See also:

• LEWANIKA (c. i86o– )

LEWANIKA (c. i86o– )  , See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount See also:

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

chief of the See also:

• BAROTSE, BAROTSELAND

Barotse and subject tribes occupying the greater See also:

• PART

part of the upper See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin, was the twenty-second of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LINE

line of rulers, whose founder invaded the Barotse valley about the beginning of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and according to tradition was the son of a woman named Buya Mamboa by a See also:

• GOD

god . The See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves of successive ruling chiefs are to this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day respected and See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage for purposes of ancestor See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . See also:

• LEWANIKA (c. i86o– )

Lewanika was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the upper Kabompo in troublous times, where his See also:

• FATHER

father—Letia, a son of a former ruler—lived in See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile during the See also:

• INTERREGNUM (Lat. inter, between, and regnum, reign)

interregnum of a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty (Makololo), which remained in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession from about 1830 to 1865, when the Makololo were practically exterminated in a See also:

• NIGHT

night by a well-organized revolt . Once more masters of their own 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, the Barotse invited Sepopa, an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle of Lewanika, to See also:

• RULE

rule over them . Eleven years of brutality and See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence resulted in the See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant's See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion and subsequent assassination, his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place being taken by Ngwana-Wina, a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew . Within a See also:

• YEAR

year abuse of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power brought about this chief's downfall (1877), and he was succeeded by Lobosi, who assumed the name of Lewanika in 1885 . The See also:

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

early years of his reign were also stained by many acts of See also:

• BLOOD

blood, -u1>lil in 1884 the See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture and See also:

• MURDER

murder of his own See also:

• BROTHER

brother led to open See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, and it was only through extreme presence of mind that the chief escaped with his See also:

• LIFE

life into exile . His See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Akufuna or Tatela, was then proclaimed chief . It was during his brief reign that See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Coillard, the eminent missionary, arrived at Lialui, the See also:

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

capital . The following year Lewanika, having collected his partisans, deposed the usurper and re-established his power . Ruthless revenge not unmixed with treachery characterized his return to power, but gradually the strong See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality of the high-minded Francois Coillard so far influenced him for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good that from about 1887 onward he ruled tolerantly and showed a consistent See also:

• DESIRE

desire to better the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of his See also:

• PEOPLE

people . In 1890 Lewanika, who two years previously had proposed to place himself under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain, concluded a treaty with the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa See also:

• COMPANY

Company, acknowledging its supremacy and conceding to it certain See also:

• MINERAL

mineral rights .

In 1897 Mr R . T . Coryndon took up his position at Lialui as British See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, and the country to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of 25° E. was thrown open to settlers, that to the See also:

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

west being reserved to the Barotse chief . In 1905 the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy's See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award in the Barotse boundary dispute with See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal deprived Lewanika of See also:

• HALF

half of his dominions, much of which had been ruled by his ancestors for many generations . In 1902 Lewanika attended the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VII. as a See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest of the nation . His recognized See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir was his eldest son Letia . See BA ROT SE, and the See also:

• WORKS

works there cited, especially On the See also:

• THRESHOLD

Threshold of Central Africa (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1897), by Francois Coillard . (A . ST . H .