The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South AfricaWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1881 - 323 páginas |
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... KAFIRS . Boundary - lines - The Zulus of Zululand - Ecclesiastical opinion- Polygamy - The Amaswazi - A white chief , • CHAPTER IX . SECOCOENI . The present quarrel - Death of Jonathan - A critical position- White witchcraft - Amenities ...
... KAFIRS . Boundary - lines - The Zulus of Zululand - Ecclesiastical opinion- Polygamy - The Amaswazi - A white chief , • CHAPTER IX . SECOCOENI . The present quarrel - Death of Jonathan - A critical position- White witchcraft - Amenities ...
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... Kafirs were permitted to flock into Natal ; and the country by 1848 showed visible symptoms of becoming what it now is a colony under European gov- ernment , but in which all the abominations of paganism flourish , to the disgust of ...
... Kafirs were permitted to flock into Natal ; and the country by 1848 showed visible symptoms of becoming what it now is a colony under European gov- ernment , but in which all the abominations of paganism flourish , to the disgust of ...
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... Kafirs , during the earlier days of their independence , I è now to the men themselves , and their habits and cus- as I found them . One indelible feature has by their and continuous wanderings been impressed upon their acter that is ...
... Kafirs , during the earlier days of their independence , I è now to the men themselves , and their habits and cus- as I found them . One indelible feature has by their and continuous wanderings been impressed upon their acter that is ...
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... Kafirs might arouse suspicion . The unsuspecting chief gave sixteen horses for this purchase . The thieves then pre- tended to remember that a portion of the breech — that con- taining the touch - hole - should have let into it a mass ...
... Kafirs might arouse suspicion . The unsuspecting chief gave sixteen horses for this purchase . The thieves then pre- tended to remember that a portion of the breech — that con- taining the touch - hole - should have let into it a mass ...
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... Kafirs , Can- nibals , Mambeyers , and other small knots of men from broken tribes , or sections that had split off from greater tribes , hav- ing quarrelled with their supreme chief . Each of these frag- ments , seeking refuge with ...
... Kafirs , Can- nibals , Mambeyers , and other small knots of men from broken tribes , or sections that had split off from greater tribes , hav- ing quarrelled with their supreme chief . Each of these frag- ments , seeking refuge with ...
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The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1881 |
The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa Alfred Aylward Visualização integral - 1878 |
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