. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . (1.) WASHING DAY.(See page 648.). (2.) A CONGO COKONATION.(See page 616.) (617) FATE OF TEMBANDUMBA. 619 fierce and bloodthirstj was Teinljandumba,even as a girl, that her mother gave her thecommaud of half the troops, the naturalCOD sequence of wliich was that she took thecommand of the whole, deposed her mother,and marie herself queen. Her great ambition was to found a nationof Amazons. Licentio
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . (1.) WASHING DAY.(See page 648.). (2.) A CONGO COKONATION.(See page 616.) (617) FATE OF TEMBANDUMBA. 619 fierce and bloodthirstj was Teinljandumba,even as a girl, that her mother gave her thecommaud of half the troops, the naturalCOD sequence of wliich was that she took thecommand of the whole, deposed her mother,and marie herself queen. Her great ambition was to found a nationof Amazons. Licentiousness she permittedto the fullest extent, but marriage wasutterly prohibited; and, as soon as thewomen found themselves tired of their malecompanions, the latter were killed and eaten,their places being supplied by prisoners ofwai\ All male children were killed, andshe had nearly succeeded in the object of her ambition, when she was poisoned by ayoung man with whom she fell violently inlove, and from whom she imprudently ac-cepted a bowl of wine at a banquet. It is very remarkable that, about a hun-dred years after the death of Temband-umba, another female warrior took thekingdom. Her name was Shinga, and sheobtained a power
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