The youth (of the Early Race of people) who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando
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The youth (of the Early Race of people) who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando
Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks
han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
<i>The youth of the early race, who saved the lives of the people at home by warning them of the approach of a Koranna war party. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-25. 8251-8261, 26. 8262-8268).</i>
1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.8260v: names for and descriptions of various birds and plants in Bushmanland, 4) pp.8266v & 8267v: see
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13 February 1879 (started)
History (Early Race)
youth ( who went singing along )
youth ( who warned his people about the Koranna commando )
youth ( the Korannas help him to 'dip up' water )
youth ( who pretended to be foolish )
youth ( acts like a little child, 'swaying about' )
youth ( transforms himself into a child and a grown-up youth )
youth ( of the Early Race )
youth ( deceives the Koranna commando )
youth ( becomes a little child )
commando ( of Korannas and the Early Race )
commando ( Koranna )
commando ( the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna- )
Koranna ( a commando )
Koranna ( the youth of the Early Race of people who warned those at home of the approach of a commando )
Koranna ( their relations with the |xam )
Koranna ( their 'war things' or war dress )
Koranna commando ( of the Early Race )
Koranna commando ( debate whether to kill the youth )
Koranna commando ( how they came to miss the youth's people )
Koranna commando ( pity the youth and help him dip water )
Koranna commando ( how the youth's people fool and escape from them )
Koranna commando ( bound on wood-pigeon's tails )
Koranna commando ( their 'war things' or war dress )
Koranna commando ( the youth who deceived one into thinking him a foolish child )
transformation ( how the youth deceives a Koranna commando )
transformation ( the youth who becomes a child and then returns to his own form )
transformation ( and the youth of the Early Race of people who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
wars ( between the |xam and the Korannas )
wars ( and the Early Race )
wars ( 'war things' worn by a Koranna commando )
wars ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
dress ( the 'war things' worn by the Koranna commando )
dress ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
Early Race ( or the First Bushmen )
Early Race ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
water ( and the use of ostrich eggshells )
water ( methods of fetching and 'dipping it up' )
water ( the Koranna commando helps the youth to 'dip it up' )
water ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
understanding ( possessed by children )
understanding ( possessed by grown-ups, or adults )
understanding ( foolishness )
understanding ( and the youth who pretended to be a foolish child, or simpleton )
understanding ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
wood-pigeons ( their tails are worn by the Koranna war-party as war's things )
wood-pigeons ( and the youth who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando )
ostrich eggshells ( are used to fetch water )
ostrich eggshells ( are stopped up with grass )
ostrich eggshells ( are carried fastened onto the back )
8251-8261, 8262-8268
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