Livingstone, Missionary Travels in South Africa

Livingstone, Missionary Travels in South Africa: a Chronicle / record source. Covers AD 1842 – 1856, with 224 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeChronicle / record
ViewpointOutsider account
Years coveredAD 1842 – 1856
Events224 events, 43 placed on the map
AuthorDavid Livingstone
Original titleMissionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa 222 · Western Europe 2

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 1842LetlocheLivingstone circled north of the Bakaa hills (near Letloche) on his way north beyond Shokuane. Ten days from the lower Zouga — a place from which Lake Ngami could have been found in 1842Ch.1 (북행, 'in 1842')
AD 1842 – 1843LepeloleThe Bamangwato drove the Bakwena out of Lepelole (now Lithubaruba) — Livingstone's settlement plan collapsed and he had to find a new siteCh.1 (레펠롤레 정착 무산)
AD 1843MabotsaLivingstone moved to the Mabotsa (Bakatla village) valley on the Kuruman side and founded a mission station thereCh.1 (마보촌 기지)
AD 1843 – 1844MabotsaA lion hunt on a hill near Mabotsa — a lion bit Livingstone, injuring his shoulder and arm; Mebalwe, who went with him, was bitten in the thigh, and one man diedCh.1 (사자 사건)
AD 1843 – 1849KolobengAfter settling at Chonuane he moved to the Kolobeng River, but drought lasted four years — the river dried up, fish died in masses, and grain had to be bought at KurumanCh.1 (가뭄 4년)
AD 1845LoandaAs British cruisers increased and grew more active from 1845, a system of forced carrying (carregadores) arose, moving goods to the coast with porters in place of the slave tradech.19 말(Golungo Alto 노동 제도 설명)
AD 1849KolobengLeft Kolobeng on 1 June 1849 with Oswell and Murray to find the lake to the north beyond the desertpart_02.txt:301-333
AD 1849BoatlanamaStopover at Boatlanama — watered the oxen at the wells; plenty of gamepart_02.txt:356-360
AD 1849LopepeLopepe — the old large pool had dried up and they had to dig the bottom of the well to water the oxenpart_02.txt:362-365
AD 1849SerotliSerotli spring — water was scarce, so they dug pits in the sand to get water, and the guide Ramotobi chose the routepart_02.txt:369-412
AD 1849SerotliSechomi sent back 17 oxen and tried to dissuade them from the desert crossing — he also relayed his mother's wordspart_02.txt:449-469
AD 1849MathuluaniOn the morning of the third day they got rainwater at the desert pool of Matluaruani — the animals went into the waterpart_02.txt:588-619
AD 1849NchokotsaSalt pan of Nchokotsa — Oswell caught a Bushwoman and was led by her to waterpart_02.txt:644-660
AD 1849Zouga riverReached the Zouga, a branch of the upper Zambezi, on 4 July 1849 — relieved to hear that the lake's water comes from this riverpart_02.txt:692-705
AD 1849NgabisaneWent 96 miles up the Zouga, left the oxen and wagons at Ngabisane, and went on to the lakepart_02.txt:727-732
AD 1849Lake NgamiDiscovered Lake Ngami on 1 August 1849 — the first sighting by Europeanspart_02.txt:789-795
AD 1849Zouga riverChief Lechulatebe refused to guide them and blocked the way across the river — the raft attempt failed, and the two decided to return south to the Capepart_02.txt:910-931
AD 1849KolobengLeft the Kolobeng mission on 1 June 1849 with Oswell and Murray to look for the lakepart_12.txt:345-346
AD 1849Lake NgamiCrossed the Kalahari in two months and reached Lake Ngami on 1 Augustpart_12.txt:378-380
AD 1850KolobengLeft Kolobeng in April 1850 — with his family and Chief Sechele, detoured through Sechomi's country Boteti toward the north bank of the Zougapart_02.txt:1091-1102
AD 1850Tamunak'leAt the mouth of the Tamunak'le River, the wagons could not proceed because of many tsetse flies, so they crossed the Zouga againpart_02.txt:1104-1115
AD 1850Lake NgamiNear the lake the English artist Alfred Rider died of fever — the other Englishmen recoveredpart_02.txt:1121-1131
AD 1850Lake NgamiHe tried to get guidance from Lechulatebe by giving him a gun, but the children and servants caught fever, so he gave up visiting Sebituane that yearpart_02.txt:1133-1152
AD 1850NchokotsaThird departure — after repairing the broken gun of the guide Sechomi had assigned, he went north rather than west, as far as Nchokotsapart_02.txt:1191-1201
AD 1850In 1850 Mambari traders came to Makololo and exchanged eight guns for eight boys — the beginning of the slave trade; Livingstone tried to stop it but was too latepart_02.txt:1740-1761
AD 1850Cassange valley (Bangala)In 1850 a Portuguese expedition punished the Bangala. Background note that many villages that existed before had disappearedch.19 말(카생지 계곡 묘사)
AD 1850Zouga River (margin)In 1850 on the Zouga river, Oswell was chasing an elephant when his horse was caught in the bushes and he fell. The elephant passed over him, but he was not hurtpart_10.txt:745-748
AD 1850Lake NgamiSecond attempt: reached the lake with his wife, three children and Sechele, but even after getting a guide by giving Lechulatebe a gun, the children and servants fell ill and the trip was abandonedpart_12.txt:404-406
AD 1850 – 1851Third expedition succeeded — Sebituane had died before then, and he found the Zambezi in the land of Sebituane's daughter Mamochisanepart_12.txt:480-483
AD 1851 – 1852The treaty Cathcart made when proclaiming Boer independence — it included a clause on passage for the English and a ban on slavery, but left out the missionary questionCh.2 (조약)
AD 1851Mahabe RiverThe Bushman guide Shobo lost the way and disappeared, and the water ran out — only on the afternoon of the fifth day was water found, and the children survivedpart_02.txt:1257-1287
AD 1851Banajoa villageArrived at the village of the Banajoa — Moroa Mazane, brother of the village head Mazane, took over as guide, showing the way to the Chobe and Sota rivers toward Seshekepart_02.txt:1301-1319
AD 1851ChobePassing through the tsetse zone, they lost 43 oxen — the cattle were moved to the north bank and saved, and the people and children, though bitten, suffered no harmpart_02.txt:1317-1334
AD 1851SeshekeMet Sebituane, chief of the Makololo — he said the cattle had been bitten by tsetse and promised to give them oxen; Livingstone heard his life storypart_02.txt:1424-1451
AD 1851Sebituane, chief of the Makololo, died of pneumonia — Livingstone visited him just before he died and left a word of advicepart_02.txt:1653-1674
AD 1851ZambeziDiscovered the Zambezi at the end of June 1851 — the great river flowing through the heart of central Africa was confirmed for the first timepart_02.txt:1701-1715
AD 1852Kolobeng400 Boers on Pretorius's orders attacked the Bakwena — many killed, 200 schoolchildren taken as slaves, Livingstone's house looted and the mission station destroyedCh.2 (1852 습격)
AD 1852Cape TownArrived in Cape Town in April 1852 — put his family on a ship to England and returned alone to prepare for exploring the interiorpart_02.txt:1779-1791
AD 1852Cape TownEarly June 1852, set out from Cape Town on his last and longest journey — heading for the west coast toward Luanda, Angola; the eastern goal was Quelimanepart_02.txt:1839-1852
AD 1852KolobengA Boer expedition attacked Sechele's town at dawn, burned it and killed 60 people, and carried off women, children and men. Livingstone's house was also lootedCh.6 — 세켈레 편지
AD 1852KurumanUnable to hire servants because of the Boer threat, he was stuck at Kuruman for months; after getting three servants he set out north on 20 NovemberCh.6 — 출발
AD 1852MotitoMet Sechele at Motito — Sechele set off saying he would go to the Queen of England, and Livingstone declined to accompany himCh.6 — 세켈레 여왕 방문길
AD 1852 – 1853BloemfonteinSechele reached Bloemfontein and met British troops (just returned from the Basuto battle) — officers fed him and collected travel money, but the commander would not receive himCh.6 — 세켈레 영국행
AD 1852LitubarubaArrived at Sechele's town Litubaruba on 31 December 1852 — the people, plundered by the Boers, were starvingCh.6 — 리투바루바 도착
AD 1852Cape TownArrived in Cape Town in April 1852 and put his family on a ship to England (promising to reunite in two years)part_12.txt:499-502
AD 1852Cape TownLeft Cape Town in June 1852, beginning a five-year journeypart_12.txt:504-505
AD 1852KolobengBoers attacked Sechele's town — 60 natives died, children and women were taken captive, and Livingstone's house was lootedpart_12.txt:517-518
AD 1853LitubarubaFour Boer envoys sought peace, on the condition 'return Sechele's children'. Armed Bakwena forces were blocking the passesCh.6 — 보어인 강화 요청
AD 1853BoatlanamaReached the Boatlanama wells on 21 January 1853, but for the first time they were dryCh.7 — 1853년 1월 출발
AD 1853LetlocheReached Letloche, about 20 miles beyond Bamangwato, and got plenty of water. This was Gordon Cumming's northernmost baseCh.7 — 1월 28일
AD 1853On 10 March four of the party caught fever and the march stopped. A few days later nearly everyone was down, leaving only Livingstone and one BakwenaCh.8 — 3월 10일
AD 1853SanshurehBlocked by water at Sanshureh, a tributary of the Chobe, and unable to cross. They camped under a baobab tree and explored the riverbank for a fordpart_04 줄 91–93
AD 1853MahontaAfter crossing the main Chobe by pontoon, reached a Makololo village (Moremi) on Mahonta island at duskpart_04 줄 201–204
AD 1853LinyantiArrived at Linyanti (capital of the Makololo), 23 May 1853. Detoured west around the northern floodplainpart_04 줄 220–221
AD 1853When the Makololo returned bearing Livingstone's hat, the Mambari slave dealers fled at night. They had been trading slaves in a stockade built in the north under Mpepe's protectionpart_04 줄 353–361
AD 1853On the road to Sesheke Sekeletu's party met Mpepe. Mpepe tried to kill Sekeletu, and that night Livingstone covered Sekeletu's body and prevented the assassinationpart_04 줄 379–400
AD 1853The same night Mpepe was executed on Sekeletu's order. He was dragged a mile away and speared to death. Mpepe's men fled to Barotselandpart_04 줄 406–418
AD 1853Against Lechulatebe's provocations (including songs rejoicing at Sebituane's death), about 500 Makololo threatened with an armed mock battle at Linyantipart_04 줄 997–1003
AD 1853KatongaCrossed the Leeambye by canoe at Katonga above Sesheke (the village of Sekhosi, a Bashubia man)part_04 줄 1357–1359
AD 1853SeshekeStayed several days at Sesheke, collecting canoes from the villages. He learned that the Barotse call this river Leeambyepart_04 줄 1371–1373
AD 1853NalieleWent upriver on the Leeambye into Barotse country (destination Naliele) with 33 canoes and about 160 paddlerspart_04 줄 1471–1481
AD 1853In Mpepe's father's village, two men who had urged killing Sekeletu and installing Mpepe were dragged out and thrown into the river to diepart_04 줄 1626–1635
AD 1853Discussion of starving out the Mambari stockade, which held out with weapons given by Mpepe. The author mediated on behalf of the slaves, and the Mambari were allowed to leavepart_04 줄 1637–1652
AD 1853Went up the Leeambye to latitude 14°11'3" S, where the river's name changes to Kabompo; then turned backpart_04 줄 1869–1871
AD 1853Ma-Sekeletu (town)Came down the Marile to Sekeletu's mother's village (opposite Loyela island). Sekeletu was visiting the area for the first time, and the village held a feastpart_04 줄 1971–1987
AD 1853GonyeWent down from Litofe to Gonye in a single day (44 miles by the text's latitude figure). It continues to Sesheke and Linyantipart_04 줄 2024–2028
AD 1853LinyantiNotes for September at Linyanti. The search for a western route (toward Benguela and Loanda) failed, and he decided to set out for the Chobe after the November rainspart_04 줄 2067–2079
AD 1853LinyantiLeft Linyanti on 11 November 1853. Sent off by Sekeletu, he launched the chief's canoe on the Chobepart_04 줄 2214–2223
AD 1853MpariaCame down the Chobe to Mparia island at its confluence with the Leeambye. He observed trap rock at the confluencepart_04 줄 2300
AD 1853SeshekeReached Sesheke again on 19 November 1853. A Makalaka village (north bank of the Leeambye) ruled by Moriantsanepart_04 줄 2322–2326
AD 1853Gonye FallsOn 30 November 1853 at the Gonye Falls, locals carried canoes on their shoulders to get around the falls. The heat slowed the marchpart_05.txt 줄 300
AD 1853Balonda 마을들 (Leeba 북쪽, 위치 본문 미상)Makololo under Lerimo raided Balonda villages in the north, took Masiko's subjects captive and destroyed several villages. This ran against Sekeletu's peace policypart_05.txt 줄 327
AD 1853NalieleOn 9 December he publicly rebuked Lerimo's plundering before the chiefs of Naliele. Mporolo took the guilt upon himself and released five captivespart_05.txt 줄 349
AD 1853LibontaOn 17 December at Libonta (the last Makololo village) he took on more captives, bringing the number to nineteen. After that they entered an uninhabited border zonepart_05.txt 줄 522
AD 1853Leeba–Leeambye 합류점On 27 December reached the confluence of the Liba and the Limbe (Zambezi). Prepared seven captives (two children, a girl, a youth, two women) to be sent back to Masikopart_05.txt 줄 975
AD 1853Leeba–Leeambye 합류점Sent Mosantu and companions to Masiko with the captives. A message to Masiko, son of Santuru, rebuking him and demanding he stop raidingpart_05.txt 줄 992
AD 1853 – 1854Makondo 개울 (Leeba 동쪽에서 유입)After four days of rain and negotiations, he declined an invitation from the Balonda chieftainess Manenko and went upstream by the Makondo streampart_05.txt 줄 1256
AD 1853 – 1854CassangeOn 20 February left Cassange. A strong west wind blew, and the next day several of the party stopped with feverpart_08 「FEB. 20TH」 항
AD 1853 – 1854Quango RiverFerry fare demanded at the Quango River — they asked for 30 yards of cloth but were given only 6. Two people per canoe, and everyone crossed in about two and a half hourspart_08 퀑고 도하 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Chiboque country forest (unnamed village)Villagers pounced on the baggage and fired a gun. Livingstone faced the chief with a six-shot revolver and the other side backed down. No bloodshedpart_08 4월 19일 열병 뒤 숲 습격 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Moena KikanjeArrived at the village of Moene Kikanje, last chief of the Kioko people. The village is on the east bank of the Quilo River, just before Matiamvo's landpart_08 Moena Kikanje 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Chikapa RiverArrived at the Chikapa River. The river is 50–60 yards wide, flowing east-northeast toward the Kasaipart_08 Chikapa 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Loajima RiverArrived at the Loajima River. Crossed on a bridge built of trees and vines. The river is 25 yards widepart_08 Loajima 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Moamba RiverArrived at the Moamba River. The river is 30 yards wide, with crocodiles and hippos, so they crossed by canoe. The strata are sandstone with an iron cappart_08 Moamba 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Cabango (village on the Chihombo)Arrived at Kabango, the village of Muanzanza under Matiamvo. Stopped for four days of funeral rites. Gathered information on the Luba and Mai regions north of the Kasaipart_08 Cabango 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Bango villageChief Bango gave a large gift. The Bango do not eat beef, because they regard cattle as human. Recorded as true of this group onlypart_08 Bango 대목 (방고 머묾)
AD 1853 – 1854Loembwe RiverLeft Bango and arrived at the Lumbwe River. It flows north-northeast and has many hippos. A fish fence was set uppart_08 「MAY 30TH」 항
AD 1853 – 1854Kawawa's villageArrived at Kawawa's village. Kawawa showed signs of slave raiding in a witchcraft trial. He then demanded an ox, a gun and gunpowder, and when refused an armed standoff followedpart_08 Kawawa 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Kasai River ford (southern bank)Kawawa's people hid the ferry boats to block the crossing. At night they secretly borrowed a hidden canoe and crossed to the south bank of the Kasaipart_08 Kasai 여울 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Lake DiloloAround Lake Dilolo — he heard a report of the northern Lotembwa River flowing backward and judged it to be the Kasai–Zambezi watershed. The lake's location is given in the textpart_08 Dilolo 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Katema's townArrived at Katema's village. Katema was hunting hides for Matiamvo. Gifts such as a red cloth cloak were given, and Katema promised to guarantee the roadpart_08 「JUNE 14TH」 항
AD 1853 – 1854Shinte's townArrived and stayed at Shinte's village. Shinte asked whether to intervene in the fighting between his brother Limbo and Masiko. Livingstone mediated and stopped the fightpart_08 Shinte 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Leeba RiverBorrowed five canoes from Nyamoana and went down the Leba River by canoe. Saw herds of wild animals; a buffalo hunt failedpart_08 Leeba 하강 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Manenko's village (about 15 miles from the river)Near Manenko's village, Sambanza reported on the political situation. The next day Pitsane and Sambanza held a blood-mingling friendship rite (kasendi)part_08 Manenko·Kasendi 대목
AD 1853 – 1854LibontaArrived at Libonta village. People who thought the party dead welcomed them warmly after two years. Two days later a thanksgiving service was held, and two oxen were providedpart_08 「JULY 27TH」 항
AD 1853 – 1854NalieleArrived at Naliele. The murder of Mporolo's daughter and grandson. The culprit and his wife were thrown into the river and executedpart_08 Naliele 8월 1일 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Masiko's stockade (location of the engagement not given)Limbo seized Masiko's women and appeared before the stockade. Masiko's young men blocked him with shields: ten of Limbo's side were wounded and ten killed. As punishment Limbo sent three slavespart_08 8월 5일 항 · 마시코 사절 대목
AD 1853 – 1854Naliele shore (Zambezi)Traveling along the Naliele shore, a hippo rammed the canoe and lifted one side out of the water. Everyone jumped to the shore and was unharmedpart_08 8월 13일 항
AD 1853 – 1854GonyeArrived at Gonye. Chief Mokwala gave ivory, which Livingstone passed to Pitsane. The Gonye rock is red-gray sandstone, with a glaze-like surface from ironpart_08 Gonye 대목
AD 1853 – 1854While Livingstone was in Luanda, the Makololo went on two raiding expeditions and seized large herds of cattle. Sekeletu's associates also regarded this as wrongpart_09 L159–166
AD 1853On 11 November 1853 set out from Sekeletu's country for Loanda, accompanied by 27 nativespart_12.txt:572-572
AD 1854Lonkonye 개울의 Sheakondo 마을On 1 January reached Shinde's village of Sheakondo. Sheakondo spoke Barotse well and gave a gift of cassavapart_05.txt 줄 1297
AD 1854Nyamoana 마을 (Balonda)On 6 January reached the village of the chieftainess Nyamoana. At a meeting held in a circular plaza he spoke words of peacepart_05.txt 줄 1350
AD 1854Nyamoana 마을 (Balonda)Masiko's embassy arrived: gifts of ivory, honey and blue cloth. Masiko claimed he sold only captives from neighboring small tribes, not his own people, and agreed to friendshippart_05.txt 줄 1484
AD 1854Shinte(Kabompo) 도읍 (Balonda)On 16 January reached the town of Shinte (Kabompo) in a valley. Two Portuguese half-caste slave dealers were camped therepart_05.txt 줄 1945
AD 1854Shinte(Kabompo) 도읍 (Balonda)Formal reception by Shinte on 17 January. Nine speakers addressed the gathering of about a thousand people and three hundred soldiers. Women also appeared in the public assemblypart_05.txt 줄 1994
AD 1854Shinte(Kabompo) 도읍 (Balonda)On 18 January he gave Shinte an ox as a gift and encouraged him to trade in cattlepart_05.txt 줄 2119
AD 1854Shinte(Kabompo) 도읍 (Balonda)At night Shinte tried to give him a girl of about ten as a gift. Livingstone declined, saying she should stay with her parentspart_05.txt 줄 2212
AD 1854Shinte(Kabompo) 도읍 (Balonda)On 24 January Shinte entered the tent, looked at the goods and hung a cone-shell necklace on him, calling it a token of friendshippart_05.txt 줄 2313
AD 1854샤인테 도읍 북쪽 Balonda 마을 (위치 본문 미상)Left Shinte's town on 26 January. Eight men carried the baggage and the guide Intemese went along. Spent the night in a Balonda villagepart_05.txt 줄 2361
AD 1854Lonaje 개울가 Kapende 마을At Kapende's village (by the Lonaje stream) he received too much poisonous cassava and left it behindpart_05.txt 줄 2391
AD 1854Leeba River crossingOn 31 January the guide Intimese delayed departure and then crossed the Leba River — about 100 yards wide, the crossing took about four hourspart06 줄≈91
AD 1854Soana Molopo's villageKatema's half-brother Soana Molopo, fearful of Livingstone's party, said Makerolo had shown them the way — yet he gave a gift of foodpart06 줄≈351
AD 1854Katema's townCrossed the Lotembwa River and went 8 miles to Katema's scattered villages. Katema sent a large gift of foodpart06 줄≈564
AD 1854Katema's townKatema boasted that he was a great ruler on a par with Matiamvo, and assigned Livingstone's party a guide for the northern road (the northwest road was flooded)part06 줄≈596
AD 1854Lake DiloloOn 20 February left Katema's land and went around the narrow end of Lake Dilolo. They could not go to the wide side because of fever, and astronomical observations were also skippedpart06 줄≈738
AD 1854Kabinje village (Kasai-Zambezi watershed)On 24 February left the flooded plain and crossed the watershed between the southern and northern rivers (Kasai and Loke) — Katende's chiefdom; reached the village of Kabinjepart06 줄≈924
AD 1854Kasai (Loke) fordOn 27 February Kangenke provided a guide and two canoes for crossing the Kasai (Loke) River — about 100 yards widepart06 줄≈1014
AD 1854Katende's villageKatende demanded a toll for passing his land: a person, ivory, beads, copper rings or shells. Livingstone sent a shirt and got a guide and foodpart06 줄≈1087
AD 1854Njambi's village (Chiboque)On 4 March entered Chibokwe country and reached Nyamoana's village (Njambi). Planned Sunday rest on 5 March, slaughtered a tired ox and gave the chief the meatpart06 줄≈1298
AD 1854Njambi's village (Chiboque)Njambi gathered men and surrounded the camp, demanding people, oxen, guns and ivory. Livingstone stood his ground with a gun, then gave an ox, a shirt, beads and more, and passed without bloodshedpart06 줄≈1318
AD 1854On 6 March, as the guides kept demanding payment, he turned the course north-northeast to look for an exit toward Portuguese Cassangepart06 줄≈1425
AD 1854Ionga Panza's village (Loajima second ford)On 17 March at the second ford of the Loajima, a hostile band blocked the way. The old man Njonga Panza stepped in; Livingstone tried to settle it by talking before firingpart06 줄≈1670
AD 1854Ionga Panza's villageOn 20 March Njonga Panza demanded a toll. Only one of Sekeletu's tusks and an ox settled it; the party was so discouraged that some even proposed turning backpart06 줄≈1779
AD 1854Chikapa RiverOn 24 March took Njonga Panza's sons as guides to Portuguese land and paid shell ornaments in advance. Crossed the Chikapa River by bark boat; the ferryman took payment three timespart06 줄≈1843
AD 1854Quango valley (escarpment)On 30 March descended the steep escarpment of the plateau and looked over the Quango valley — about 100 miles wide, looking like a range of mountains oppositepart06 줄≈1996
AD 1854Sansawe's village (Bashinje)On 2 April the Bashinje chief Sansawe demanded people, oxen and ivory. When refused he threatened to kill and rob them the next day; Livingstone retorted 'How will you recognize a white man?'part06 줄≈2069
AD 1854River Quango (ford)On 4 April the chief on the banks of the Quango demanded people, oxen and a gun and told them to turn back. Livingstone held firm and refused to give up his last blanketpart06 줄≈2174
AD 1854River Quango (ford)A sergeant of the Portuguese half-caste militia, Cipriano de Abreu, helped negotiate the fare with the ferrymen. Crossing to the west bank of the Quango, they entered Bangala land, an area of Portuguese subjectspart06 줄≈2205
AD 1854CassangeAfter 10 April, three days of hard walking through long grass to Cassange — the innermost Portuguese post in West Africa. He dined at commandant Silva Rego's house and stayed at Captain Neves'spart06 줄≈2300
AD 1854CassangeCelebrated Easter with the Portuguese residents at Cassange. The source gives only the date without a year; grouped under 1854 from the surrounding entriesch.19 말(조각 앞부분)
AD 1854Tala MungongoLeft Cassange and marched to the foot of Tala Mungongo. Crossed the Luii on 22 April and the Luare on 24 April, and camped at the foot of the mountainch.19 말(카생지 계곡)
AD 1854NgioSunday 30 April, stayed at Ngio near the Quize ferry. Fever slowed the marchch.19 말(Ngio)
AD 1854AmbacaThe Ambaca commandant Arsenio gave bread and meat and assigned two militia guides. The Cassange corporal turned back herech.19 말(Ambaca)
AD 1854ZanguAround noon rested at the house of the Zenga trader Melo, who cooked chickens and gave winech.19 말(Zangu)
AD 1854CabindaSunday 14 May, stayed at the Cabinda sub-command post. The mountain road toward Golungo Altoch.19 말(Cabinda)
AD 1854Golungo AltoStayed with Golungo Alto commandant Canto to recover his strength. Explanation of the local labor system (carregadores, forced porters since 1845)ch.19 말(Golungo Alto)
AD 1854LoandaOn 31 May descended the slope above the city of Luanda and stayed at Gabriel's house. He was very weak from fever and dysenterych.20 앞부분(Loanda 도착)
AD 1854LoandaThe bishop (acting governor of Angola) received the Makololo men and freely permitted them to visit Luanda. The Makololo were very pleasedch.20 중반(주교 면담)
AD 1854Icolo i BengoOn 20 September left Luanda by ship, reached the mouth of the Bengo River and went upriver to Icolo e Bengo. The bishop provided 20 porters and giftsch.20 말(출발)
AD 1854KalungwemboOn 28 September, camp at Kalungwembo. Women spun cotton on spindles at every market. One pound of cotton cost a pennych.21 앞(Kalungwembo)
AD 1854MassanganoArrived at Massangano. Came down the Lucala River by canoe and saw the fort, the old Portuguese castle and the Quisama territory. Fires were frequentch.21 중반(Massangano)
AD 1854Golungo AltoReturned to Golungo Alto from behind Massangano. Many of his men lay ill with feverch.21 중반(귀환)
AD 1854AmbacaOn 14 December left Canto's house for Ambaca. Set out after his men had recoveredch.21 중반(12월 14일)
AD 1854Pungo AndongoCrossed the Lucala and turned south to the rock fortress of Pungo Andongo. Staying at Colonel Pires's house, he rewrote his manuscriptsch.21 후반(Pungo Andongo)
AD 1854Pungo AndongoHeard that the mail steamer Forerunner had sunk, and the maps, journals and official papers were all under the sea. The rewriting beganch.21 후반(원고 소실)
AD 1854CassangeSold Sekeletu's ivory at Cassange, the Portuguese border settlementpart_12.txt:624-624
AD 1854LuandaArrived at the Portuguese port of Loanda on 31 May 1854; Livingstone collapsed with feverpart_12.txt:630-631
AD 1854LuandaLeft Loanda in September 1854 for the return — carrying Portuguese gifts toward Sekeletupart_12.txt:668-670
AD 1854AmbacaPassed Ambaca (seat of the district administration) on 6 December — as recorded in the table of the original textpart_12.txt:3-3
AD 1855CandumbaOn 1 January left Pungo Andongo and stayed at a dairy at Candumbach.22 앞(1855-01-01)
AD 1855MalangeCrossed a tributary of the Lucala and went northeast, rejoining the old road at the village of Malangech.22 앞(Malange)
AD 1855SanzaPassing the village of Sanza, he tried to obtain seed wheat, but there was none in Angolach.22 앞(Sanza)
AD 1855Tala MungongoOn 15 January descended the heights of Tala Mungongo in one hour. 1,600 paces, a drop of about 1,200–1,500 feet. Into the Cassange valleych.22 초반(1855-01-15)
AD 1855CassangeArrived at Cassange village. Welcomed at Captain Neves's house. Neves had a severe inflammation and abscess in his handch.22 초반(Cassange)
AD 1855island in the Zambesi (불명)Livingstone found the parcel Moffat had sent via Matebele, which the Makololo had left untouched in a hut on an island in mid-river from September 1854 to September 1855part_09 L50–70
AD 1855LinyantiAt Sesheke he waited for the horses to arrive, then reached Linyanti. The wagon and goods left in November 1853 were still therepart_09 L92–94
AD 1855LinyantiJudging the west-coast road blocked and the east-coast Zanzibar route short of supplies (the inhabitants hostile), he decided to go down the north bank of the Zambezi. Departure in the heat before the rains was postponedpart_09 L294–349
AD 1855LoandaSekeletu entrusted a new party to carry ivory to Luanda to the Arab trader Ben Habib. Ben Habib set out in early Octoberpart_09 L113–121, L376–383
AD 1855LinyantiThe first sustained rain of the season fell. To prepare for departure, Sekwebu and Kanyata were named heads of the party, and he spoke with Mamire and Motibe about the raiding issuepart_09 L549–596
AD 1855SeshekeLeft Linyanti with Sekeletu and about 200 people. They passed the tsetse zone at night, and in lightning and rain Sekeletu covered him with a blanketpart_09 L623–653
AD 1855Mparia (Chobe 합류점 섬, 불명)On 13 November went down the Zambezi by canoe. Some went down the river and some drove the cattle along the bank, spending a night on Mparia island at the Chobe confluencepart_09 L669–672
AD 1855Nampene island (불명)After going about 10 miles down, rapids began at Namponi island, so they abandoned the canoes and walked along the bankpart_09 L695–697
AD 1855Kalai (Sekote island, 불명)Reached Kalai, an island of Sekete. Sekete was driven out by Sebituane and fled across the river, and the island later became Makololo land. At the old kotla were skull poles, hippo skulls, and over 70 ivory tusks at Sekete's tombpart_09 L698–726
AD 1855Victoria Falls (모시오아투냐, 불명)From Kalai, twenty minutes by canoe, he first saw the columns of spray. He climbed onto an island and looked into the chasm, and gave the falls the English name Victoria. In 1855 he planted peach and apricot seeds on the island to mark the occasionpart_09 L728–830, L741–743, L860–868, L985–987
AD 1855A Makololo man raided in Sekeletu's name. Sekeletu imposed a fine, which Livingstone welcomed as the first case of a raid being finedpart_09 L1019–1028
AD 1855Lekone (불명)Parted from Sekeletu's party and went north toward Lekone. He had an escort of 114 men to carry ivory. On a moonlit night he took the night road to avoid the tsetse zonepart_09 L1052–1063
AD 1855Moyara village (불명)Stayed a day at Moyara's village. Fifty-four skulls of Matebele killed by his father hung on stakes. Moyara boasted of the skullspart_09 L1169–1197
AD 1855Namilanga (The Well of Joy, 불명)Reached Namilanga (the well of joy), a well under a large fig tree. An old local man told how his father had gone as far as Mbamba, where white traders were (a report of first contact with whites)part_09 L1217–1255
AD 1855Unguesi river (불명)Crossed the Ungesi River near the villages of old Marimba. The river flows backward toward the center, like the Lekone. They drove the oxen only at night and walked by daypart_09 L1311–1324
AD 1855Kaonka village (불명)Reached Kayonka's last Batoka village. By Sekeletu's order Kayonka offered maize and groundnuts. Livingstone decided to tell the distant rebel Batoka to stop plunderingpart_09 L1576–1585
AD 1855River Mozuma (River of Dila, 불명)Crossed the Mozuma (Dila) River. This was the old home of Sebituane, where he saved a herd of buffalo from tsetse poison; lignite traces were seenpart_09 L1826–1870
AD 1855Reached the first village on 4 December. At night people from a hostile village tried to spear a youth who went to fetch water. A man approached in a fit with an axe. Sekwebu blocked him with a spearpart_09 L1879–1903
AD 1855At night a bound captive ran up and begged to be freed. He had fled from Bashokulumbo and been given a wife and fields, but demanded more and threatened to kill his master. Livingstone freed him with a knifepart_09 L2016–2031
AD 1855Monze village (불명)The supreme Batoka chief Monze came to visit. When Livingstone asked Monze and about 150 people whether they wished whites to come, live there and teach, all were delightedpart_09 L2060–2062, L2096–2100
AD 1855Monze's sister village (불명)Stayed at the village of Monze's sister. The captive freed earlier came out, offered maize and flour, and brought firewood and a potpart_09 L2155–2170
AD 1855Semalembue village (Kafue ford)Arrived at Semalembue's village. Near the Kafue ferry he received several baskets of maize flour as gifts, and gave a shirt when leavingpart_10.txt:164-165
AD 1855Chipongo (Chiponga) riverLeft the Chipongo riverside and passed a mica and slate range on the left. Below the mountains he saw a forest of petrified treespart_10.txt:477-478
AD 1855Zambezi River (near Menye makaba island)Saw the Zambezi again. The river was wide and muddy. Pinned down by rain for several days near Menye Makaba islandpart_10.txt:515-516
AD 1855Kalai18 November 1855, Kalai — near Mosi-oa-Tunya Fallspart_12.txt:5-5
AD 1855Victoria FallsSaw the Mosi-oa-Tunya Falls — the Zambezi plunges into a deep chasm, and Livingstone proposed naming them 'Victoria Falls'part_12.txt:757-758
AD 1855Kalomo River30 November 1855, Kalomo River — as recorded in the tablepart_12.txt:10-10
AD 1855Banks of Zambesi30 December 1855, on the Zambezi riverbank — near the confluence of the Kafue and the Zambezipart_12.txt:34-34
AD 1856Selole (Chilole) villageChief Selole (Chilole) saw us as enemies and sent a messenger toward Mburuma. Mburuma's brother saw through the lie, came to our camp and told the whole storypart_10.txt:678-680
AD 1856Mburuma's villageArrived at Mburuma's village. His brother greeted us. After we showed that we were not slave traders, suspicion clearedpart_10.txt:773
AD 1856Zumbo (Loangwa–Zambezi confluence)Arrived at the confluence of the Loangwa and the Zambezi. He saw the stone house foundations and church site of the old Portuguese town Zumbo, and a broken bellpart_10.txt:906-907
AD 1856Loangwa River crossing (near Zumbo)On the 15th crossed the Loangwa by canoe. People on the far side watched armed. Baggage and cattle were moved in partspart_10.txt:940-942
AD 1856Shibanga islandOn the 17th a man in a shirt came from Chibanga island. He said the Portuguese settlements (Tete and Nyungwe) were across the river and had been fighting the natives for a second yearpart_10.txt:1077-1078
AD 1856Mpende's villageOn the 23rd, near Menfe's village, people gathered waving a red substance and lighting magic fires. Battle seemed near, so an ox was slaughtered to raise moralepart_10.txt:1186-1188
AD 1856Mpende's villageAt the chiefs' council, they listened to one of our men and permitted the crossing. Menfe later said we were 'friends' and gave helppart_10.txt:1227-1229
AD 1856Zambezi crossing (below Mpende's country)On the 24th the people of a large island downstream ferried us across by canoe. The river is about 1,200 yards wide. Because the water was wide and deep, we stayed on the main island and crossed in the morningpart_10.txt:1252-1253
AD 1856Mozinkwa's islandPinned down by rain for several days on Mozinkwa island. A sick porter died, and another fled toward Mozinkwapart_10.txt:1303-1304
AD 1856Zingesi (sand-river)On 1 February tried to cross the swollen sand river Zingesi, but failed. The oxen sank deep under the sand and were swept toward the Zambezipart_10.txt:1395-1397
AD 1856Boroma villageArrived at Boroma's village on 6 February. Boroma himself did not appear. His mother sent a basket of maize and a chickenpart_10.txt:1545-1546
AD 1856Pinkwe hill (opposite the river)Opposite Pinkwe hill he left the Zambezi and turned southeast toward the Mopane forest. Much time was spent crossing each of the river's tributariespart_10.txt:1578-1580
AD 1856Nyampungo village13 February, Nyampungo's village. He is the headman known to have rain-calling magic. He was told that the people of this region have never kept cattlepart_10.txt:1658
AD 1856Nyampungo's country (elephant kill site)On 14 February he shot an old bull elephant on Nyampungo's land. By hunting custom the landowner had to be informed, so Nyampungo's people brought a basket of maize, a chicken and some strings of beadspart_10.txt:1737-1740
AD 1856Monina's village (near Tangwe sand-river)Arrived at Monina's village on 20 February. Monina is known among the tribes for generosity. A war dance was held at nightpart_10.txt:2054-2055
AD 1856Monina's villageThat night his man Monahin left and did not return. They searched for three days but found no tracepart_10.txt:2149-2150
AD 1856Nyakoba's villageArrived at Niakoba's village. He showed beads to people who did not believe we had none. Niakoba sent two baskets of maize and grainpart_10.txt:2198

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