Kúkawa, present capital of Bórnu, a modern town, not identical with
Gaoga, ii. 243. Described, great fair at, 307. Interviews with the
vizier, 247, 250, 550. Return to, iii. 1. Rainy season in, _ib._
Festival, 15. Last residence in, v. 391. Fulfilment of vow, 394.
Kúka, or Kúku, tribe of, settled in Fittrí and along the Bat-há, iii.
427, 502, 515, 585, _passim_.
Kúla-n-kérki described, i. 547.
Kulféla, very important market place of Mósi, iv. 559.
Kúlkadá village, iv. 108.
Kúlman, independent Songhay town, and its inhabitants, v. 652.
Kumba town and its inhabitants, v. 499.
Kumkúmmia, a Euphorbia, from which poison for arrows is obtained, i.
532.
Kuna, or Kunna, town and important market place on Upper Niger, v. 517.
And Móbti, towns and villages between, 475.
Kunta tribe, sections of, in Ázawád, v. 463. In Aderér, 536.
Kurán, chanting of, in the desert, iv. 466, 511. The opening prayer of,
ii. 496. The divergent precepts of, made a point of serious dispute and
quarrel between my friends and enemies, v. 642. Read at the sepulchres
of the old kings of Bórnu, iii. 501. Said to be handed down to the
rulers of Songhay from Egypt, iv. 583.
Kúrayé town and vicinity, iv. 109.
Kúri, large species of bull, ii. 200.
Kúrrefi, town and remarkable fortifications, iv. 3.
Kurúlu village and mount, ii. 437.
Kusáda, large town of province of Kátsena, ii. 89; v. 356.
Kúsh, town of Bághena, and inhabitants, v. 500.
Kwána tribe, ii. 581; iii. 132.
Kwára, lower part of Niger, chiefly used by American slavers, ii. 133.
_See_ Niger.
Laháula Marghí village and its inhabitants, ii. 405, 532.
Laing, Major, dates of his journeys, murder of, iv. 630. Probable
motives of the conduct of the Tawárek towards him, 453. _note_. Kindness
of the Sheikh el Bakay’s father towards him, 454. (Compare i. 570.) His
stay in the “hille,” 570. None of his papers in existence, iv. 455.
Lake of Bibán, i. 10.
Lamíso town and market of Bórnu, v. 379.
Larba or Láraba, independent Songhay town, iv. 267; v. 282, 653.
Leather of Kátsena celebrated, iv. 99.
Leather tents, iv. 340.
Leather work of Ágades, i. 454. Of Kanó, ii. 130. Of Sókoto, iv. 180. Of
Timbúktu, v. 18.
Lellóli village and vicinity, v. 290.
Leo Africanus, a very good authority for general relations, but not to
be trusted in single instances, ii. 266; quoted _passim_.
Leptis and its ruins, i. 81.
Lére village and vicinity, v. 483.
Letter worn as a charm, iv. 297. Impression of letter received near
Timbúktu, v. 141.
Lewána town, v. 492.
Libtáko province, iv. 281. Its capital, 287. Political state, 293.
Places in, 295, _note_. Fine breed of horses, iv. 294.
Lion of Áír, i. 482. And of the whole border region of the desert, v.
270. In great number along the Niger, v. 96, 119, 131, 270.
Locusts roasted, a favourite dish, ii. 30.
Locusts and hawks, swarms of, ii. 217. Great droves of, v. 242.
Logón, province of, iii. 281. Historical account of, 303. Food,
manufactures, and language, 307-309. Towns and villages, 525.
Logón, river and town, iii. 209, 465.
Logón, Bírni, town and its inhabitants, iii. 286. Palace of the
Ibálaghwan, 287. Palace of the sultan, 289.
Lombo-tendi, a village and well of the Rumá, v. 490.
Lord Palmerston’s despatch, copy of, iii. 526. His kind reception on my
return, v. 452.
Lord Clarendon’s benevolence, v. 452.
Lord Russell’s letter, v. 141.
Lúshiri village, ii. 213.
Mábani town and neighbourhood, ii. 364.
Macguire, Corporal, slain at Bedwáram, v. 417.
Mádani, El, his sect, i. 13, 180.
Madrúsa village, of Fezzán, v. 444.
Maduwári village, near the Tsád, and its inhabitants, ii. 328. Death of
Mr. Overweg at, iii. 476.
Má-faras, southern well of, arrival in a state of exhaustion, v. 437.
Magá district, ii. 359.
Mágara bush, uses of, ii. 95.
Magariá, notice of the tree and its uses, i. 522.
Magáriyá town, near Sókoto, site of, iv. 168, 177.
Magh-tér and Tíris, districts of the westerly desert, described, and
Moorish tribes in, v. 541.
Mágira, or Queen Mother, her influence in Bórnu, ii. 273; in Bagírmi,
iii. 483; in Wádái, 554; in Múniyó, iv. 56.
Magnetic ironstone, i. 292.
Maídugurí, market-place described, ii. 363.
Maíjirgí village and inhabitants, iv. 90.
Máikonomarí-kurá town, iv. 31.
Máje district, its fertility and beauty, iv. 108.
Máje town, v. 356.
Makám, holy station, Makám e’ Sheikh ben ʿAbd el Kerím, i. 385. Makám,
on road from Asëu to Tawát, 563.
Máket-n-íkelán curious custom at, i. 288.
Maktachúchí pool with river-horses, v. 522.
Malám villages, v. 377.
Mámmarí village, iv. 30.
Manatus. _See_ Ayú.
Mandó, or Mondó, important town of eastern part of Kánem, iii. 486, 489.
Manga province and its inhabitants described, iv. 29. Manga female, 30.
Places in, 30, _note_. Warriors and their equipment, ii. 184.
Mansa Músa, greatest king of Melle, notice of, iv. 587, 588.
Manure used by Músgu, iii. 208.
Manzo, Kashella Manzo, iv. 32.
Marárraba, half-way between Ghát and Áír, i. 277. Between Sókoto and
Wurnó, iv. 564.
Marde well and vicinity, v. 515.
Marghí tribe, notice of the, ii. 398. Superiority of their race, 399.
Relation to country, list of places, 403, _note_. Funeral dance, 535.
Mári mount, i. 505.
Mariámarí village, lion at, v. 387.
Mariaw ridge, i. 258.
Marikoire and Debála, places in Bághena, towns and villages between, v.
497.
Marikoire and Dinga, towns and villages between, v. 497.
Market frequented during the hottest hours of the day, ii. 168. Of
Ágades, i. 477. Tasáwa, ii. 21; Gazáwa, 37. Kátsena, 59. Kanó, 103.
Kúkawa, 308. Ujé, 370. Saráwu, 445. Díkowa, iii. 143. Más-eña, iii. 380;
at Ábú-Gher, 386. Principal market places in Wadái, iii. 457. In
Timbúktu, iv. 481; v. 18. Dóre, iv. 288-292. In Mósi, iv. 559. Along the
Upper Niger, v. 483, 494. In the country of the Wangaráwa, iv. 558.
Marriage ceremonies of the Kanúri, iii. 35, _note_. I shall here adduce
what I forgot to remark with regard to Timbúktu, that there the young
husband and his wife are obliged to remain three days at home after the
marriage ceremony. Sanctity of marriage even among the pagan tribes, ii.
17, _passim_.
Márte town and inhabitants, iii. 126.
Más-eñá, capital of Bagírmi, its commerce and inhabitants, iii. 369-424.
Ground-plan, 388. Palace of the Sultan, 389. Arrival of the Sultan, 401;
his triumphal entry, 403.
Máshena, Bórnu town, ii. 188; v. 379. Interview with the governor of,
ii. 179.
Másakwá (Holcus cernuus) cultivation of, in Bórnu, ii. 241. Got in in
December and January, iii. 284.
Másina country on the Upper Niger. Description of principal districts,
v. 475. Its ruler, iv. 458; 474, _note_. His hostility towards me, 495,
_passim_.
Máuri district, places in, iv. 549.
Mʿawó town of Kánem, account of, iii. 481. Valleys in the neighbourhood,
483. Its ancient celebrity, 500.
Mbutúdi village, and its picturesque character described, ii. 425.
Méhedí, the expectation of his speedy appearance, iv. 359.
Méheres, town of, described, i. 5.
Méheri, swift camel, i. _passim_.
Mélé ferry, on the Shárí, iii. 318. Detained for the first time, 324;
second time, 363.
Melle kingdom, iv. 586-589. Begins to decline, 592. Important in power
and the gold trade, 593. Forms of government, 588. Cause of extinction,
v. 502.
Méndefi mount, probably trachytic, ii. 395.
Merábetín identical with Aníslimen tribes, given to a holy life and
study. The Merábetín of Tin-taghóde attack and pillage the expedition,
i. 315. Suffer from a foray of the Awelímmid, 322. Are punished by the
Sultan of Ágades, 440. Their warlike and revolutionary character, 492.
Merké fruit said to preserve horses from worms, iv. 111.
Mesállaje at Ágades, i. 449.
Meselláta, plain of, i. 75. Fortress, 77.
Mésheru well, surrounded by human bones, v. 441.
Meteorological Registers, i. 571; ii. 673; iii. 609; iv. 631; v. 655.
Mice, abundance of, i. 540.
Mínge village, v. 301. Visit to the governor, 303.
Mínta district, iv. 353.
Mírriya town described, iv. 76.
Mithkál a weight of gold of different value of Ágades, i. 467, 479. Of
Timbúktu, v. 23. Sansanne Mangho, iv. 556.
Mizda, its scenery and inhabitants, i. 100.
Móbti town, v. 474.
Mohammed ben Áhmed Sheríf, his journey to Lake Nyassa ii. 489. Last
meeting with, iv. 34.
Mohammed ben ʿAbd el Kerím, great apostle of Central Negroland, place of
prayer in the valley of Tághist, founded by, i. 385. His influence in
Kátsena, ii. 74, 76. His death and connection with the history of
Songhay, iv. 606.
Mohammed Bóro joins the expedition, i. 165. Irritated against us, 179.
Stirs up the camp, 278. Rendered friendly, 303. His house and family at
Ágades, 403. Friendly parting from, 432. His patriarchal character, 408.
Mohammed ben Khottár, the Sheikh, El Bakáy’s nephew, v. 71, 160, 230,
239, _passim_.
Mohammed Galaíjo, chief of Champagóre, iv. 254, 464. His son, 472.
Mohammed Titíwi, ominous meeting with him, ii. 338.
Mohammed e’ Sfáksi disputes with the Tawárek chiefs, i. 181. Debt
towards him contracted by the mission, iii. 246; at length discharged,
iii. 473. Last trouble with him, iv. 103. Final meeting, v. 375.
Mohammed Lebbo, founder of Pullo kingdom of Másina, iv. 256, 629.
Mohammed Lowel, governor of Ádamáwa, interview with, ii. 490.
Mohammed Trumba, or el ʿAkerút, and his slave caravan, i. 185. His
service in bringing me a good supply of money, iv. 81.
Moító, town of Bagírmi, described, iii. 566.
Mókori village of Bagírmi, iii. 334, 351.
Mókoró district and its inhabitants, iii. 463.
Molghoy district, ii. 379. Village and its inhabitants, i. 380, 537.
Mondó village. _See_ Mandó.
Monge, village of camel-hair tents, v. 541.
Moríki town, v. 350.
Morocco, emperor of, sends an army to invade Songhay, iv. 610. A second
time, and with success, 614. Conquers the whole of Negroland from
Bághena to Déndina, 623. Merchants of, their jealousy against me during
my stay in Timbúktu, iv. 496; v. 5. Trade of Morocco with Timbúktu, 33.
Mósi province and inhabitants, notices of, iv. 550. Importance of the
country in the struggle between Paganism and Islamism, 551. Their cotton
strips, iv. 290. Their asses, 289.
Mosquitoes, great nuisance in Kebbi, v. 318. Mountain group, sketch of
an interesting, i. 202. Ranges, view of, 294. Uniform character of, in
North Africa, _passim_.
Mount Tekút, ascent of, i. 44.
Mowedína town, v. 492.
Moyet village, v. 514.
Múbi town and vicinity, ii. 419, 526. Description of a hut, 527.
Múglebú village, ii. 524. Its rich vegetation after the rains,
Mújerán lake, a part of Niger, v. 484.
Múláy Hámed. _See_ Morocco.
Múláy el Méhedí, his knowledge of astronomy, v. 12.
Mules rare in Negroland, ii. 156.
Mundóro village, curious thatch-work, iv. 328.
Múniyó, mountainous province of, iv. 42. Revenues derived from, 52.
Principal towns and villages, 57, _note_. Singular ceremony at the
election of its rulers, ii. 271.
Múniyóma, governor of Múniyó, his princely character, iv. 55.
Munke village, iii. 284.
Murja, walled town of Bághena, and its inhabitants, v. 499.
Múrzuk, arrival at, i. 162. Description of, 166. Its character
approaching that of a town of Negroland, 168. Return to, v. 445.
Músgu country, expedition to, iii. 159. Enter, 173. Pillaged village,
175. Chief places in, 178, _note_. Its unfavourable situation, 183.
Músgu tribe, notices of, iii. 178. Industry in manuring their fields,
208. Worship their ancestors, 190. Their fetish, 179. Weapons, 198.
Women, national dress of, 238. Dwellings, 204, 349, 350.
Mústafají village, iii. 330.
Nʿama town and inhabitants, v. 490.
Namantúgu and its inhabitants, iv. 282. Mentioned in the history of
Songhay, 607.
Natron caravans, ii. 159.
Natron incrustations in Aïr, i. 389. Chief places where natron is
procured in Negroland, _ibidem_. Difference of, iv. 160.
Natron lake, iv. 45. Of Keléno, iv. 66. Of Badamúni, iv. 72.
Natron trade in Kanó, ii. 132. In Gummel, 169.
Neat-dung, salt prepared from, iii. 45.
——, fresh used for plastering the inside of the walls and excluding
vermin, iii. 301.
Needles, value of, as an article of exchange, iii. 167. Various kinds of
needles wanted in different regions, iv. 313. The general custom of
giving needles as small presents to people on the road, _passim_.
Negro, few really Negro tribes in the interior of the continent, ii.
383.
Negroland, El Bekrí’s account of, iv. 583. El Edrísi’s account of,
noticed, 585. Leo’s account of, i. 462, ii. 266, and _passim_. Policy
in, iii. 232. Sad condition of, v. 341.
Nests, pendulous, iii. 170.
Ngála town described, iii. 270.
Ngárruwá town, iv. 42.
Ngégimi village and inhabitants, iii. 46; v. 412. Route from, to Berí,
52, _note_.
Nghákeli, north limit of the balanites, description of the valley, i.
265.
Ngórnu town and vicinity, ii. 320. iii. 470.
Ngurútuwa (general name, meaning “a place full of river horses”), grave
of Mr. Richardson at, ii. 218. Towns of similar name, _passim_.
Niger, first view of, iv. 240. Its various names mean “river,” 241.
(Origin of name Niger from “n-eghírrëu.”). Boats on, 242. Network of
creeks, 361. Probable explanation of its anomalous rising, v. 5.
Difference in the quality of the water of the two branches of the Upper
Niger, 477. Nutritious grass growing in, _see_ Byrgu. Information of
districts along the Niger from Timbúktu to Sansánding, v. 470. Places
along, between Wáraka island and Ansóngho, 135, _note_.
Nimádi, a wild set of hunters, v. 518.
Njímie, old capital of Kánem, ii. 258, 645; iii. 501, 505.
Nomadic herdsmen in Bórnu, ii. 229.
Núggera valley, iv. 432.
Núkuma district on island Rúde, v. 517.
Nux purgans, iv. 171.
Nyámina town and market place, v. 494.
Nyéngay lake, iv. 367.
Oil-palm in Ádamáwa, ii. 506. Isolated specimen in the valley Fógha, v.
316.
Oitílli island (identical with Ghútil), appearance of the Niger at, v.
290.
Ojúft, town of Áderér, and inhabitants, v. 538.
Olalówa, town of Damerghú, described, i. 548.
Óm el hammám, village of Fezzán, described, i. 172.
Onions introduced together with wheat, ii. 314; iii. 382. Great benefit
to European travellers, _ib._ Wúshek, iv. 61. Very excellent in Gando,
iii. 202. Introduced into Timbúktu, iv. 396.
Orthography adopted, explanation of the, i. p. xxxiii.
Orycteropus Æthiopicus, i. 526; ii. 233.
ʿOthmán Búgomán, prince of Bagírmi, career of, iii. 436-442.
ʿOthmán dan Fódiye the Reformer, his influence, iv. 152; his song, 531.
Overweg, Dr., his qualifications, vol. i. p. xv. Arrives at Tunis, 1.
His memoranda, iii. 9. His journey to Tasáwa, ii. 12. Arrival in Kúkawa,
342. Voyage on the Tsád, iii. 8. Journey to Gújeba and Fíka, 470. His
death and burial on the borders of Lake Tsád, 477.
Pagan charm, iii. 265.
Paganism, struggle of, with Islamism, ii. 41; iii. 135, 183; iv. 121,
_passim_. Mósi champions of paganism, iv. 551. Remains of paganism in
Mohammedan communities, iii. 263, 370.
Palm, the three species of palms common to Negroland in the same
locality, iii. 194.
Park, Mungo, revenge for injuries inflicted by, a probable motive to the
attack of the Tawárek upon Major Laing, iv. 453, _note_. Áwáb’s account
of, 506. Fired at any one who approached in a threatening attitude, v.
201. Bad effects of this, 202. Reminiscences of, 162, 180, 218, 246.
Mistaken with regard to Ségo, iv. 469, _note_.
Pennisetum distichum, its annoyance and uses, i. 390, 523, 529; iv. 64,
221; _et passim_.
Pepper indispensable in hot countries, iv. 87.
Pharaoh, tradition regarding the visit of a, to Burrum on the Niger, v.
192.
Pigeons, multitudes of wild, and device against, ii. 205. Pigeons in
great request and cheap in Timbúktu, iv. 443.
Pilgrim traders, ii. 366; iii. 315; iv. 234, _passim_.
Pirtwa village, ii. 354.
Plough drawn by slaves in the valley of Aúderas, i. 387. No plough used
in Negroland, 388.
Poa, edible, in Bórnu, iii. 29. Various species, 256. In great use in
Bagírmi and Wádái, iii. 405, 447.
Poisoned arrows, remedy against, ii. 167.
Polygamy, singular illustration in favour of, iv. 102. Polygamy limited
by Fúlbe of Másina to bigamy, iv. 257.
Portuguese, their endeavours to open up the interior of Africa, iv. 602,
605, 606.
Prayers for the dead, v. 57.
Priesthood, no distinct, iii. 207.
Prodigal Son, story of the, in Temáshight, v. 639.
Produce of Africa, iii. 233.
Púllo. _See_ Fúlbe.
Púllo Ibrahím, the pious and learned pilgrim, notice of, ii. 284.
Rabda and its villages, i. 38-42.
Ráfi-n-Máuri, large, swampy valley, iv. 224.
Rains, great diversity of, in different localities, iii. 3. Rare in the
morning, i. 332, ii. 526. In Aír, i. 362. In the desert, v. 428. Little
in Kúkawa, iii. 4. Much in Gando, v. 329. For the register of the fall
of rain, see Meteorological Tables.
Rainy season in Kúkawa, iii. 3.
Ralle, pass of, described, i. 205.
Rás el má, celebrated creek of Niger, v. 485.
Reade, Mr., H.M.’s vice-consul in Tripoli, his kindness, i. 16; v. 450,
451.
Rédaní district described, iv. 17.
Red worms, march of, iv. 323.
Religious structures, i. 58, 74.
Rén, town of Logón, described, iii. 273.
Ribágo village and district, ii. 480.
Rice, wild, in the forests south of Bórnu, iii. 161. Cultivated in part
of Ádamáwa, ii. 481. In Kebbi, iv. 181, 205, _passim_. Rice tiggra in
Bagírmi, iii. 375. Not cultivated in Bórnu, easternmost limit of
cultivation, iv. 91. In Bagírmi, 447. Introduced from Egypt to Burrum on
the Niger, v. 194. Rice only to be got in the husk, 195. In El Hódh,
505.
Richardson, Mr., his arrival in Tripoli, i. 16. His trouble with the
chiefs of Ghát, 239. His death, ii. 203. (For account of his sickness
see my letter, published in the Preface to his own Journal.) His grave,
218. His property, 249.
Riverhorses very common in almost all stagnant or running waters of
Negroland, _passim_. Their wrath at being disturbed, v. 227.
Rivers, their names in Negroland merely signify water, iii. 299.
Roman remains at El Jem, i. 3; at El Medaina, 12; and near Um e’ Zerzán,
33; in Tarhóna, 68, 70; Gwásem, 93. Ruins in Wádí Talha, 113; in Wádí
Tagíje, 117; sepulchres near the well Taboníye, 123, 124; gateway at
Gharíya el gharbíya, 126. In e’ Sherkíye, 133. Near Jerma, the
southernmost relic of their dominion, 156.
Routes:
Ádamáwa: from Chámba to Báya, iii. 616, 617.
Chámba to Tibáti, ii. 621, 623; Tibáti to the Íbo country, 624.
Chébowa to Láme, ii. 609.
Géwe to Kárnak Lógone, ii. 60; to Lére, 606.
Gidér to Fátawel, ii. 598.
Gúrin to Ray-Búba, ii. 603; Ray-Búba to Ribágo, 604; Ribágo to Saráwu,
606.
Hamárruwa to Yóla, ii. 588; by way of Kóncha. 589.
Kóncha to Jóro-Fángel and Báya, ii. 618, 619; Jóro-Fángel to the Jétem
country, 627.
Méso, by Hína, to Íssege, ii. 600.
Morá to Yóla, ii. 591.
Ngaúndere to the Batí, ii. 631.
Óblo to Démmo, ii. 608; Démmo to Lága, 611.
Ray to Láme and Lága, ii. 611; to Lére, 607.
Ray-Búba to Báya, ii. 613; to Mbáfu, 629.
Saráwu, by Gidér, to Fátawel and Bínder, ii. 597.
Yóla, by Gúrin, to Báya, ii. 614.
Ágades to Azawád, i. 568; to Bílma, 558; to Damerghú, 558; to Marádi,
556; to Sókoto, 555; to Tawát, 560.
Desert, western half; Átar to Tejígja or Rashíd, v. 511; Tejígja to
Jáfena, 512.
Aúlef to Mabrúk, western road, v. 459.
Bakel, by Asába, to the frontier of Tagánet, v. 515.
Hamda-Alláhi, by Sʿa, to Kábara, v. 476: to Káñima, 477; to Kahaide,
by Meshíla, 517; Kahaide to the frontier of Tagánet, 514.
Ínzíze to Gógo, v. 458.
Kasambára to Bú-Jedúr, v. 492; to Jawára, 491; to Kóla, direct, 498;
to Mesíla, 493; to Nyámina, 494; by Murja to Nyámina, 495; to Tishít,
505; to Waláta, 490.
Kasr el Barka to Bú-télimít, v. 512; to Kahaide, 513; Kahaide to the
frontier of Tagánet, 515.
Meshíla to Bakel, v. 522.
Murja to Mekoye, v. 497.
Sansándi to Kasambára, zigzag, v. 498; to Timbúktu, 482.
Tawát, by Mabrúk, to Timbúktu, v. 457.
Timbúktu, by Gúndam and Yówaru, to Hamda-Alláhi, v. 467; by Basikúnnu,
to Sansándi, 481; to Waláta, 484; to the hillet Sídi el Mukhtár, iv.
454, _note_.
Wadán to Ághadír Dóme, v. 550; to El Khat, circuitous, 510; to Rashíd,
by El Khat, 510; to Tishít, 508; to Waláta, 509.
Waláta to Sansándi, v. 488, 489.
Yówaru to Tenéngu, v. 468; to Ya-saláme, 472, _note_.
Dar-Fúr:
Tendélti to Ám-majúra, iii. 584; to Runga, 583.
Déndina province: from Sókoto to Komba, on the Niger, iv. 544.
Yélu to Yáuri, iv. 538.
Gurma and Mósi provinces: from Bóne, by Konna, to Hamda-Alláhi, v. 465;
Champagóre to Landó, iv. 599.
Hómbori, by Konna to Hamda-Alláhi, v. 465.
Jíbo to Kaye, iv. 561.
Káñima to Hamda-Alláhi, v. 478.
Kaye to Wóghodoghó, iv. 561; to Belússa and Belánga, 563.
Kirotáshi to Wóghodoghó, iv. 558.
Komba to Majóri, v. 554; to Sansanne Mangho and Salga, 554.
Máni to Kong, iv. 562; return, 563.
Píssela to Dóre, iv. 564.
Salga, by Kong, to Tañéra, iv. 557.
Ségo to Méggara, iv. 565.
Tánkurgú to Sansánne Mangho, iv. 560.
Yágha to Belánga, iv. 560.
Yendi to Yágha, iv. 263, _note_.
Kánem: from ʿAlímarí to Kárnak Lógone, iii. 488.
Berí to Taghgel, iii. 486; Tághgel, by ʿAlímarí, to Moíto, 488.
Bír el Kurna, by Bír el ʿAtesh and Mússebí, to Egé, iii. 491; Egé to
Yen or Beled el ʿOmiyán, 493.
Mʿawó to Taghgel, iii. 484.
Routes in Kánem in the sixteenth century, iii. 498-520.
Ngégimi to Egé, iii. 491.
Yʿawó to Mʿawó, iii. 489.
Kanó and neighbouring provinces: from Dárasó to Yákoba, ii. 584.
Kanó to Katab, ii. 570; Katab to Yákoba, 573; Kanó to Yákoba, 571; to
Zinder, 559; by Záriya, to Keffi-n-Abdezénga, 562.
Jemmáʿa-n-Darróro to Keffi-n-Abdezénga, with branch to Láfiya
Beréberé, ii. 566.
Katágum to Shéra, ii. 585; Shéra to Yákoba, 587.
Keffi-n-Abdezénga to Tóto and Fánda, ii. 567.
Záriya, by Katab, to Darróro, ii. 564.
To Yákoba, from different points, ii. 575.
Wádáy and Bagírmi: from Babáliyá to Moíto, iii. 616.
Busó to Miltú, iii. 590; to Bang-Day, 600.
Cháken to Kim, iii. 598.
Fittrí to Mʿawó, iii. 586, 587.
Kúkawa, by Logón Bírni and Busó, to Bang-Bay, iii. 613.
Láffaná to Bang-Bay, iii. 596.
Lay to Sálin, iii. 599.
Mábbelé to Fong, and from Fong to Busó, iii. 602; to Lay and Kim, 598.
Más-eñá to Báng-Bay, iii. 600, 604; to Busó, by Laíry, 594; to Gógomi,
592; to Kénga Matáya, 594; to Kírbe, 591; to Láffaná and Busó, 589; to
Laíry and Moíto, by Kólle, 596; to Mʿawó, by Gáwi, 615; to Méddebá,
617; to Moíto by Debába, 596; to Músgu, 603; to Runga and Sillá, 608;
to Sálin, 599; to Wára, 563, 565, 569.
Miltú to Gógome, iii. 591.
Miltú and Day, and from Day to Lay, iii. 601.
Sheníni, by Ógrogó, to Bórorít, iii. 572; to Dumta, 577; to Jurlú,
577; to the Móku, or iron mines, 579; to Nyéseré, 578; to Sillá, by
way of Ándelá, 580; to Sillá, direct, 581.
Wára to Dumta, iii. 575; to Runga, 583; to Sheníni, 570; to Wádi
ʿOrádha, 587.
Yáuri province: from Bunza to Yáuri, and from Yáuri to Kotá-n-koró, iv.
547.
Zabérma province: from Aúgi by Máuri and Zabérma to Támkala, iv. 547.
Yéni to Kúrfay, iv. 548.
Zanfara province: from Bánagá to Ánka and to Kotór-koshé, iv. 524.
Kanó to Sókoto by Káuri-n-Namóda, iv. 522.
Rúdu, sleeping-hut, described and figured, iv. 127.
Ruined monastery in the Schʿabet Um el Kharáb, i. 108.
Rumá, historical notice of the, iv. 431. At Bamba, notice of the, v.
161. In Sébi, on the Niger, 470, 479. Their complexion, 191.
Sʿa, important town on Upper Niger, and neighbourhood, v. 476; in former
times, iv. 421.
Sabón Bírni, walled town, iv. 124.
Sahara, districts and tribes of, between Ázawád and Timbúktu on one
side, and El Hódh and Bághena on the other, v. 548.
Sʿaíd ben Sálah, chapel of, i. 13. Legend concerning, 19.
Saint Augustine’s statement regarding the use of bulls for chariot-
drawing by the ancient kings of Fezzán, sculptures confirming, i. 199.
Sakomáren tribe, account of the, i. 565.
Sála, walled town of Kebbi, iv. 195.
Salákoró village, v. 499.
Salga, chief town of Gonja, emporium of the gúro trade, noticed, iv.
556.
Salla-léja, religious festival at Ágades, i. 429.
Salt, a commercial staple of Timbúktu, v. 23. Prices of in Timbúktu, v.
25, 138. Salt and gold, principal articles of barter from the most
ancient times, 24. Bitter quality of salt of Bilma, i. 504. Excellence
of salt of Taödenni, iv. 228. How it is obtained, v. 24. Salt of Ingal,
i. 465. Crust of, on elevated ground, i. 148. Cornfields, thickly
encrusted with, 159. Localities of, between Asïu and Tawát, i. 565.
Prepared from capparis and neat-dung, iii. 44, 45. Mode of extracting
from earth in the vale of Fógha, iv. 228. Mode of preparing, and
saltpits at Kalála village, v. 427. Mode of preparing in Bumánda, on the
Bénuwé, ii. 502, _note_. In Miltu, on the Shári, iii. 45. Want of, how
deeply felt, iv. 611, _note_.
Salt trade in Kanó, ii. 132. In Timbuktu, iv. 485; v. 24.
Salt caravan, i. 504. Estimate of its number, ii. 43. _See_ Airi.
Sanchérgu, farming hamlet, iv. 251.
Sand-hills between Shiyátí and El Gharbi, journey over, i. 148-153.
Menace the plantations, 151. Isolated sandhills without water, called
Aukár, or Ákela, v. 529. Immense ridges of sandhills in the Western
desert, 541, 546.
Sánem ben Hamedán, ruins of the temple of, i. 79.
San-koré, mosque of, iv. 479; how restored, v. 82.
San-shirfu, the Kádhi, v. 577.
Sansánne ʿAísa, walled town, iv. 128.
Sansánne Mangho, Mandingo town, iv. 555. The gold weight of, v. 23.
Sanyáre town, iv. 389.
Sár described, iii. 610.
Saráwu, important double village; hut described, ii. 438, 439.
Sarayámo town and inhabitants, iv. 372.
Sáre-dína town, on upper Niger, v. 517.
Say, important town on the Niger, iv. 241. Market, 244-247. Its
importance for European traffic, 247. Second residence at, v. 295.
Market, 297. Appearance of the Niger at, 298.
Say, valley of, v. 293.
Scorpion, effects of bite of a, iii. 163.
Scott the sailor, v. 471.
Sculptures in the desert, i. 196.
Sebba, chief place of Yágha, town and inhabitants, iv. 275-280. Hut
described and figured, 275-277.
Sebkha, explanation of the term, i. 10.
Séfuwa dynasty, its foundation in Kánem, ii. 262. Of Berber origin, 269.
Segéro village and neighbourhood, ii. 431.
Selúfiet, valley and village, i. 317.
Senhája tribe noticed, iv. 586.
Senudébu village and hills, v. 285.
Sepulchre of Sídi Mukhtár at Timbúktu, v. 57.
Sepulchral monument in Wadi Tagíje, i. 116. At Taboníye, 123.
Sepulchres of the Músgu, iii. 190.
Sesamum, cultivation of, ii. 95, 433, 655. In Adamáwa, ii. 506; iii.
336, 356, 447; v. 293.
Sfákes, halt at, i. 4. Voyage hence to Zarzís, i. 4, 9.
Shabáre village, iv. 89.
Shʿabet el Kadím, Roman milestones near, i. 97.
Shʿabet Um el Kharáb, Christian remains in the, i. 108.
Shámo district, ii. 376.
Shárí river, iii. 313, 325, 331. Places on the, from Búgomán upwards,
588; from Búgomán downwards, 617. Meaning of name, iii. 209.
Shechéri village, v. 384.
Sheikh Sídi Áhmed el Bakáy arrives in Timbúktu, iv. 449. First interview
with, 453, 457. Religious discussions with, 483, 510. His attachment to
his family, 485. Pedigree of, iv. 567. Two poems by, 568. Translated,
574. His letter of recommendation, v. 642. His unceasing kindness, v.
14. Delivers a lecture on the equal rank of the prophets, 42. Prays at
the sepulchre for his mother-in-law’s soul, 57. His noble family, 163.
Parting with, 239.
Shell money, mode of reckoning, ii. 28. Shells principal currency in
Kanó, ii. 142; recently introduced into Kúkawa, 311; current in Múniyó,
iv. 52; in Zinder, 82; in Sókoto, 162, 170; in Gando, 200; in Say, 246;
in Yágha, 278; in Dóre, 290; in Timbúktu, 443. In Bunka, v. 352. No
currency in the country towns of Bórnu, ii. 311. In Ádamáwa, ii. 446. In
Bagírmi, iii. 381. None in Ísayé, iv. 332.
Shibdáwa village, rich scenery, ii. 86.
Shigge, term for cotton in Western Negroland, iv. 443, _note_. Kserát
shigge, v. 500.
Shinghít town and inhabitants described, v. 510, 537. Extension of name,
Shenágita, _ib._
Shirts, common white of Bórnu, the commercial medium in Kánem, iii. 75;
also in Bagírmi, 381; and in Ádamáwa, ii. 471; even in Kúkawa, for
buying large objects, 311. _See_ Tobes.
Shitáti district, vales of, iii. 107. Shitáti tribe called after the
district, iii. 484.
Shúwa Arabs, notices of the, ii. 355. Population, notices of, iii. 136.
Villages, 154. Remarkable characteristics, 136, 371. Amount of their
cavalry, iii. 524. S. native Arabs.
Shúwa tribes in Bagírmi, iii. 544; in Wádáy, v. 544.
Sídi Álawáte, interview with, iv. 401. Presents extorted by, 439.
Religious discussion with, 445.
Sídi ʿAlí ben Sálah chapel and ruins, i. 72.
Sídi ʿAlí, merchant in Kanó, ii. 102; v. 358.
Sídi Mohammed, El Bakáy’s elder brother, arrives at Timbúktu, v. 45.
Interests himself in my favour, 53. His character, 83.
Síggedim oasis, v. 436.
Silla, very important town on upper Niger, where cotton weaving first
flourished, v. 30.
Silk cotton tree, immense specimens of, placed at the gates of many a
town in Negroland. ii. 89; v. 347.
Sing-melék, the Vizier, in Wádáy, iii. 553.
Sírba river, iv. 268. Reed-raft, 269. Country beyond, 271. Its
appearance at Gárbegurú, v. 283; and at Kuttukóle, v. 284.
Sínder town and island, in the Niger, v. 273.
Síttahe village, iii. 272.
Slave-hunting and butchery, iii. 194, 203. Consequences, 224.
Slavery in Ádamáwa, ii. 502.
Slavery and the slave trade, influence of firearms and civilization upon
the increase of, iii. 133. Domestic—its quiet course, ii. 23, 151.
Slave trade in Kanó, ii. 131.
Slaves cruelly treated by the Tebú, v. 414. Yoked to the plough in the
valley of Aúderas, i. 387. Prices of, in the countries S. of Bagírmi,
iii. 381. In Más-eña, 420.
Smelting furnaces described and figured, iv. 265.
Smoking, Músgu passionately fond of, iii. 208. Inhabitants of Niger
likewise, v. 161.
Snake, large, killed, iii. 57.
So or Soy tribe, of its former power, ii. 277, 638, 639. Reduced by the
king Edrís Álawóma, 651. One of their former capitals, iii. 279.
Soda, corn-fields thickly incrusted with, i. 159.
Sóf e’ jín, rich valley, its fertility, i. 104.
Sókna town noticed, v. 448.
Sókoto, present state of, iv. 155. Aspect of the country, 166. Rulers
of, 527. Fúlbe tribes in, 528.
Sókoto town described, iv. 173. Second visit to, v. 333. Swollen
torrent, 335.
Song of Sheikh ʿOthmán, iv. 531.
Songhay, historical notices of, iv. 406. Its civil polity, 416.
Provinces, 418-422. Commerce, 428. Army, 429. And neighbouring kingdoms,
chronological table of, 579.
Songhay, independent, between the Niger and my route by Yágha and
Libtáko, chief towns and residences of the, v. 652. An inhospitable
race, iv. 238; v. 238. Their mode of carrying water in buckets, iv. 318.
Songhay and Fúlbe costume and weapons, v. 286.
Songho-sáre, farming village, iv. 236.
Sonni ʿAlí, king of Negroland, iv. 413, 593. Plunders Timbúktu, 594.
Conquers Bághena, 594. Drowned, 596.
Spider, large poisonous, v. 175.
Stirrups, Arab, valuable properties of, iii. 129.
Subterranean villages in the Ghurián, i. 48.
Súdo-melle market-place, iv. 555.
Sugúrti tribe, costume of, ii. 329.
Súk town, notice of, v. 181, 458.
Sulléri town, ii. 461, 517; described, iv. 44.
Súmmoli, peculiar species of wild cat, described iii. 168.
Sungúruré village, iv. 127.
Superstition, ii. 183; iii. 370.
Surk, tribe, iv. 504; v. 468.
Súwa-búwa, well of, iv. 48.
Súwa-Kolólluwa well, iv. 84.
Syllebáwa, or Sissílbe, divisions of the tribe, iv. 182, _note_.
Taboníye, Roman sepulchres near this well, i. 123, 124.
Tábu, or great army of the Awelímmiden, v. 60.
Tademékket tribe, historical notice and subdivisions of, v. 560. The
town called Tademékka by the Arab geographers, iv. 498, 583; v. 181,
458.
Tagabáta village, mountain scenery, v. 285.
Tagáma, account of the habits of this tribe, i. 527.
Taganáma town described, ii. 181.
Tagánet, district of Western desert, described, and Moorish tribes in,
v. 532.
Tagánet, other more limited district of same name to the north of
Timbúktu, v. 460, 463.
Tágelel, village of Ánnur, described, i. 548.
Ta-gherbúst and picturesque fountain, i. 26.
Tághist valley, celebrated place of prayer, i. 385.
Tahónt-n-éggish, first rocky island in the Niger, v. 171.
Tailelt tobes, i. 434; ii. 129, _passim_.
Tájakánt tribe keep up the communication between Timbúktu and Morocco,
iv. 489, 516; v. 33.
Tákala town, v. 653.
Tákulum, valley of Kánem, iii. 105.
Talba, walled town, iv. 207.
Talisman, curious one at Taganáma, ii. 183.
Tamarind-tree, its beautiful shady character, principal ornament of
Negroland, i. 543. First full-grown specimen, ii. 9; splendid specimens,
ii. 320; iv. 64; on the Niger, v. 158, 250. Silkworm feeding on the
leaves of the tamarind-tree, ii. 129, _note_. The fruit the most
refreshing drink, iii. 377, _passim_. Best medicine for usual tropical
disease, iii. 449; with fried onions, pleasant lunch, iv. 172.
Tamkí, dress and food of the, iii. 607.
Tanéra town, iv. 558.
Tántanah, mountain, probable [uncertain] identification of, i. 251.
Tarabanása, their camp and costume, v. 102.
Táramt district, W. of Gógó, v. 238.
Tarhóna, the district and its ruins described, i. 64-74.
Tasáwa territory, revenues of, ii. 16. The town and its inhabitants, 19.
Market, 30.
Tasáwa, village of Fezzán, i. 178.
Taútilt camping-ground described, v. 106.
Tawárek, _see_ Imóshagh, chiefs arrive at the camp near Tasáwa village,
negotiations with them, i. 183. Their continual advance into Negroland,
ii. 100; iv. 4. Chiefs at Timbúktu, letter of franchise obtained from,
iv. 507. Encampment, 339-342. Costume, 350. Want of unity, v. 41.
Tawásh, Roman sepulchre near, i. 156.
Tawát, the people of the chief merchants in Ágades, i. 397. In Timbúktu,
iv. 489; v. 36. My chief protectors, v. 72, 123. Their relation to the
French, 124. Said to pay tribute to them, 431. The horse of Tawát, i.
423, _note_.
Tebu, form of the name, ii. 269; iii. 505. Their near relation to the
Kanúri, ii. 275, iii. 77. Their long wars with the former, 636. Their
tribes, families, and settlements, iii. 493. Their former settlements in
Kánem, iii. 514, 515. Their settlements along the Komádugu, ii. 216,
653; iv. 18, 20. Their cruelty towards their slaves, v. 415. The towns
and villages along Tebu road, v. 425. Their predilection for dried fish,
v. 433. Their commercial journeys to Mándará, ii. 444.
Tefínagh inscription, i. 274. Writing, v. 116.
Tegérri village in Fezzán, v. 442.
Teghdaust, important tribe of western desert, v. 527.
Tejígja, town in the district Áderér, v. 532.
Tektáke village and inhabitants, v. 515.
Teléshera peak, ascent of, i. 501.
Telísaghé, remarkable sculptures at, i. 196.
Temáshight, story of the Prodigal Son in, v. 639; vocabulary, 565, 638.
Tenge village, v. 492.
Téngik, the most elevated peak in Aïr, i. 309, 317.
Tents, the kind suitable for travellers in hot climates, i. 85.
Advantage of a few days’ residence previous to starting, 86.
Téra and its inhabitants, v. 552. The last Songhay king’s leave-taking
in Téra, iv. 619.
Terguláwen well, dangerous locality, i. 523.
Termites used as food, iii. 4. _See_ Ants.
Tessémmak described, i. 188.
Tewíwa and its population, i. 160.
Thníye e’ seghíra and Thníye el kebíra, rugged passages, v. 441.
Tiboráwen, rapids of the Niger near, v. 251.
Tídik valley, i. 311.
Tígóre, farming village, iv. 237.
Tíggeda valley described, i. 381.
Tíggera-n-dúmma mountain group, v. 437.
Tigger-urtín and its inhabitants, i. 172.
Tihóre, village, iv. 239.
Tillage, peculiar mode of, in Bagírmi, iii. 368, 400.
Tilli town and inhabitants, iv. 221; v. 319.
Timbúktu, approach to, iv. 403. Political situation, 432. View over the
town, 441. Plan of a house, 449. The great mosque, 476, 589. Mosque San-
koré, 589. Ground plan of the town, 477. Description of the town, 480.
Its former extent, 479. Population, 482. The inundation, 513; subsides,
v. 49. Its origin, iv. 410. When founded, 584. Becomes dependent on
Melle, 588. Destroyed by the King of Mósi, 590. Visited by Ébn Batúta,
591. Becomes known to Europeans, 591. Conquered by the Ímóshagh, 592.
Plundered by Sonni ʿAlí, 594. Becomes more important, _ib._ Conquered by
Jodar, 616. Commerce, 515. Present commercial relations of, v. 17.
Commercial importance of its position, 37. Identity of its language with
that of Ágades, i. 418. Why so few trees in the town, iv. 475. Not
considered very healthy, 507. Late hours, v. 3, 65.
Timme town, v. 466.
Tímmísau well, footprint of Moses’s horse near, v. 458.
Tindírma town, iv. 420; v. 470.
Tínge town and inhabitants, iv. 310.
Tin-ger-égedesh, notice of the tribe, v. 201.
Tin-rássen, interesting incident in African warfare at, v. 189.
Tin-shamán, former capital of Ásben, i. 336.
Tin-sherífen district, v. 179. Appearance of the Niger at, 185.
Tin-tagh-odé, important village of, i. 321.
Tin-téggana valley, i. 485.
Tintéllust valley described, i. 333. Village residence of the powerful
chief Ánnur, _ibid._ Deserted, 484.
Tintúmma desert, v. 418.
Tinýlkum, account of this tribe, i. 174. Their conduct in our
adversities, 300, 301, 306.
Tishít town, its inhabitants and produce, v. 506.
Tobacco cultivated in Kátsena, ii. 90. Of Kátsena much esteemed, iv. 99.
Little cultivated in Bórnu, 108. Varieties in or near Timbúktu, v. 36.
In Ghérgo, 153. Bamba and Égedesh, 165. Cultivated in great extent by
the Músgu, iii. 208, 229. Formerly in great extent along the Niger, v.
107, 158. Prohibited in Timbúktu, v. 36, 82. Tobacco chewed with natron
by the Kél-owí, i. 389.
Tobes, varieties of, ii. 126; made in Sansándi, v. 236.
Toe, destruction of the little, by a flesh worm, iii. 345.
Tolba, or Zuwaye, peaceable tribes of Arabs, identical with the term
Aníslimen among the Tawárek, v. 525, _passim_.
Tombs in Músgu country, iii. 190.
Tombo province and inhabitants, notice of, iv. 550.
Tóndibi mount, v. 205.
Tóndifú village, iv. 240. Swarms of birds at, v. 300.
Tongi hamlet, v. 245.
Tónorár village, v. 500.
Tornáre village on the Niger, busy state of the river at, v. 267.
Tósaye, remarkable narrowing of the Niger at, v. 190.
Tóso, edible fruit of the Bassia Parkii, ii. 387. _See_ Butter-tree.
Trík el Merhóma track, v. 449.
Tripoli, arrival at, i. 15. Excursion from, 17-84. Final departure from,
87. Return and embarkation for Marseilles, v. 451, 452. Importance of
Tripoli for the intercourse with the interior, Preface, xiv.
Truffles common in many parts of the desert, i. 136.
Tsád, excursion to the, ii. 323. Description of its characteristic
features, 325. Representation of the grounds along its swampy shore,
332. The open water, 331. A freshwater lake, iii. 53. Mentioned in
document, iii. 508.
Túburi and their lake, iii. 215. Dr. Vogel’s exaggerated opinion of its
size and importance, _ib._ Compare ii. 608.
Tulip tree, ii. 9.
Tumpénga town, desolate site of, iv. 285.
Túnguré valley, cotton plantations and palm grove, iv. 50.
Tunis, journey from to Tripoli, i. 1-16.
Túri, term, meaning of, i. 471, _note_.
Turtles in Damerghú, i. 542. In Kánem, iii. 74. Near Kúbo, iv. 321.
Týggebo village and inhabitants, v. 507.
Týnjur, tribe of, their dominion, iii. 430, 528. Remains of them in
Mondó, 468, 489, 490.
Úba, northern frontier town of Ádamáwa, described, ii. 412, 529.
Ugréfe, the village and its inhabitants, i. 153.
Ujé, fertile and populous district, the finest district of Bornú, ii.
362, 539. Relation to slave trade, 370.
Ulákiás, deep well, v. 485.
Úle-Tehárge sandy downs described, v. 132.
Úm el ʿArúk village, v. 500.
Um e’ Zerzán, i. 32. Roman sepulchre near, 33.
Unán, valley, i. 515.
Úra, well of, ii. 237.
Vegetables, common, of the country, ii. 86.
Vocabulary of the Temáshight, as spoken by the Awelímmiden, v. 565.
Vogel, Dr., meeting with, in the forest, v. 381; and at Kúkawa, 394. His
journey to Gombe and Yákoba, 573, 582. To Wádáy, iii. 537. His
astronomical observations, v. 668.
Wadán, town in Aderér, and inhabitants described, v. 536. Portuguese
factory in, iv. 595.
Wadán, town in Fezzán, formerly belonging to Bórnu, ii. 637.
Wadán (Ovis tragelaphus), i. 266, _passim_.
Wádáy, historical sketch of, iii. 528. Ethnographical account of, 539.
Government of, 547. Army, 554. Household of the sultan, 555. Towns and
villages, 556. Commerce and market-places, 556. Manufactures and
productions, 559. Learning and food, 560.
Wádi town, ii. 211.
Wádi Kawár, v. 429.
Wádi Rán and its caverns, i. 51.
Wádi Sóf-e’-jín, ruined castle at, i. 106.
Wádi Tagíje, fine sepulchral monument in i. 116.
Wádi Talha, Roman ruins at, i. 113.
Wádi Zemzem and its wells, i. 121; v. 449.
Wákoré, indigenous name of a great section of the Mandingoes, v. 501.
Wákuré village, v. 516.
Waláta town and inhabitants, important trading place in the time of Ebn
Batúta, iv. 591. Decline, 594; v. 486.
Wándalá (Mándará) mountains, ii. 395.
Wandering Arabs migrating, ii. 545.
Wángara village, iii. 468.
Wangaráwa, name of the eastern Mandingoes, iv. 144, 289, 555, 567.
Merchants in Kátsena Wangaráwa, ii. 82.
Wáni river, ii. 200.
Wanja village and inhabitants, v. 514.
Wántila village, v. 284.
Wára described, iii. 565.
Warm clothing, would find a ready sale in Central Africa, iii. 145.
Warrington, Frederic, his kind services, i. 16; v. 442, 447.
Wáse town, v. 369.
Water, scarcity of, in many districts of Bórnu, ii. 187, 240. In
Bagírmi, iii. 335. Water unwholesome, v. 291, 318.
Water combat, iii. 212.
Water communication between the basin of the Tsád and the Bay of
Biyáfra, iii. 221.
Water lilies in Tsád, ii. 334. In Niger, iv. 378; v. 156.
Water-melons the principal food of the Kóbetát tribe, v. 488.
Wáza district described, iii. 255.
Welád Bú-Séf, account of this tribe, i. 120.
Welád Slimán, camp of, iii. 59. History of the tribe, 61. Interview with
their sheikh, 66. Their habits and mode of life, 69. Jewish adventurer,
76. Preparations for attack, 91. Attacked by the natives, 102, 104.
Well, greater industry in raising water from, iv. 88.
Wells of Koyám very deep, iv. 14; v. 389. Difficulty of digging a well
in Kúkawa, ii. 30. Ázawád, the most famous of, v. 262. Of Díbbela.
impregnated with natron, 423. Of Mul and Únghurutín, 416. Of Tagánet,
the most famous, 463. Of Zaw-kurá, 424.
Wheat, cultivated in Ngornu, ii. 314; iii. 262. Princely dish in Ágades,
i. 408. At Yó, iii. 35. In Wúshek, iv. 61. On the Niger, v. 158. At the
Rás el Má, v. 485. Wheat and rice fetch double the price of the native
corn, ii. 314.
White ant, northern limit of, v. 414.
Wild oxen, numerous in the desert, i. 263; v. 424. _See_ Antilope
Bubalis.
Women of Kúkawa contrasted with those of Kanó, ii. 316.
Wuélleri stockade, ii. 186.
Wukári, capital of Korórofa, and its inhabitants, ii. 577.
Wúliya district, beauty and careful cultivation of the, iii. 208.
Wúlu village and inhabitants, iv. 299.
Wurnó described, iv. 156. Second visit to, v. 336. Attack of dysentery
at, 336.
Wúshek town and inhabitants described, iv. 58.
Yágha principality, iv. 275. Places belonging to, 278, _note_.
Yákoba, its position, ii. 561.
Yáli water, iv. 281.
Yálowe, river-bed, iii. 141.
Yámiyá well, iv. 44.
Yams not indigenous in the interior of Africa, iv. 108. Not cultivated
in Bórnu, ii. 315. Cultivated to some extent in Ádamáwa, ii. 521. In
Korórofa, 579. In Kebbi, iv. 191. Eastern limit of cultivation, near
Kátsena, _ib._
Yára, ruined town, iv. 208.
Yá-saláme and Konári, list of places between v. 481.
Yá-saláme and Saredína, list of places between, v. 480.
Yá-saláme and Sókolo, towns and villages between, v. 497.
Yáuri, towns, villages, and tribes in, iv. 545.
Yelé district, ii. 546.
Yélu town, iv. 229.
Yen, chief town of Burgu, described, iii. 493.
Yendi town noticed, iv. 556.
Yerímarí town, v. 371.
Yerímarí village, ii. 377.
Yó town and vicinity, iii. 33. Stay at, v. 409.
Yóla town and its inhabitants, ii. 485. Described, 500.
Yówaru, important town on Niger, described, v. 468, 471.
Yówaru and Yá-saláme, list of places between, v. 480.
Yúri, cliffs on the Niger, v. 291.
Zá Alayámin founds the dynasty of Zá, iv. 579.
Zabérma, towns, villages, and tribes in, iv. 547. Historical notice of,
418.
Zágha town, on upper Niger, of great importance in former times, v. 475.
Zágha, town of Déndina, iv. 418, 539.
Zánfara, present condition of the province, iv. 120, 521. Historical
notices, 526.
Zangway, monitor, foot prints of the, v. 146.
Zánkara district, towns in, v. 479.
Záriya, its astronomical position, ii. 561. Tribute paid by, iv. 116.
Zarzís described, i. 10. Journey hence to Zowára, i. 10-13.
Zawíya and surrounding country, i. 20.
Zéngiri komádugu at, iv. 27.
Zékka, town and fortifications, iv. 114.
Zenne, or plaid, varieties of, ii. 125.
Zenzúr, town of, described, i. 19.
Zinder town, account of, iv. 78.
Zintán, account of the people of, i. 105.
Zogháwa, tribe of, v. 544.
Zogírma and its inhabitants, iv. 218.
Zógoma, town, iii. 151.
Zoromáwa or Zoghorán, their first appearance, iv. 623. Their
amalgamation with the Fúlbe, 146. Their importance in Sókoto, 175.
Zowára and surrounding country, i. 14.
Zurríkulo town, ii. 202, iv. 40, v. 385.
Zýrmi town, iv. 120.