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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



at various times it sent out bauds in different directions: one of these bands settled beside 

 the Victoria Nyanza, and its descendants are known as the Watuta; another struck south- 

 eastward to the eastern side of the Nyasa, where, mingling with the Wangindo, it formed the 

 tribe known as the Magwangwara. Later the main body of the Angoni moved southward, 

 and settled in the country along the western shore of Lake Nyasa. They conquered the 

 original Bantu inhabitants, over whom they rule as a military caste. They maintain their old 

 Zulu raiding habits, and as such have been a very disturbing element in Nyasaland. 



"These Angoni were the terror and curse of all this country," says Lugard. "Swooping 

 down by night in their fantastic garb of war, with the unearthly yells, grunts, and groans 

 with which they accompany their attack, they would fall upon villages and loot everything 

 sheep, goats, fowls, and crops. Sometimes they would carry off captives of war. At other 



times they seemed possessed with a lust for 

 carnage only, and killed man, woman, and 

 child without distinction, leaving not a living 

 soul behind on the scene of their brutal 

 attack. These awful bursts of savage slaughter, 

 combined with their character for invincible 

 courage, the appalling sounds they utter, and 

 the garb they wear in war, have struck such 

 terror into the surrounding tribes that resist- 

 ance is rarely offered to an Angoni raid. 

 \Vhen the dread cry is raised that the Angoni 

 are coming, a blind panic seizes the helpless 

 villagers, and each thinks only of flight and 

 concealment, unless, as more often happens, 

 the surprise is complete by night, and there 

 is no time for escape." 



It was mainly the hope that they would 

 act as a check to the Angoui that led to the 

 establishment of the Makololo in the Shire 

 country. The Makololo were mostly Bechuana 

 and Boloi people brought by Livingstone from 

 the Upper Zambesi and settled at Tete in 

 1856. At first there were only twenty-five; 

 but they were reinforced two years later and 

 armed by Livingstone, so that they might 

 protect the peaceful natives of the Shire 

 district from the raids of the Yao and Angoni. 

 The Makololo soon made themselves chiefs of 

 the district, and under their organisation and leadership the encroachments of other tribes and 

 of the Portuguese were successfully resisted. They were at first friendly toward the British, 

 but after their chief had been treacherously killed by a European they became hostile to 

 all white men. 



Photo by Minn Palmtr. 



TWO NYASALAND MEN AND THEIR WIVES. 



THE NATIVES OF NYASALAND. 



The Bantu tribes of Nyasland are now fairly well known, thanks in the main to the 

 careful studies of Sir Harry Johnston. The main tribe is the Wangindo, which includes 

 many sub-divisions. 



The general characters and mode of life of the Nyasaland Bantu agree fairly closely among 

 the different tribes. The average height of the men is about 5 feet 6 inches, the women being 

 about 6 inches shorter than the men. The head is typically Negro in type, and cases of the 



