[296] Both the Rev. W. H. Bentley and the Rev. Tho. Lewis believe Sonyo to be a corruption, at the mouths of natives, of San Antonio. This is quite possible, for when the old chief was baptised, in 1491, he received the name of Manuel (after the King), whilst his son was thenceforth known as Don Antonio. Images of Sa. Manuela and S. Antonio are still in existence, and are venerated by the natives as powerful fetishes (Bastian, _Loangoküste_, vol. i, p. 286). Soyo, according to the same author, is the name of a district near the Cabo do Padrão. Yet Garcia de Resende and Ruy de Pina, in their Chronicles of King João II, only know a Mani Sonho, whom João de Barros calls Mani Sono. No hint of the suggested corruption is given by any author. [297] On these northern kingdoms, whose connexion with Kongo proper seems never to have been very close, see Proyart, _Histoire de Loango, Cacongo, et autres royaumes d’Afrique_, Paris, 1776; Degrandpré, _Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique_, 1786-7, Paris, 1801; and of recent books, R. D. Dennett, _Seven Years among the Fjort_, London, 1887, Güssfeldt, Falkenstein, and Pechuel-Loesche, _Die Loango Expedition_, Berlin, 1879-83; and that treasury of ill-digested information, Bastian, _Die Deutsche Expedition an der Loangoküste_, Jena, 1874-5. [298] On the voyages of Cão and Dias, see my paper in the _Geographical Journal_, 1900, pp. 625-655. [299] Now Cape St. Mary, 13° 28´ S. [300] The “Cabo do Padrão” of early maps. [301] A legend on the chart of Henricus Martellus Germanus (1489), and the “Parecer” of the Spanish pilots of 1525, are our only authorities on this fact. Cão is not again mentioned in Portuguese documents (see my Essay, _Geographical Journal_, p. 637). [302] Nsaku was henceforth known as Don João da Silva. See Ruy de Pina, p. 149; Garcia de Resende, c. 69; and De Barros, _Asia_, t. I, Pt. 1, pp. 177, 224. [303] On this embassy, see De Barros, _Asia, Dec. I_, Liv. 3; Ruy de Pina’s _Chronica_, pp. 174-179; Garcia de Resende’s _Chronice_, cc. 155-61; D. Lopez, Bk. II, c. 2; Fr. Luis de Sousa, _Historia de S. Domingos_, Parte II, Livro vi, c. 8; and Parte IV, Livro iv, c. 16. [304] Not Dominicans, as is usually stated. Garcia de Resende says Franciscans; and P. Fernando da Soledade, _Historia Serafica_, has proved the documents published by Paiva Manso in favour of the Dominican claim to be forgeries. Compare Eucher, _Le Congo_, Huy, 1894, p. 64. [305] Mbaji a ekongo, the palaver-place of Kongo. See Index sub _San Salvador_. [306] The insignia of royalty of the Kings of Kongo are the chair, a bâton, a bow and arrow, and the cap. [307] De Barros calls them Mundequetes, but D. Lopez says they should be called Anziquetes. They are the Anzicanas of later writers, about whose identity with the Bateke there can be no doubt. Their king bore the title of Makoko (Nkaka).