Pauw feathers, native liking for,
49
Payment in advance, 182; ii. 27
Pembe river, 187
Pereira, Senhor, merchant at Tette,
ii. 56
Pereira, Cipriano Gaetano (see Kan-
kune), ii. 65
Perfume used by Matabeli Queens,
53
Persecution of a missionary, 52
Physic sent for by a chief, ii. 198
Piebald Kaffir, a, ii. 31
Pigeons, trading for, ii. 28
“ Piner!”<a, ii. 35
Pipe, the wild hemp, 152
Piracy on the Kwa-kwa river, ii.
294
Pillows, wooden, of Mashona, 133;
in Angoni-land, ii. 124
Planfain-eaters, 281
Podophyllin powder, 245
Poetical expressions of the Matabeli,
58, 59
Poison on arrows, 29
Poisoned water, 73
Polygamy, 62
Pombe, name for beer, ii. 31, 104,
119, 120,122,141,164,181,194,
239,241
Port Elizabeth, 6, 8, 9
Portuguese and Mazinjiri war, ii.
223
Portuguese possessions in Eastern
Africa, ii. 41
Portuguese military system, ii. 46
,, forces on the Shire, ii.
265
Portuguese camp, ii. 266, 273
» army, mode of maintaining,
ii'. 276, 277
Potatoes, sweet, 225, 226
Pottery, native, 248
Power of chiefs, 184, 204
Prairie fire, pursued by, 101; an
immense, 128 ; ii. 77
Preemption law, ii. 3 4
Presents, 1 2 0
„ from natives, 2 2 4 , 2 2 6 ,
2 6 1 ; ii. 2 9 ,' 1 9 6
Presents indispensable, 1 1 2
„ not pay, 1 3 7
Prestage, Father, 4 1
Pretoria, 2 0
Prospecting for gold, 1 4 8 , 2 1 9 ; ii. 4 9
Provisions exhausted, ii. 7 4 , 7 6 ,
, 2 8 7
Pumpkins, 9 7
„ on the' Shifé, ii. 281, 286
Punishment, dismemberment a, ii.
121 '
Queens, appearance of Matabeli,
5 3 , 5 4 , 5 5 ; huts of Matabeli, 5 3
Quillimane, ii, 2 2 3 , 2 9 5 , 2 9 6
Quills used for gold dust, 2 2 5
Rainy season, 3 1 0 ; ii. 1 9 , 4 9
Ramakukan, a chief. See Kasisé.
Ramotsa, a chief, 2 5
Rat-huntinsr, boys, ii. 1 1 4
Rats, ii. 6 , 1 3 , 9 8
Recruiting carriers, 1 11
Reed bucks, 1 4 5 , 3 1 4
Regiment, Lo Bengula’s, 7 4
Religion among the Boers, 2 6 ■
Retreat from Chflzu’s, 2 1 1
Revubwe river. See Revuqwe.
Revuqwe river, ii. 6 1 , 6 2 , 9 6 , 1 1 3 ,
1 5 5
Rhinoceros, 1 0 2 , 2 5 9 , 2 8 0 , 2 9 0
Rice, ii. 1 9
Rifles, 6 3 ; Henry express, 7 8 ;
cartridges sticking in, 9 1 ; exhibitions
before natives, 2 2 5 , 2 4 4
Rings for head-dress, ii. 1 1 0 , 1 1 1
Rivers. See under names :—Ama-
zoe; Benia; Chobe; Dake ; Dorah;
Etsatse ; Goque ; Grumapudzi ;
Gwailo; Gwigwi ; Hanyane;
Jnkwezi ; Kameo ; Kapinja ;
Karemwe ; Karue ; Kwa-Kwa ;
Limpopo ; Mababe ; Mabalapse ;
Mangue ; Mauni ; Mjobva ;
Mkoma ; Mkondozi; Mkumbura;
Molepololi ; Msingua ; Mufa ;
Mutua ; Mvudzi ; Mvurezi ;
Nyansanga; Pembe; Revuqwe;
Ruia; Ruiana;.Rumabiri; Ruo;
Sabia ; Sarue ; Sepaque ; Shasbi ;
Shikambe ; Shiré ; Simbo ; Umk-
hosi; Umquadzi ; Umtenge;
Umvuli; Umzengaizi ; Umz-
wezwe ; Vaal ; Vilange ; Waynge ;
Zambezi.
River beds, dry, 37, 289, 305, 310 ;
' ii. 18, 25, 32, 39, 63.
Roan antelopes, 168, 241
Robberies, ii. 254
Robbery of a trader, ii. 227
„ ii. 242
“ Rock of Wisdom ” at Inyota, 246
Rocks, towns amidst, 104,117,118
..Roll-call, native amusement at, 192
Rosier, M., of Quillimane, ii. 296
Rubero. See Sakanii. .
Ruia river, 165,168, 186, 254
Ruiana river, 272
Rumabiri river, 187
Ruo river, ii. 246, 253, 264
Rusaka mountains, 144, 218
Sabia river, 50, 80
Sable antelope, 171
Sagwam, a “ faithful,” 68
St. Helena, 4
Sakakaka. See Kankune.
Sakanii, King, 282 ; his mother,
296, 301 ; his parentage, 312 ;
meeting with, 311 ; bargaining
with, ii. 9 ; payment of, 17
Sal volatile, ii. 182
Salt carriers, ii. 162,166
Salt water, a majesty-making medicine,
65 ■
■“ Salted ” horses, 46
Salumbidwa, native name for Mo-
rambala mountain, ii. 285
Salutation, mode of, 120
Sandani, Old, 185; negotiating with,
215 ; his numerous wives, 219,
242; sings the white man’s
praises, 243
Sarue river, 94
Scott, Dr. and Mrs., at Blantyre, ii.
225
Sebaii, the guide, 133
Secheli, King, 27
Sechuana language, 24
Selous, Mr. F. C., 5, 9, 16, 18-20,
24, 30, 35, 49, 52, 53; attacked
by fever, 62, 63, 79, 80; his
furthest N.E. camp, 94
Sentinel, the mysterious, ii. 99
Sepaque river, 82
Sergeant, Mr., 72, 73
Sewing karosses, 32
Shashi river, 39
Shearer, Mr., African Lakes Company,
ii. 296
Shepstone, Sir Theophilus, 72
Sheep, loss of, 126
Shidim, ii. 35
Shikambe river, ii. 64
Shiloh, a station, 72; cultivated
land at, 74
Shir<5, Upper, river, ii. 216
„ river, animal life on the, ii.
218 ; birds on the, 218, 223, 261,
slave kidnapping on the, 224;
sad war scenes, 278, 282
Shire valley, slave captain in the,
ii. 125; slavery in the, 283
Shoshong. See Khama’s Town.
Shoshong infantry, humours of the,
33, 34
Shot, the mysterious, ii. 102
Shupanga, Livingstone’s deserted
house at, ii. 289
Silence enforced, ii. 92, 95
„ an advantage with savages,
106
Simbo river, 92
Singanga or witch-doctors, ii. 233