SHILLUK  , a See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro See also:

• RACE

race of the upper See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile valley, occupying the lands See also:

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

west of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Nile from the See also:

• SOBAT

Sobat northward for about 36o m., and stretching westward to the territory of the See also:

• BAGGARA (" Cowherds ")

Baggara tribes . They are the most numerous of the Negro tribesof the Anglo-See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan, and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form one See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FAMILY

family with the See also:

• ALUR (Lur, Luri, Lurem)

Alur and See also:

• ACHOLI

Acholi (q.v.) and others in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . Formerly extending as far See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north as See also:

• KHARTUM

Khartum and constituting a powerful Negro See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, they are now decadent . They are the only race on the upper Nile recognizing one See also:

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

chief as ruler of all the tribes, the chiefship passing invariably to the See also:

• SISTER

sister's See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child or some other relative on the See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side . The Shilluk towns on the Nile See also:

• BANK

bank are usually placed near to one another . They own large herds of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . In physique the Shilluks are typical Negroes and See also:

• JET (Fr. jais, Ger. Gagat)

jet See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black . The men used to See also:

• WEAR

wear nothing, the See also:

• WOMEN

women a See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf-skin attached to their See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle, but with 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 Anglo-Egyptian See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, c . 'goo, they gradually adopted clothes . The poorer See also:

• PEOPLE

people smear themselves with ashes . They See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair with grass and feathers in fantastic forms such as a See also:

• HALO

halo, See also:

• HELMET (from an obsolete diminutive of O. Fr. helme, mod. heaume; the English word is " helm," as in O. Eng., Dutch and Ger.; all are from the Teutonic base hal-, pre-Teut. kal-, to cover; cf. Lat. celare, to hide, Eng. " hell," &c.)

helmet, or even a broad-brimmed See also:

• HAT

hat . When they saw See also:

• SCHWEINFURTH, GEORG AUGUST (1836– )

Schweinfurth wearing a broad See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt hat they thought him one of them, and were amazed when he took it off .

They are skilful as hunters, and especially as fishermen, spearing See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish while wading or from ambach rafts . Their arms are spears, See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields and clubs . Their See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion is a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of ancestor and nature See also:

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

worship . See G . A . Schweinfurth, See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

Heart of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa (1874) ; W . See also:

• JUNKER, WILHELM (1840-1892)

Junker, Travels in Africa, Eng. ed . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 189o-1892) ; The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, edited by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• GLEICHEN

Gleichen (London, 1905) .