Among Congo Cannibals
by John H. Weeks
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About this eBook
- Author
- Weeks, John H., 1860-1924
- Title
- Among Congo cannibals
- Original Publication
- United States: J.B. Lippincott,1913.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Ethnology -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69650
- Release Date
- December 28, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.AMONG CONGO CANNIBALS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.APPENDIX
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.INTRODUCTION
- 7.CHAPTER I IN SEARCH OF A NEW SITE
- 8.CHAPTER II SETTLING AT MONSEMBE
- 9.CHAPTER III STRUGGLES WITH THE LANGUAGE
- 10.CHAPTER IV EARLY DAYS AT MONSEMBE
- 11.CHAPTER V ARTS AND CRAFTS AND NATIVE INDUSTRY
- 12.CHAPTER VI CUSTOMS: SOME CURIOUS AND SOME CRUEL
- 13.CHAPTER VII SOCIAL LIFE AND ORGANIZATION
- 14.CHAPTER VIII MARRIAGE AND CHILD BEARING
- 15.CHAPTER IX NATIVE EDUCATION
- 16.CHAPTER X NATIVE GAMES AND PASTIMES
- 17.CHAPTER XI A PAGE OF NATIVE HISTORY
- 18.CHAPTER XII NATIVE GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIVES
- 19.CHAPTER XIII NATIVE LAWS, CRIMES, AND ORDEALS
- 20.CHAPTER XIV MYTHOLOGY AND FOLK LORE
- 21.CHAPTER XV WAR
- 22.CHAPTER XVI HUNTING
- 23.CHAPTER XVII FISHING
- 24.CHAPTER XVIII RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
- 25.CHAPTER XIX THE BOLOKI WORLD OF SPIRITS
- 26.CHAPTER XX MEDICINE MEN AND THEIR MAGIC
- 27.CHAPTER XXI TABOOS AND CURSES
- 28.CHAPTER XXII NATIVE CHARMS AND THEIR USES
- 29.CHAPTER XXIII DEATH AND BURIAL
- 30.CHAPTER XXIV NATIVE DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT
- 31.APPENDIX — Note 1.—On Yeasts or Ferments — Note 2.—On Boloki Verb — Note 3.—On Boloki Method of Counting — Note 4.—On Boloki Relations or Kinship — Note 5.—On Native Diseases — Note 6.—On Health of White Men on the Congo
- 32.INDEX
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