The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia; Being Some Impressions of the Tanganyika Plateau

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abibcorn, 5, 35, 88, 40, 45, 111. Abnormalities, 126. Abortion, 63, 177, 261. Administration of justice, native, 50. of N.-E. Rhodesia, 11, 22, 69, 110, 149, 344. Administrator, 43, 69, 110. Adultery, 55,57, 90,124, 346. African Lakes Corporation (formerly African Lakes Company), 36, 38, 41, 45, 68, 250, 311, 321. Afterbirth, buried in hut, 177. Age classes, 258. Agriculture, 291 el seq.; training of natives, 344. Albinos, 126. children of Mulenga, 82, 127. Alungu. See Lungu. Alungwana, Sw-hili half-castes, 12, 342. Amambwe. See Mambwe. Amulets, 91, 92, 125. Ancestral spirits, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 176, 278, 295. Angoni, 14, 29, 34, 44,121,181, 294. Animals, game, 191 ft sn., 301, 381. Wemba names of, 228-9. totem, 98, 95. spirits of chiefs reincarnated in, 84. mythical, 192, 282-3. figures of. 159-60. Animism, 80, 81. Anointing of kings, 20. 21. of girls on initiation, 158. of bridal pair, 161,163. Ant bear, 308. Antelopes, 191, 194, 195,197. Ants, 108. Aprons of Winamwanga and Wiwa people, 251-2. Arabs, 12, 13, 14, 29, 37, 41-2, 167. 181. Arrow, in wedding ceremonies, 161, 1 l. 164. Arts, 286 rt uq. Asao tribe, 33. Atkari. See Constabulary. Assessors, native, 108, 130. Atamlio, 12. A urora, quoted, 33, 259, 263. Awemba. See Wemba. Awisa (Babisa). See Bisa. Awiwa. See Wiwa. Axehi'iul (c/i i ti/-i//(). divination by, 63,88. Babisa (Awisa). See Bisa. JBachibinda (elders). See Guilds and Uwanga. Baluba. See Luba. Ba Muka Benyt. See Priestesses. Bangweolo, Lake, 13, 16, 17, 44, 94, 119, 127,179, 200, 203, 242, 283, 307, 331, 333. Baraza, reception of chiefs by Adminis-trator, 111. Bark-cloth 261, 252, 286, 287, 342. Barter, 289. Banchiloshi, 89. Baskets, 288. Bees, 308. unlucky beehives, 296. 'Bee, ' for tree-cutting, 26J, 297. Beer, 260, 261, ...