256
* "Hubbards," 220
* "Ibet," Prohibitions, 455
* Idols, 454
* Igalwa Tribe, 219, 227
** dress, 223
** houses, 220
* Ikun, 527-529
* Inembe spirit, 230
* Incarnation of spirits, 521-522
* Indigo planting, 543
* Inheritance, Laws of, 485
* Insects, 720-731
* Islands, floating, 380
* Ivory, trade in, 325
* Kacongo, 401, 641-679
* Kama country, 375
* Kangwe Mission Station, 133, 215, 231
* Kangwe, Mount, 177
* Karkola, River, 241-242
* Kembe Island, 174, 199
* Kondo Kondo, 177, 177
* Konig Island, 347
* Kraw-kraw, 437
* Kruboys, treatment of by the Portuguese, 49
** as labourers, 645-654
* Kru Coast, 75
* Labour on the West Coast, 645, 656
** foreign, 656
* Lafayette, the log of the, 382 428
* Lagos, 76
** Bar, 73-75
* Lhiamba, 667
* Language, 602-504 (see Trade English}
* Laval Island, 404
* Law, Native, 496-500
** of Adultery, 497
** of Inheritance, 485-486
** of Ownership, 498-499
** of Theft, 496
* Lawson River, 358
* Lefini River, 358
* Lekete River, 358
* Lembarene Island, 131, 217-219
* Leopards, 543~546
* Leopard societies, 537
* Lestourville, 372
* Libreville, 108
* Licona River, 354
* Liquor Traffic, 63, 662, 668, 675
* Lizard demon, 471
* Loango, 105
* Lobe, God of the Bubis, 69
* Lomanjawki, 177
* Loom, cloth, Invention of, 734
* Lope, Mount, 370
* Lopez, Cape, 104
* Mahommedans at Sierra Leone, 17-19
* Mangrove swamps, 87-95, 111
* Man o' War's Bay, 620
* Marriage, Native, 113, 225
* Mbiam used in ordeals, 464
* Mbuiri, 228
* Medicine, Native ideas on, 469
* Medicine men, 446 ​
* Mental attributes of the Negroes, 669-673
* Mionde charm, 444
* Missionary teaching, 658-662
* Missions, 28, 54, 422, 615
* Mondoleh Island, 610
* Moondah River, 407
* Mourning for the dead, Native, 482
* Mpama River, 358
* 'Mpongwe tribe, 223, 400
* Mungubatta Region, 455
* Mungo Mah Lobeh (The Peak of Cameroons), Ascent of, 548-608
* Mungo River 576
* Muni River, 407
* Murder Societies, 536
* Music, Native, 66, 181
* Müttterrecht, traces of, 224, 486
* Nassau, Dr., his explorations on the Ogowé, 371, 394
** his description of Ivory hunting, 328
** quoted on the subject of native superstitions, 456
* Nazareth Bay, 125
* Nhakim or ghost traps, 495
* Ncovi, Lake, 238
* Ndiva, Tribe, 437
* Ndorko, 338
* Ndork, 495
* Negroes, 442
* Ngunie River, 137, 370
* Niger River, Mangrove swamps at the mouth of the, 94
* "Nigger" English, 432-433
* Njole, 105, 148, 167
* Njoko, Mount, 185
* Nkama, River, 348
* Nkami Country, 242
* N'Poulounay, 369 (note)
* Ntamo, Brazzaville, 360, 361, 366
* Oath, Mbiam formula, 465
* Odeaka Cheese, 227
* Ogololé Creek, 104
* Ogowé River, 103
** Discovery of, 103, 370
** Geography of, 372, 375
** History of its exploration, 354-371
** Scenery of, 129-130
* Oil Rivers, 73
* Okana River, 185
* Okoneto Mt. 338
* Okÿon, 74
* Olâgá Souls, 230
* Olangi Mt. 177
* Old Calabar, 42
* Olomb'ompslo River, 348
* Ombiwiri spirits, 444
* Omon Range, 99 (note), 594
* Ordeals, 464, 490, 497
* O'Remho Vongo, 235, 241
* Orunda Prohibition, 456
* Osheba tribe, 369 (note)
* Osoamokita, 143, 217
* Otalamaguga, 371
* Ovata, 185
* Owassa God, 69
* Ownership native laws of, 498-499
* Pallaballa Mountains, 99 (note) 358.
* Palm Wine, 667
* Pandanus Candelabrum, 303 (note)
* Papaw, 39
* Parroquet Island, 347
* Pepper Coast, 75
* Phangwe, (see Fan)
* Picarthartes symnocephalus, 23
* Pico de las Nieves, 13
* Pirate Rocks, 615
* Pistia stratiotes, river lettuce, 378
* Plantain eaters, 236
* Plantations, 640-645
* Plants of Cameroons and the Ogowé district, 732-733
* Polygamy, 212-214, 662
* Pongara Point, 348
* Portos of Fernando Po, 59, 71
* Ports, The Leeward and the Windward, 75; post-mortem, 467
* Portuguese possessions, 641
* Pottery of the Bubis, 65
** of the Fans, 322
* Princepe Island, 46-48
* Property, Native Laws of, 484-486
* Pythons, Measurements of, 161, 347
* Railways, 634, 638-639
* Read, Mr. Winwood, 357, 437
* Rembwé River, 297, 333-352
* Rio del Rey, 609 ​
* Rivers of West Africa as waterways, 634, 635, 638
* Rubber collecting, 289-292
* Rumby Mountains, 99 (note) 894
* Sacrifices, 451-454, 455
* Samba, 137
* Sanatoriums, 604,near Ambas Bay, 615-618, 620
* Sanctuaries, 466
* Santa Isabel, 50
* San Thomé, 46
* Sasabonsum, 509, 511
* Sass Wood, 464
* Schools, Mission, 28, 29
* Sciurus eborivorus, 325
* Seasons of the West Coast, 375
* Second sight, 460
* Sete Kama, 372
* Shandi Island, 185
* Sierra Leone, 14, 25
* Sierra del Cristal, 99 (note) 159, 177, 185, 262, 407
* Sissa souls, 517
* Slessor, Miss, 74, 474, 524
* Slavery among the Bubis, 70, 678
* Sleep Disease, 401
* Small Pox, 401
* Societies, Secret, 526-543
** Crocodile, 538
** Egbo, 532
** Ikun, 521, 527, 529
** Leopard, 537, 543
** Ukuku, 445, 535, 540
** Vassi, 535, 542
* Soil character of the West Coast,620-62
* Songs, of the Bubis, 66
* Soul of the Igalwa and 'Mpongwe, 180, 459
* Spaniards at Fernando Po, 53, 55
* Spirits and Apparitions, 443-445, 505, 509, 555
* Srahmandazi, the underworld of the Tschwis, 517-520
* Suhman (tutelary deity), 510, 511
* Sun Worship, absence of, in Native Creeds, 508; surf, 513
* Swamps (see Mangrove, 87, 95)
* Taboos, 485, 456, 455
* Talagouga, 152, 156 (note) 165
** gorge, 143
** Mt., 144
* Talismans, Mahommedan, 19
* Tando, God, 521
* Tattooing, 530
* Tea-planting, 644
* Teneriffe, 13
* Tetze Fly, 637
* Theft, Laws of, 496
* Tunber, 638
* Tomanjawki, Mt., 182
* Tornados, 374
* Trade, Enghish, 432-434, 502-504
** W. Africa, 631
* Transport, means of, from the interior to the Coast, 634
* Twins, Native superstitions regarding, 472-3
* Ubanji Nation, 359
* Ukuku Society, 541
* Underwarld, the, 483, 517-520
* Vanilla, 644
* Vicloria, 606, 607
* Victoria, Peak, (see Mungo Mah Lobet
* Vipera Nasicornis, 205
* Volcanoes, 437
* Volcanic Islands on the W. Coast, 46
* Volta, River, 634
* Vultures, legends regarding, 235 (note)
* Walker, Mr., his explorations, 369-3
* Water-drinking, 687
* Widows, Native treatment of, 487-491, 516
* Witchcraft, Native, 442-458, 463-467, 482, 515
* Witch Doctors, 463-464
* Wives, Native, 466, 497
* Women, 527
** their rights of property, 484-485
* Wonga Wonga, the Hole, 437
* Wards, Magic, 453
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