Part 41

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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