Tangweera: Life and Adventures Among Gentle SavagesE. Arnold, 1899 - 318 pàgines |
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... hand of death . They are told by a race whom they respect for its superior arts and knowledge that if they leave off fighting , have only one wife , till the soil , and live an industrious life , all will be well with them . They try it ...
... hand of death . They are told by a race whom they respect for its superior arts and knowledge that if they leave off fighting , have only one wife , till the soil , and live an industrious life , all will be well with them . They try it ...
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... hand side by side with the English . Dampier testified that the Mosquito Indian was an expert swordsman and dangerous to en- counter . By the American Treaty , ' signed at Madrid , June , 1670 , the sovereignty of Mosquito was assigned ...
... hand side by side with the English . Dampier testified that the Mosquito Indian was an expert swordsman and dangerous to en- counter . By the American Treaty , ' signed at Madrid , June , 1670 , the sovereignty of Mosquito was assigned ...
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... hand , and was lost in astonishment and fear . In short , she crossed the sea , and was sold to a planter in Jamaica , by whom , when she grew up , she had a child which died young . Then she was sold and brought to Blewfields , where ...
... hand , and was lost in astonishment and fear . In short , she crossed the sea , and was sold to a planter in Jamaica , by whom , when she grew up , she had a child which died young . Then she was sold and brought to Blewfields , where ...
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... hands and chanted a sort of response . I only remember one of these . The obeah man called out some strange words , when immediately those who were walking round sang the refrain : ' Ah quaqua hanancy doo , Aha tonda rake am . ' The ...
... hands and chanted a sort of response . I only remember one of these . The obeah man called out some strange words , when immediately those who were walking round sang the refrain : ' Ah quaqua hanancy doo , Aha tonda rake am . ' The ...
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... hand . In the morning we went to feed the pigs with cocoanuts as usual , but to our astonish- ment , when they came near us , they gave a bark and rushed away in great alarm . We discovered the cause of this in the tracks of a tiger ...
... hand . In the morning we went to feed the pigs with cocoanuts as usual , but to our astonish- ment , when they came near us , they gave a bark and rushed away in great alarm . We discovered the cause of this in the tracks of a tiger ...
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