Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions . THE FETICH IN DAILY LIFE 175 he desires to find favor in the eyes of chiefs and a liberal pricefor his goods. For Warring. So implicit is African faith in signs, charms,and auspices, that when the sign before going into waris inauspicious, the natives hopelessness of success sometimesmakes them seem almost cowardly. Among the people ofGarenganze in Southeast Africa, when the chiefs meet inwar, victory does not depend on merely strength and courage,as we should suppose, but on fetich medicines. If somemen o
Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions . THE FETICH IN DAILY LIFE 175 he desires to find favor in the eyes of chiefs and a liberal pricefor his goods. For Warring. So implicit is African faith in signs, charms,and auspices, that when the sign before going into waris inauspicious, the natives hopelessness of success sometimesmakes them seem almost cowardly. Among the people ofGarenganze in Southeast Africa, when the chiefs meet inwar, victory does not depend on merely strength and courage,as we should suppose, but on fetich medicines. If somemen on the side of the more powerful chief fall, they atonce retire and acknowledge that their medicines have failed,and they cannot be induced to renew the conflict on anyconsideration. ^ Among the Matabele, before a war the doctors concocta special medicine, and taking some of the froth from it, markwith it the forehead of those who have already killed a man. A native of Batanga recently described to me the war-fetichas formerly prepared by his people. The medicine for it isarranged for
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