Travels Of Richard And John Lander Into The Interior Of Africa For The Discovery Of The Course And Termination Of The Niger By Robert Huish
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The Kroomen Are A
Particular Race Of People, Differing Entirely From The Other African
Tribes.
They inhabit a country called Sotta Krou, on the coast near
Cape Palmas; their principal employment being of a maritime nature.
Their language, as well as their general character, is also different
from that of their neighbours.
A certain number of these men are
always employed on board of the ships of war on the African coast,
for the purpose of performing those duties where considerable fatigue
and exposure to the sun are experienced. In consequence of their
roving employment, they are to be found on all parts of the coast,
and are sufficiently acquainted with it to serve as pilots. It is
customary with them to establish themselves on various parts of the
coast for this purpose, and to leave the elders of their tribes in
their own country, unless their presence should be required by any
war that might take place. They are said to return to their country
after an absence of several years, when they have amassed by their
industry, sufficient to maintain themselves, and some among them are
intelligent and active, but they are not always to be trusted,
although they are a very superior class of people, in comparison with
other African tribes.
Besides a watering place at a short distance to the right of the
governor's house, two small streams, Hay brook and Horton brook, run
into Goderich Bay, affording plenty of excellent water, and capable
of admitting boats.
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