BRASS  , a See also:

• RIVER

river, See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• NIGERIA

Nigeria, See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The Brass river is one of the deltaic branches of the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger, lying See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the Rio See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

Nun or See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main channel of the river . From the point of divergence from the main stream to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea the Brass has a course of about too m., its mouth being in 6° 20' E., 4 35' N . Brass town is a flourishing trading See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at the mouth of the river . It is the headquarters of a district See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner and the seat of a native See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . Its most conspicuous See also:

• BUILDING

building is a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of a native See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Brass tribes is Nimbe, 30 M . Up river . The Brass river, called by its Portuguese discoverers the Rio Bento, is said to have received its See also:

• ENGLISH

English name from the brassrods and other brass utensils imported by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early traders in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm-oil and slaves . The Brass natives, of the pure See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro type, were noted for their See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . In 1856 their chiefs concluded a treaty with See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain agreeing to give up the slave-See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in exchange for a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty on the palm-oil exported . Finding their profitable business as middlemen between the up-river producer and the exporter threatened by the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European traders, they made ineffective complaints to the British authorities .

The See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Royal Niger See also:

• COMPANY

Company led to further loss of trade, and on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1895 the natives attacked and sacked the company's station at Akassa on the Rio Nun, over See also:

• FORTY

forty prisoners being killed and eaten as a See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to the fetish gods . In the following See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month a punitive expedition partially destroyed Nimbe, and a heavy fine was paid by the Brass chiefs . Since then the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country has settled down under British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . The trade regulations of which complaint had been made were removed in 1900 on the establishment of the See also:

• PROTECTORATE

protectorate of Southern Nigeria (see NIGERIA) . Valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning the country and See also:

• PEOPLE

people will be found in the See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

Kirk on the Disturbances at Brass (Africa, No . 3, 1896) .