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Muri. The province is heavily forested, and is estimated to be one of the richest of the protectorate in natural products. It has never been penetrated by Moslem See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, and is inhabited in the greater See also:

PART

part by warlike and unruly pagans. See also:

Early in the 16th See also:

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

century the Igbira (Okpoto or See also:

Ibo) were one of the most powerful See also:

pagan peoples of Nigeria and had their See also:

capital at Iddah. At a later See also:

period the Bassas conquered the western portion of the See also:

state and the Munshis the eastern, while the Okpoto still held the See also:

south and a See also:

WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li

wedge-shaped See also:

DISTRICT

district partially dividing the Munshis and Bassas. The Bassas are a very remarkable pagan See also:

RACE

race who permeate the entire protectorate of Northern Nigeria, and are to be found in small colonies in almost every province. They are See also:

CLEVER

clever agriculturists, naturally peaceful and industrious. The Munshis, though also See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good agriculturists, are a warlike and most unruly race, as are also the Okpoto. The districts which now comprise the province of Bassa came nominally under British 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 in 1900, but up to the See also:

YEAR

year 1903 administrative authority was confined to the western half with ;Dekina (in 70 3' E., 7 41' N.) for its capital. In See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of 1903 a disturbance resulting in the See also:

MURDER

murder of the British residentled to the despatch of a military expedition, and as a result of the operations the frontiers of the districts under control were extended to the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of the See also:

MUNSHI, or MOONSHI

Munshi 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 in about 8° E.

The western portion of the province, occupied by friendly and peaceful tribes upon the Niger, has been organized for See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration on the same See also:

SYSTEM

system as the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the protectorate. Courts of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice are operative and taxes are peacefully collected. The Okpoto, however, remain turbulent, as do their neighbours the Munshis. See also:

SPIRITS

Spirits, of which the importation is forbidden in Northern Nigeria, are freely smuggled over the border from Southern Nigeria. Arms and See also:

POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder are also imported. The slave-See also:

trade is still alive in this district, and an overland route for slaves is believed to have been established through easternBassa to the Benue. In consequence of the natural See also:

WEALTH

wealth of the province, there are trading establishments of the Niger See also:

COMPANY

Company and of Messrs See also:

HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt on the Niger and Benue, and colonies of native traders have penetrated the country from the See also:

north. See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions are established at Dekina and Gbebe.

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