Chapter VI Barbarian Warfare
Variable notions of honour
Primitive ideas of a military life
What is civilised warfare?
Advanced laws of war among several savage tribes
Symbols of peace among savages
The Samoan form of surrender
Treaties of peace among savages
Abeyance of laws of war in hostilities with savages
Zulus blown up in caves with gun-cotton
Women and men kidnapped for transport service on the Gold Coast
Humane intentions of the Spaniards in the New World
Contrasted with the inhumanity of their actions
Wars with natives of English and French in America
High rewards offered for scalps
The use of bloodhounds in war
The use of poison and infected clothes
Penn’s treaty with the Indians
How Missionaries come to be a cause of war
Explanation of the failure of modern missions
The mission stations as centres of hostile intrigues
Plea for the State-regulation of missions
Depopulation under Protestant influences
The prevention of false rumours—Tendenzlügen
Civilised and barbarian warfare
No real distinction between them