That's The West African's Way Entirely All
Along The Coast; The "Child-Like" Native Will Turn Out And Shoot You
With A Gun To Attract Your Attention To The Fact That A Tribe You
Never Heard Of Has Been And Stolen One Of His Ladies, Whom You Never
Saw.
It's the sweet infant's way of "rousing up popular opinion,"
but I do not admire or approve of it.
If I am to be shot for a
crime, for goodness sake let me commit the crime first.
September 28th. - Down to Victoria in one day, having no desire to
renew and amplify my acquaintance with the mission station at Buana.
It poured torrentially all the day through. The old chief at Buana
was very nice to-day when we were coming through his territory. He
came out to meet us with some of his wives. Both men and women
among these Bakwiri are tattooed, and also painted, on the body,
face and arms, but as far as I have seen not on the legs. The
patterns are handsome, and more elaborate than any such that I have
seen. One man who came with the party had two figures of men
tattooed on the region where his waistcoat should have been. I gave
the chief some tobacco though he never begged for anything. He
accepted it thankfully, and handing it to his wives preceded us on
our path for about a mile and a half and then having reached the end
of his district, we shook hands and parted.
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