Sultan to sultan : adventures among the Masai and other tribes of East Africa

Sultan to sultan : adventures among the Masai and other tribes of East Africa / by M. French-Sheldon.

Accompanied by a retinue of African porters, American born, 41 year old French-Sheldon exhibits great tenacity in her journey across East Africa from the Court of the Sultan of Zanzibar to Mount Kilimanjaro. She relates her contacts with various tribes en route.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheldon, Mary French, 1847-1936
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : London : Arena Pub. Co. ; Saxon & Co., 1892.
Series:Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Europe and Africa: "Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest."
Subjects:
Maasai (African people)
Travel
Voyages and travels > Africa (East) > 1890-1899.
Africa, East > Description and travel.
Africa, Eastern > Description and travel.
Eastern Africa
Africa, East
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Table of Contents:
  • Ho! For East Africa
  • Aden to Mombasa
  • Mombasa to Zanzibar
  • Forming my caravan
  • The first march
  • First alarm. Excitable porters
  • Wa-Nyika and Wa-Duruma
  • Revolt and death
  • Depraved Wa-Teita
  • On to Taveta
  • Arcadian Taveta
  • Circumnavigation of Lake Chala
  • Vulcans of Chaga
  • Primitive Kimangelia
  • Masai
  • Heroic Hamidi and others
  • Sultan Mireali
  • Characters
  • Sultan Mandara of Moschi
  • Fleeting sights
  • Homeward bound
  • Aftermath
  • Medical and surgical appliances.

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