Identifier: fetichisminwesta00nassuoft (find matches)
Title: Fetichism in West Africa; forty years' observation of native customs and superstitions
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Nassau, Robert H. (Robert Hamill), 1835-1912
Subjects: Fetishism Ethnology -- Africa, West
Publisher: New York : Young People's Missionary Movement
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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- of about twenty men,led by an ambitious heathen whose manner had always beendictatorial to me and to whom I had shown no favor, filedinto the public meeting-room of our mission-house. I knew
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FETICHISM —A GOVERNMENT 149 them all; none were in my employ, nor were any of themChristians. As if they thought it was hopeless to attempt toobtain anything from me by petition or respectful request,they seemed to have decided to stake all on a demand andthreat. They suddenly and harshly began, We ve come toorder you to change prices. Naturally I felt nettled and re-plied that I saw no reason why I should take orders fromthem. They rose in a rage and said, Then we 11 put Ukukuon you— (1) no one shall work for you; (2) no one shall sellyou food or drink; (3) you shall not go yourself to yourspring; and with a savage yell they left the house. In-stantly a great terror fell on the native members of my house-hold. Those who were heathen dropped work and went to theirvillages. Those who were Christians came to me distressed,saying that they desired to obey me, but they feared the inter-dict. I relieved the situation for them by excusing them fromfurther work till I should call them, a

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