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by Tim Jeal


  Iga, Ignatius, 412

  Ikuta Yacongo, 315; see also Congo River

  Imperial British East African Company, 363, 378-9, 382, 419

  imperialism, 128, 332, 383-6, 418

  Indian Mutiny, 125, 126

  International African Association, 354

  International Association of the Congo (AIC), 356

  Ismail Pasha, khedive of Egypt, 6, 302, 303, 304, 307, 318, 332, 342, 352, 395

  Ismailia, 335, 337, 342; see also Gondokoro

  Ismailia (Baker), 337, 338

  Ituri Forest, 366

  ivory trade, 21, 25, 41, 50, 129, 183, 408, 428-9; see also slave trade

  Jackson, Sir Frederick, 376, 408

  James (follower of Livingstone), 22

  Jameson, James Sligo, 368, 372

  Jennings, Louis (New York Times editor), 283

  Jephson, Arthur Mounteney, 318, 432

  Johnston, Sir Harry H., 407

  Jones, Elizabeth (mother of Stanley), see Parry, Elizabeth

  Josut, 25, 26, 253

  Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Speke), 147, 157, 195

  McQueen’s review, 207

  Juba, 2, 401; see also Gondokoro

  Juma (ivory trader), 143

  Junker, Dr Wilhelm, 349

  Kabarega (omukama of Bunyoro), 338, 339, 340, 342, 406

  attacked by Colvile, 407

  death in Jinja, 407

  exiled to Seychelles, 407, 431

  Kabarega Falls, see Murchison Falls

  Kafu, River, 26, 170, 173, 230

  Kafue, River, 26

  Kagehyi (L. Victoria), 300, 304, 306

  Kagera, River, 153, 377

  search for source, 316-17

  Stanley explores, 308

  as White Nile source, 144, 308, 316, 318-19

  Kagere, Sarah, 412

  Kagwa, Apolo, 406

  Kakwa people, 414

  Kalulu (slave boy), 296-7, 311

  death, 320

  Kama Sutra of Vatsayana (trans. Richard Burton), 322

  Kamerun (German), 358

  Kambi Mbaya (slave trader), 348

  Kampala, 378, 379, 415

  Kamrasi (omukama of Bunyoro), 144, 163, 164, 166, 169-72, 224, 225, 237-9, 338, 431

  Kannena (Ujiji chief), 86, 89-91, 274

  Kaole Point, 72

  Karagwe, 133, 435

  Karamajong tribe, 408

  Karuma Falls, 173, 227, 236, 241

  Kasembe (village), 252

  Kasembe (chief/ruler of the Luba-Lunda), 7, 252, 429, 431

  Kasengé Island, L. Tanganyika, 88

  Kasongo, 372

  Kasoro (guide), 168

  Kassala, 387

  Katanga, 25, 429

  Katchiba (Obbo chief), 222

  Katende, Major, 412

  Kathleen (Petherick’s boat)

  Katomba (slave trader), 28, 29

  Kavirondo Bay, L. Victoria, 300

  Kazeh (later Tabora), 82, 91-2, 100, 103, 131, 140, 275

  altitude, 85

  Burton & Speke in, 81-3, 93

  Speke leaves for L. Victoria 96

  returns 100-1

  Speke & Grant in, 131, 133-4, 136; see also Tabora

  Kedong massacre, 419

  Kelly, Capt. Henry, 397-8, 397

  Kenya, 395, 401, 410, 413, 420, 421, 434

  Kenya, Mount, 39, 40

  Khama, Seretse, 414

  Khartoum, 41, 123, 184, 189, 240, 333, 349, 393, 398-9, 400, 40 Kibonge (slave trader), 375

  Kidwiga (Kamrasi’s guide), 173, 174

  Kikizi, Mount, 317

  Kikuyu people, 419, 421

  Kilimanjaro, Mount, 39, 65, 363

  Kilwa, 70, 105, 362

  Kimera, Prince Harry, 412

  Kingani (Ruvu), River, 73-4

  Kinglake, Alexander, 260

  Kinshasa, 355-6

  Kirk, Dr John, 27, 31, 211, 254, 273, 279-80, 280, 293, 360

  Kismayu, 362

  Kisoona (Kisuna), 237

  Kitchener, Maj-Gen Sir Horatio, 387, 424

  Kivira Island, L. Tanganyika, 87

  Kivira, River (White Nile), L. Victoria, 101, 102, 113, 115, 124, 173

  Kivu, Lake, 144, 317

  Knoblecher, Ignatius (missionary), 118-19

  Kodok (formerly Fashoda), 392

  Kololo tribe, 246, 425

  Kony, Joseph, 416-17

  Krapf, Dr Johann Ludwig (missionary), 39-40, 50

  Kurrum, 50, 55

  Kyoga, Lake, 303, 317, 319

  Lady Alice (boat), 299, 300, 301, 304, 305

  Lake Regions of Central Africa (Burton), 78, 117, 118, 195, 207

  Laing, Gordon, 72

  Lander, Richard, death, 8, 72, 423

  Lane, Edward, 322

  Langi tribe, 398, 408, 410, 416

  The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, 21, 27, 32, 35, 291, 329

  Latuka tribe, 218, 222, 223

  Layard, Austen, 198

  Lenana (Masai leader), 419

  Leopold II, King, 6, 325, 352, 353, 357, 359

  Leopoldville, 355, 423

  Levy-Lawson, Edward, 308 lions, 41

  Tsavo man-eaters, 420

  Livingstone, Agnes (daughter of David), 16, 214, 294

  Livingstone, Anna Mary (daughter of David), 276

  Livingstone, Dr David, 7, 8, 9, 92, 178, 289, 324, 385, 429

  anti-slavery, 212-13, 249, 294

  appearance, 271

  attempts on life, 34-5, 255

  body returned to Zanzibar, 292-3

  burial at Westminster Abbey, 293, 295

  character, 9, 277-8

  ‘Christianity and Commerce’, 14, 196, 272, 329, 331, 426

  death, 290-1, 329

  doubts Speke’s Nile source, 206, 210

  early life, 14, 246, 271

  early journeys, 272-3, 425

  God-given duty, 6, 17, 209, 425

  hatred of Burton, 201, 212

  ill-health, 19, 20, 26, 209, 250, 252, 254, 255, 287, 288, 290

  and Kirk, 271, 281

  last diary entry, 290

  last journey (1872-3), 285-90

  and Lualaba River, 254, 273, 288, 291, 311

  meets Stanley, 268-71

  as missionary, 15, 206, 209, 212, 271-2, 286, 425, 440

  motivation to explore, 6, 14-17, 212, 248, 278, 286

  relationship with Stanley, 276-8

  trans-Africa journey (1854-6), 14, 15, 126, 209, 246, 272

  turns against Speke, 200

  views on Africans, 22, 82, 271, 425, 430-1

  views on colonialism, 332, 385-6, 426-7, 430-2

  views on slave and ivory trade, 21-2, 212-13, 294; see also Nile Source Expedition (Livingstone & Stanley); Zambezi Expedition

  Livingstone, Mary (wife of David), 15, 276, 331

  Livingstone, Oswell (son of David), 281

  Livingstone, Robert, 276

  Livingstone Relief Expedition, 279

  Livingstonia, 331

  Loanda, 246

  Lobo, Jeronimo, 2

  longitude, calculation of, 73, 78-9

  Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), 416

  Lourdel, Father Simeon, 346, 348

  Lovell, Mary, 105

  Lualaba, River, 17, 23, 29-30, 34, 251, 254, 273, 310, 311

  altitude and Nile source, 275, 288

  Stanley proves to be Upper Congo, 315

  Luapula, River, 251, 290

  Luba-Lunda people, 429

  Lugard, Capt. Frederick, 379-81, 382

  Lugbara people, 414

  Lukuga, River, 308, 310

  Lumeresi (chief), 137, 138, 139

  ‘Lunatic Line’, see Uganda Railway

  Luta N’zige, 172, 173, 174, 182, 206, 215, 247; see also Albert, Lake

  Luta N’zige Expedition (Baker & Florence, (1863-5): Baker exaggerates size of lake, 232, 241, 242

  in Bunyoro, 227-38

  detained by Kamrasi, 236-8

  discovery and rena
ming of lake, 232

  discovery of Murchison Falls, 235

  Florence’s ill-health, 230-2

  journey from Gondokoro to Obbo, 216-19, 221-2

  journey from Obbo to Karuma Falls, 224-7

  meets Chief Commoro, 218, 220

  in Obbo, 222-4

  and porters, 216, 222, 233-4, 236

  return to Gondokoro, 233-9

  slave traders atrocities, 223

  in Shaguzi, 229-30

  voyage on lake, 233

  warned of mutiny, 215-16, 217

  Luxor, 1

  Maaolo, George, 412

  Mabruki Speke, 71, 105, 163, 189, 266, 285, 292, 297

  Machunda (king of Ukerewe and Mzita Islands), 99

  Mackay, Alexander, 345-6, 346, 347, 348, 349, 363, 374

  Mackinnon, Sir William, 331, 351, 363, 370, 378-9, 383, 403, 419

  MacMichael, Sir Harold, 399-400, 403

  McQueen, James, 195, 207-8, 300

  McQuie, Peter, 195

  Madi tribe, 176, 225, 302, 398, 408

  Mahaya (Mwanza chief), 99

  Mahdi, The (Muhammad Ahmad), 349, 350

  al-Mahdi, Sadiq, 403

  Maizan, Lt M., 40, 67

  death, 129, 423

  Majid, Abdel (slave trader), 183-4, 185

  Majid, Said bin, 274

  Majid, Sultan of Zanzibar, 69-70, 119, 120

  Makaka (Sorombo sub-chief), 135-6

  Makoko (chief), 354, 355

  Malagarasi, River, 268

  Malaka, 396

  Malamine, Sergeant, 355

  malaria, 3, 8, 19, 41, 77-8, 80, 222, 250, 268, 273, 362, 423

  Malawi, see Nyasaland Mamohela, 17

  A Man of the People (Achebe)

  Mandela, Nelson, 414

  Mansur (Arab trader), 99

  Manwa Sera (Nyamwezi chief), 82, 128, 131, 133, 134, 221, 291, 292, 297, 320, 422

  Manyema, 19, 20-1, 34, 252-3, 311

  Manyema people, 22, 30, 254

  massacre of, 32-4

  Marchand, Major Jean-Baptiste, 392, 393

  Markham, Clements, 112-13, 283

  Marschall, Baron von, 377

  Marston, Edward, 281, 323

  Masai tribe, 419, 421

  Masailand, 40, 67, 170, 348, 374

  Masindi, 338

  Masindi, Battle of, 339-41

  Masudi (slave trader), 140

  Mau Mau Rebellion, 413, 421, 434

  Maula, 145, 151, 164

  Maxim guns, 365, 379, 381, 390, 392, 394

  Mazitu (Ngoni) tribe, 249

  Mecca, 36, 38, 39, 43, 63

  Melly, Andrew, Nile attempt, 41

  Menelik II, Emperor, 386, 388

  Mengo Hill, 155, 156, 348, 380

  Méri, 157-62

  Mfundi (Sorombo sub-chief), 135, 137

  Mgambi (brother of Kamrasi), 229, 230, 238

  Miani, Giovanni (ivory trader), 42, 176-7, 221

  Mikindani Bay, 13 The Mill on the Floss (G. Eliot), 123

  Mirambo (Nyamwezi king), 267, 308, 415, 429

  missionaries, 4, 14, 38, 212, 302, 304, 331, 332, 345-8, 366, 386, 394, 400, 408, 409, 419, 424, 427, 433

  relationship between Catholic (French) and Protestant (British) Missions, 379-80; see also individual missionaries Missionary Travels (Livingstone), 258, 331

  Missouri Democrat, 262

  Mitamba forest, 312

  Moenpembé, 25, 26, 253

  Moero (Mweru), Lake, 250, 273, 290

  Moir, John and Frederick, 331

  Molilamo, River, 290

  Mombasa, 26, 40, 65, 115, 362

  Monsoor, 341

  Moorehead, Alan, 3, 438

  ‘Mountains of the Moon’, 26, 39, 40, 43, 70, 85, 100, 118, 144, 318

  Mozambique, 15

  Mpanga, Frederick, 412

  Msiri, 429

  el-Muameri, Sayf bin Said, 70

  Mugwanya, Stanislas, 406

  Muhammad, Abdulla ibn, (The Khalifa), 388

  Muhammad Ali Pasha (Egyptian viceroy), 24, 40

  Muhammad, Mahmoud, 388, 389

  Muhinna (slave trader), 91, 134

  Mukasa, C. M. S., 412

  Mukondokwa, River, 79

  Murchison, Sir Roderick, 14, 113, 126, 128, 274, 332

  invites Speke to ‘great Nile debate’, 199

  letter to The Times, 191, 192

  loses favour with Speke, 194-5

  praises Speke, 116, 190

  suggests Nile military expedition to Speke, 197

  urges Livingstone on Nile expedition, 211

  Murchison Falls, 234, 241, 319

  discovery and naming, 235

  renamed by Idi Amin, 407

  Murdoch, Sophie (sister of J. Speke), 204

  Murie, Dr James, 185, 216

  Musa Mzuri (Indian trader), 81, 103, 132, 133

  Museveni, Yoweri, 415

  Mutebi, Ronald, kabaka of Buganda, 417-18

  Mutesa, kabaka of Buganda, 135, 143, 144, 151-4, 157-8, 166

  cruelty, 162-3, 164

  desire for firearms, 303-4

  greets Stanley, 301

  invites missionaries, 304, 345, 347

  sacrifices, 144, 347

  Mutesa II, Sir Frederick Edward (‘King Freddie’), 410

  burials, 413-14

  death, 412-13

  escape to Britain, 411

  Mwanga, kabaka of Buganda (son of Mutesa), 347, 370, 378, 406

  executes converts and missionaries, 348-9

  exile and death, 407

  treaty with Lugard, 379, 381

  treaty with Peters, 376, 377

  Mwanza, L. Victoria, 99

  Mzilikazi, 415

  Mzita Island (L. Victoria), 98, 99

  N’yamgundu, 145

  Napier, General Sir Robert, 37

  Napoleon Channel, 168

  Napoleon III, Emperor, 168, 197-8

  Nasib, 136, 137, 152

  Nasik porters, cruelty to animals, 248

  Nassick Mission School (Bombay), 28, 247

  Nchuvila (Kinshasa chief), 355, 356

  Nelson, Capt. R. H., 369

  Neston Park, Corsham, 202

  New York Herald, 262, 264, 271, 273, 294, 295, 301, 302, 306, 313

  New York Times, 283

  Newbold, Sir Douglas, 402

  Ngoni people, 429

  Niger, River, 7, 72, 198, 312

  The Nile Basin (Burton & McQueen), 195, 207-8

  Nile, River: apportioning of water, 434-5

  Blue Nile, 2, 179

  early exploration, 1, 23, 25-6, 41-2

  mystery of, 1

  recent explorations of source, 316-17

  watershed, 16, 322

  White Nile, 2, 3, 70, 101, 102, 176, 179, 251, 273, 301, 391; see also individual expeditions

  Nile Source Expedition (Burton & Speke), see Great Lakes Expedition (Burton & Speke)

  Nile Source Expedition (Livingstone, 1866-73

  Stanley, 1871-2), 13, 15, 17-23, 26-35, 248-56, 285-93

  in Bambarre, 20, 23, 25, 26-8, 254

  Biblical resonance, 16, 23

  despatch to Lord Clarendon, 252

  at L. Bangweulu, 252, 286-90

  at L. Moero, 251

  at L. Nyanza, 249

  Livingstone’s last journey (1872-3), 285-90

  L. & S. meet, 268-71

  L. & S. return to Tabora and part company, 275-8

  L. & S.’s voyage on L. Tanganyika, 274-5

  at Lualaba River, 29-31, 253, 254-5

  Manyema ambush, 34-5, 35

  navigation error, 250, 287

  Nyangwe massacre, 32-4, 255

  and porters, 13, 18, 249, 251, 252, 254, 264, 265, 266, 286

  preparations, 246-7

  supplies stolen at Ujiji, 255-6

  Nile Source Expedition (Speke & Grant, 1863): attack by Wanyoro, 169

  criticism on return, 192-3

  detained at Lumeresi’s court, 137-8, 139

  detained at Mutesa’s court, 147, 149-65, 431<
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  in Gondokoro, 177, 180-7

  G.’s camp ransacked, 138-9

  G. reunites with S., 164

  at Kamrasi’s court, 170-2

  in Karagwe, 141

  in Kazeh, 131-2, 136

  march to Buganda, 144, 145

  march to Bunyoro, 168-9

  and porters, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136, 173

  preparation, 124-6, 128-9

  refused permission to visit Luta N’zige, 172, 173-4

  S. asked to negotiate, 131, 134

  S. discovers Ripon Falls, 167-8

  S. rejects Petherick’s aid, 185-6

  S. separates from G., 129-30, 134-5

  telegram to RGS, 189

  in Ugogo, 129-30

  in Ukumbi, 132-3

  in Usui, 139-40

  waits for Petherick in Faloro, 174-6; ‘welcome home’

  celebration, 191-2

  Nilotic peoples, 398, 399, 408

  Nimule, 224

  Noe, Lewis, 260

  Ntamo, 355

  Nubar Pasha, 332

  Nuer people, 399, 400

  Numeiri, Jafar, 403

  Nyamwezi people, 130, 131, 133, 267, 308, 374, 428, 429

  Nyangwe, 30, 254, 311, 312

 

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