of, reached by the caravan, 223. Scenery on the road near, 245.
Blackmail at, 252. Entrance into, 259. Description of the surrounding
country, 259. The calabash tree at, 260. Siroccos at, 260. Reception
of the caravan at, 261. Incidents of the march through, 261-280. Roads
from Ugogo to Unyamwezi, 281. Geography of Ugogo, 294. Boundaries of,
294. No rivers in, 295. Igneous formation of, 295. Houses of, 296.
Subsoil of, 296. Climate of, 297. Diseases of, 299. Vegetation of,
299, 300. Animals of, 300. Roads of, 302. Description of the tribes
of, 303. Lodging for caravans in, 354. Return through, ii. 246.
Ugoyye, district of, in Ujiji, ii. 53.
Uhha, land of, now a desert, ii. 53. Laid waste by the Watuta tribe,
76, 78.
Uhehe, march through, ii. 250. People of, 251.
Ujiji, Sea of. _See_ Tanganyika, Lake of.
Ujiji, town of, lodgings for caravans in, i. 354. Arrival of the party
at the, ii. 46. Scene there, 47. Climate of, 50, 51. Boundaries of,
53. Villages and districts of, 53. Camping ground of caravans near,
54. Distance of Ujiji from the coast, and number of stages, 55.
History of the country, 56. Trade of, 57. Fertility of the soil of,
57. Bazar of, 59. Fauna of, 60. Slave trade of, 61. Principal tribes
in, 62. Inconveniences of a halt at, and of a return journey from, 74.
Mode of spending the day at, 87.
Ukami, depopulation of, i. 88.
Ukaranga, or “land of ground-nuts,” on the Tanganyika Lake, arrival
at, ii. 44. Boundaries of, 52. Wretched villages of, 52. Apathy of the
people, 52. Etymology of the name, 52.
Ukerewe, ii. 212. Account of, 212, 213. People of, 212. Commerce of,
213.
Ukhindu, or brab-tree, i. 48.
Ukona, reached by the caravan, i. 318.
Ukungwe, village of, i. 403.
Ukungwe, islands of, ii. 151.
Umbilical region, protrusion of the, in the children of the Wazaramo,
ii. 117.
Unguwwe, or Uvungwe, river, ii. 40, 52. Forded, 40.
Unyanguruwwe, settlement of, i. 408.
Unyangwira, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 6.
Unyanyembe district, rice lands of the, i. 321. Aspect of the land,
321. Description of it, 325; ii. 5. Roads in, i. 325. Its physical
features, 326. Its villages, 326. History of the Arab settlements in,
327. Food in, 329, 331-334. Prices in, 333.
Unyamwezi, or the Land of the Moon, i. 313. Arrival of the caravan in
the, 314. Lodgings for caravans in, 354. Geography of, ii. 1.
Boundaries and extent of, 2. Altitude of, 2. The country as known to
the Portuguese, 2. Corruptions of the name, 2, 3. Etymology of the
word, 3, 4. Barbarous traditions of its having been a great empire, 4.
Portuguese accounts of its former greatness, 5. Its present political
condition, 5. Its dialects, 5. Provinces into which it is divided, 5.
General appearance of the country, 6. Its geology, 6. Peaceful rural
beauty of the country, 7. Water and rice fields, 7. Versant of
Unyamwezi, 8. Its two seasons, 8. Its rainy monsoon, 8-10. The hot
season, 11. Diseases of the country, 11, 13, 14. Whirlwinds and
earthquakes, 11, 13. Curious effects of the climate, 14. Fauna of
Unyamwezi, 15. Roads in, 19. Notice of the races of, 19.
Unyoro, dependent, ii. 187.
Unyoro, independent, land of, ii. 197. People of, 197.
Urundi, mountains of, i. 409; ii. 48. Arrival of the expedition in the
region of, 101. People of, 107, 117. Description of the kingdom of,
144. Governments of, 145. People of, 145. Route to, 169.
Uruwwa, the present terminus of trade, ii. 147. People of, 147. Prices
at, 147.
Usagara mountains, i. 87, 159, 215, 297, 335. Ascent of the, 160. Halt
in the, 161. Healthiness of the, 161. Vegetation of the, 162, 165.
Water in the, 218. Descent of the counterslope of the, 219. View from
the, 220. Geography of the, 225, _et seq._ Geology of the, 227. Fruits
and flowers of the, 228. Magnificent trees of the, 129. Water-channels
and cultivation of the ground in the, 229. Village of the, 229.
Supplies of food in the, 229. Roads of the, 230. Water for drinking in
the, 230. Climate of the, 231. Diseases of the, 233. The tribes
inhabiting the, 233.
Usagozi, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 6. March to, i. 405. Insolence
of the men of, 405. Description of the town of, and country around,
405. Sultan and people of, 406.
Usek’he, in Ugogo, i. 272.
Usenda, capital of the Sultan Kazembe, ii. 148. Trade of Usenda, 148.
Usenge, arrival of the party at the clearing of, i. 407.
Usoga, Land of, ii. 197. People of, 197.
Usui, road and route from Unyanyembe to, ii. 175. Description of, 176.
People of, 176.
Usukama, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 5.
Usumbwa, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 6.
Utakama, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 5.
Utambara, near Marungu, district of, ii. 151.
Ut’hongwe, country of, ii. 52.
Utumbara, a province of Unyamwezi, ii. 6, 176. People of, 176.
Uvinza, lodgings for caravans in, i. 354. Geography of, ii. 1, 48. The
two seasons of, 8.
Uvira, southern frontier of, reached by the expedition, ii. 115, 116.
Sultan of, 116. Blackmail at, 120. Commerce of, 120.
Uyanzi, land of, description of the, i. 279.
Uyonwa, principal village of Uvinza, ii. 78. Sultan Mariki of, 78.
Tents pitched at, 161.
Uyuwwi, Kitambi, sultan of, i. 320.
Uzaramo, the first district of, i. 54. Fertility of, 60. Wild animals
of, 63. Storm in, 60. Boundaries of the territory of, 107. Roads in,
335. Art of narcotising fish in, ii. 67. Re-entered, 275.
Uzige, land of, described, ii. 146. People of, 146. Rivers of, 146.
Uziraha, plain of, ii. 263.
Uzungu, or White Land, African curiosity respecting, i. 261.
Valentine, the Goanese servant, sketch of his character, i. 131. Taken
ill, i. 200, 379; ii. 169. Cured by the tinctura Warburgii, 169. His
reception by the Wagogo, 263. Sent to learn cooking, 384. Suffers from
ophthalmia, 406. Mortally wounds a Wayfanya, ii. 124.
Vegetables in East Africa, i. 201; ii. 283.
Vegetation of--
Bomani, road to, i. 47.
Dut’humi, i. 87.
Eastern Africa generally, i. 228.
Karagwah, ii. 180.
Katonga river, ii. 187.
K’hutu, i. 91.
Kingani river, valley of the, i. 56, 69.
Kiranga-Ranga, i. 60.
Kirira, i. 395.
Kiruru, i. 83.
Kuingani, i. 43.
Makata tank, i. 181.
Mgeta river, i. 166.
Mgunda Mk’hali, i. 282.
Mrima, the, i. 101, 103, 104.
Msene, i. 397, _note_.
Muhogwe, i. 63.
Mukondokwa mountains, i. 195.
Murundusi, ii. 250.
Rufuta fiumara, i. 168.
---- plains, i. 180.
Tanganyika Lake shores, ii. 141.
The road beyond Marenga Mk’hali, i. 205.
The road to Ugogo, i. 246.
Tumba Ihere, i. 62.
Ugogo, i. 275, 299, 300.
Ugoma, ii. 147.
Ujiji, ii. 57.
Unguwwe river, ii. 40.
Unyamwezi, ii. 6.
Usagara mountains, i. 162, 165, 220.
Uvinza in June, ii. 163.
Yombo, i. 387.
Zungomero, i. 95.
Veneration, African want of, ii. 336.
Village life in East Africa, described, ii. 278.
Villages of the Mrima, i. 102. Of the Wak’hutu, 121. A deserted
village described, 185. Villages of the Usagara mountains, 229. Of the
Wahehe, 240. Of East Africa generally, 364, _et seq._ In Unyamwezi,
ii. 7. Of Ukaranga, 52.
Vinegar of East Africa, ii. 288.
Voandzeia subterranea, a kind of vetch, i. 196, 198.
Wabembe tribe, their cannibal practices, ii. 114, 146.
Wabena tribes, i. 304. Described by the Arab merchants, ii. 270.
Wabha tribe, their habitat, ii. 78. Their chief village, 78. Their
personal appearance and dress, 78. Their arms, 78. Their women, 78.
Wabisa tribe, habitat of the, ii. 150. Their dress, 150. Their manners
and customs, 150.
Wabwari, or people of Ubwari island, described, ii. 113. Women of the,
113.
Wadoe tribe, their habitat, i. 123. Their history, 123. Their
cannibalism, 123. Their distinctive marks, 124. Their arms, 124. Their
customs, 124. Subdivisions of the tribe, 124.
Wafanya, halt at the village of, ii. 106. Visit from the chief of,
107. Blackmail at, 107. Climate of, 107. Prices at, 107.
Wafipa tribe, habitat of the, ii. 153. Their personal appearance, 153.
Wafyoma race, described, ii. 176.
Waganda races, described, ii. 196. Their language, 196. Their dress,
196.
Waganga, or priests, of Urundi, their savage appearance, ii. 145.
_See_ Mganga.
Wagara, or Wagala, tribe, i. 407.
Wagogo, their astonishment at the white man, i. 263. Habitat of the,
303, 304. Extent of the country of the, 304. Complexion of the, 304.
The ear-ornaments of the, 304. Distinctive mark of the, 304. Modes of
wearing the hair, 304. Women of the, 305. Dress of the, 305. Ornaments
of the, 305. Arms of the, 306. Villages of the, 306. Language of the,
306. Their dislike of the Wanyamwezi, 307. Their strength of numbers,
307. Not much addicted to black magic, 307. Their commerce, 308. Their
greediness, 308. Their thievish propensities, 309. Their idleness and
debauchery, 309. Their ill manners, 309. Their rude hospitality, 310.
Authority of the Sultan of Ugogo, 310. Food in, 310, 311.
Wagoma tribe, their habitat, ii. 147.
Waguhha tribe, habitat of the, ii. 147. Lake in their country, 147.
Roads, 147.
Wahayya tribe, the, ii. 187.
Wahehe tribe, their habitat, i. 239. Their thievish propensities, 239.
Their distension of their ear-lobes, 239. Distinctive marks of the
tribe, 239. Their dress, 239. Their arms, 240. Their villages, flocks,
and herds, 240.
Wahha tribe, their country laid waste, ii. 76, 78. Their present
habitat, 79. Wahha slaves, 79.
Wahinda tribe, account of the, ii. 219. Their habitat, 219. Their
dress, 220. Their manners and customs, 220.
Wahuma class of Karagwah, described, ii. 181, 182.
Wahumba tribe, the bandit, i. 203. Haunts of the, seen in the
distance, 205.
Wahumba, or Wamasai, tribe, ii. 215. Attack the villages of Inenge,
i. 213. Haunts of, 259. Slavery among the, 309. Dialect of the, 311.
Habitat of the, 311. Seldom visited by travellers, 311. Complexion of
the, 311. Dress, manners, and customs of the, 312. Dwellings of the,
312. Arms of the, 312.
Wahumba Hills, i. 295, 297.
Wajiji tribe, the, described, ii. 62. Rudeness and violence of, 62,
68. Diseases of, 63. Practice of tattooing amongst, 63. Ornaments and
dress of, 63, 64. Cosmetics of, 63. Mode of taking snuff of, 65.
Fishermen of the lake of Tanganyika, 66. Ceremoniousness of the
Wajiji, 69. Absence of family affection amongst them, 69. Their habits
of intoxication, 69. Power and rights of their sultan, 70. Their
government, 71. Their commerce, 71. Prices in Ujiji, 72. Currency in,
73. Musical instruments of the Wajiji, 98. Inquisitive wonder of the
people, 128. Category of stares, 128.
Wakaguru tribe, villages of the, i. 168.
Wakalaganza tribe, the, i. 406. Dress of the, 406.
Wakamba, the, a sub-tribe of the Wazaramo, i. 108.
Wakarenga tribe, wretched villages of the, ii. 52. Their want of
energy and civilisation, 52, 74, 75.
Wakatete tribe, habitat of the, ii. 149.
Wakimbu race, account of the, ii. 19. Villages of the, 19. Dress and
characteristic marks of the, 20. Arms of the, 20. Ornaments of the,
20. Language of the, 20.
Wakumbaku tribe, country of the, i. 88.
Wak’hutu race, the, described, i. 97. The ivory touters of, 97. Their
territory, 119. Their physical and mental qualities, 120. Their dress,
120. Their drunkenness, 120. Their food, 120. Their government, 121.
Their dwellings, 121.
Wakwafi tribe, slavery among the, i. 309. Their untameable character,
309.
Wall point, i. 8.
Wamasai tribe, slavery among the, i. 309.
Wambele, Chomwi la Mtu Mku, or Headman Great Man of Precedence,
i. 156.
Wambozwa tribe, habitat of the, ii. 149. Their government, 152. Their
personal appearance, 152. Their manners and customs, 152.
Wamrima, or “people of the Mrima,” described, i. 16, 30, 32. Their
chomwi, or headmen, 16. Their dress, 33. Their women, 34. Their mode
of life, 35. Their national characteristics, 36. Their habits and
customs, 37. Their tombs, 57. Wamrima caravans, description of, 344.
Hospitality of the people, 353.
Wanguru porters, desertion of the, i. 52.
Wanyambo, the poor class of Karagwah, described, ii. 182.
Wanyamwezi porters of the expedition, i. 143. Account of the
Wanyamwezi tribe, ii. 20. Colour of the skin of the, 20. Effluvium
from their skins, 20. Mode of dressing the hair, 20. Elongation of the
mammæ of the women, 21. Mark of the tribe, 21. Dress of the, 21.
Ornaments of the, 22. Arms of the, 22. Manners and customs of the, 23.
Ceremonies of childbirth, 23. Of marriage, 24. Funerals, 25. Houses of
the Wanyamwezi, 24. Iwanza, or public-house of the, 27. Food of the
people, 28. Their commercial industry, 29. Their language, 30.
Cultivation of the ground, 30, 31. Slavery amongst them, 31, 33.
Government of the people, 31. Notice of Sultan Fundikira, 31, 32.
Desertion of the porters, in Ugogo, 277. Their fear of the Wagogo,
307. Greeting of porters of the, on the road, 291.
Wanyika, halt of the party at the settlement of, i. 407. Blackmail at,
407.
Wanyora race described, ii. 197.
Wap’hangara, the, a subtribe of the Wazaramo, i. 108.
Wapoka, country of the, ii. 153.
Warburg’s tincture, an invaluable medicine, ii. 169.
Warori, their meeting with the caravan, ii. 251. The tribe described,
272. Their raids, 272, 273. Their personal appearance, 273. Dress and
weapons, 273. Their food and habitations, 273.
Warufiji, or people of the Rufiji river, i. 30.
Warudi tribe, ii. 215, 219.
Warugaru tribe, country of the, i. 88. Their language, 89.
Warundi tribe, noise and insolence of the, ii. 107. Their
inhospitality, 108, 117. Their habitat, 144. Their mode of government,
145. Their complexion, 145. Their personal appearance, 145. Their
dress, arms, and ornaments, 145. Their women, 146.
Wasagara tribe, thievish propensities of the, i. 229. Villages of the,
168. Those of Rumuma described, 198. Their ornaments and arms, 199.
Village of, on the summit of Rubeho, 218. Villages of, on the slopes,
221. Their habitat, 234. Colour of their skins, 234. Modes of wearing
the hair, 234. Distension of the ear-lobe, 235. Distinctive marks of
the tribe, 235. Dress of the, 235. Arms of the, 237. Government of
the, 238. Houses of the, 366.
Wasawahili, or people of the Sawahil, described, i. 30. National
characteristics of the, 36. Their habits and customs, 37. Caravans of,
344.
Wasenze tribe, their habitat, ii. 147.
Washaki tribe, the, ii. 215, 219.
Washenzi, or barbarians from the interior, i. 18. Curiosity of, 394.
Washenzi, “the conquered,” or Ahl Maraim, the, i. 30.
Wasps, mason, of the houses in East Africa, i. 370.
Wasui tribe, described, ii. 176.
Wasukuma tribe, their thievery, i. 319. Punishment of some of them,
320, 321. Their sultan, Msimbira, 319-321.
Wasumbwa tribe, in Msene, i. 395.
Wasuop’hángá tribe, country of the, i. 88.
Watatura tribes, i. 304; ii. 215, 220. Their habitat, 220. Recent
history of them, 220, 221.
Watches, a few second-hand, the best things for keeping time in East
African travel, i. 190.
Water-courses, or nullahs, of East Africa, i. 102. In the Usagara
mountains, 229, 230.
Water, in the Mrima, i. 102. In the Usagara mountains, 218. Scarcity
of, near Marenga Mk’hali, 203. Impatience and selfishness of thirst of
the Baloch guard, 205. In the Usagara mountains, 230. On the road to
Ugogo, 247. Permission required for drawing, 252. Scarcity of, at
Kanyenye, 265. Inhospitality of the people there, respecting, 267.
Scarcity of, in Mgunda Mk’hali, 282. At the Jiwe la Mkoa, 287. At
Kirurumo, 289. At Jiweni, 289. On the march of the caravan, 359. In
Unyamwezi, ii. 7. Of the Tanganyika Lake, its sweetness, 139. Want of,
on the return journey, 239.
Water-melons at Marenga Mk’hali, i. 201. Cultivation of, 201.
Wat’hembe tribe, the, ii. 154.
Wat’hembwe tribe, habitat of the, ii. 149.
Wat’hongwe tribe, country of the, ii. 154.
Wat’hongwe Kapana, Sultan, ii. 154.
Watosi tribe in Msene, i. 396. Their present habitat, ii. 185. Account
of them and their manners and customs, 185.
Watuta tribe, hills of the, i. 408. History of, ii. 75. Their present
habitat, 76. Their wanderings and forays, 76, 77. Their women, 77.
Their arms, 77. Their tactics, 77. Their fear of fire-arms, 77. Their
hospitality and strange traits, 77. Their attack on the territory of
Kannena, ii. 156.
Wavinza tribe, i. 407. Personal appearance and character of the,
ii. 75. Arms of the, 75. Inhospitality of the, 75. Drunkenness of the,
75.
Wavira tribe, civility of the, ii. 115.
Wayfanya, return to, ii. 123. A slave mortally wounded at, 124.
Wazaramo tribe, the, i. 19.
Wazaramo, or Wazalamo, territory of the, i. 54. Visit from the P’hazi,
or headmen, i. 54. Women’s dance of ceremony, 55. Tombs of the tribe,
57. Stoppage of the guard of the expedition by the Wazaramo, 70.
Ethnology of the race, 107. Their dialect, 107. Subtribes of, 108.
Distinctive marks of the tribe, 108. Albinos of the, 109. Dress of
the, 109. Ornaments and arms of the, 110. Houses of the, 110.
Character of the, 112. Their government, 113. The Sare, or brother
oath, of the, 114. Births and deaths, 118. Funeral ceremonies, 118,
119. “Industry” of the tribe, 119.
Wazegura tribe, i. 124. Their habitat, 125. Their arms, 125. Their
kidnapping practices, 125. Their government, 125. Their character,
126.
Wazige tribe described, ii. 146.
Waziraha, a subtribe of the Wak’hutu, i. 122. Described, 123.
Weights and measures in Zanzibar, ii. 389, 391.
Weapons in East Africa, ii. 300.
Weaving in East Africa, ii. 309.
White land, African curiosity respecting, i. 261.
Whirlwinds in Unyamwezi, ii. 11, 13.
Wife of Sultan Magomba, i. 266.
Wigo hill, i. 93, 159.
Wilyankuru, Eastern, passed through, i. 390.
Winds in Unyamwezi, ii. 9, 10. In Central Africa, 50. Periodical of
Lake Tanganyika, 143. In Karagwah, ii. 180.
Windy Pass, or Pass of Rubeho, painful ascent of, i. 213. Village of
Wasagara at, 218.
Wine, plantain, of Karagwah, ii. 180. And of Uganda, 197.
Wire, mode of carrying, in the expedition, i. 145. As an article of
commerce, 146, 150.
Witch, or mganga, of East Africa, i. 380.
Witchcraft, belief in, in East Africa, ii. 347. Office of the mganga,
356.
Women in East Africa, ii. 298, 330, 332, 334.
---- of Karagwah, ii. 182.
---- of the Wabuha, ii. 78.
---- ---- Wagogo, i. 304, 305, 310.
---- ---- Wahehe, i. 239.
---- ---- Wajiji, ii. 62-64.
---- ---- Wak’hutu, i. 120.
---- ---- Wamrima, i. 16, 34.
---- ---- Wanyamwezi, i. 388, 396, 398; ii. 21, 23, 24.
---- ---- Warundi, ii. 146.
---- ---- Wasagara, i. 234, 236.
---- ---- Wataturu, ii. 221.
---- ---- Watuta, ii. 77.
---- ---- Wazaramo, i. 55, 61, 63, 110, 116, 118.
---- “Lulliloo” of the Wanyamwezi, i. 291.
---- physicians in East Africa, ii. 323.
---- Dance by themselves in East Africa, i. 361.
---- Handsome, at Yombo, i. 388.
---- Slave-girls of the coast Arabs on the march up country, i. 314.
---- The Iwanza, or public-houses of the women of Unyamwezi, ii. 27.
---- Of the Wabwari islanders, ii. 113.
Wood-apples in Unyamwezi, i. 318.
Woodward, Mr. S. P., his description of shells brought from Tanganyika
Lake, ii. 102, _note_.
Xylophagus, the, in East African houses, i. 370.
Yegea mud, i. 83.
Yombo, halt of the party at, i. 387. Description of, 387. The sunset
hour at, 387. Return to, ii. 166.
Yovu, river, ii. 257, 258. Forded, 258.
Yovu, village of, described, i. 396.
Zanzibar, view of, from the sea, i. 1. What the island is not, 2.
Family, 2, 3. History of the word “Zanzibar,” 28. Its geographical
position, 29. Weakness of the government of, in the interior of the
continent, 98. The eight seasons of, ii. 8. Slave-trade of, 377.
Troubles in, 380. General trade of, Appendix to vol. ii.
Zawada, the lady, added to the caravan, i. 210. Her services to Capt.
Speke, ii. 277.
Zebras, in the Rufuta plains, i. 183. At Ziwa, 251. In Unyamwezi,
ii. 15.
Zemzemiyah of East Africa, ii. 239.
Zeze, or guitar, of East Africa, ii. 291.
Zik el nafas, or asthma, remedy in East Africa for, i. 96.
Zimbili, halt of the caravan at, i. 386. Description of, 386.
Ziwa, or the Pond, i. 244. Water obtained from the, 250. Description
of the, 251. Troubles of the expedition at, 254.
Zohnwe river, i. 172.
Zohnwe settlement, i. 173. Adventures of the expedition at, 173.
Zungomero, district of, described, i. 93. Commerce of, 95. Attractions
of, 95. Food of, 95-97. Cause of the ivory touters of, 97. Halt of the
expedition at, i. 127. Pestilence of, 127, 163. Fresh porters engaged
at, 128. Life at, 156. Return to, ii. 264. Departure from, 276.
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