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Among Congo Cannibals

by John H. Weeks

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I — In Search of a New Site
  4. 4Chapter II — Settling at Monsembe
  5. 5Chapter III — Struggles With the Language
  6. 6Chapter IV — Early Days at Monsembe
  7. 7Chapter V — Arts and Crafts and Native Industry
  8. 8Chapter VI — Customs: Some Curious and Some Cruel
  9. 9Chapter VII — Social Life and Organization
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Marriage and Child Bearing
  11. 11Chapter IX — Native Education
  12. 12Chapter X — Native Games and Pastimes
  13. 13Chapter XI — A Page of Native History
  14. 14Chapter XII — Native Government and the Natives
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Native Laws, Crimes, and Ordeals
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Mythology and Folk Lore
  17. 17Chapter XV — War
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Hunting
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Fishing
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Religious Beliefs
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Boloki World of Spirits
  22. 22Chapter XX — Medicine Men and Their Magic
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Taboos and Curses
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Native Charms and Their Uses
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Death and Burial
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Native Diseases and Their Treatment
  27. 27Appendix
  28. 28List of Words for Relatives

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