The sending of the Crows, or, Crows sent out to look for husbands

The sending of the Crows, or, Crows sent out to look for husbands

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Bushmen women send out crows to ascertain what has become of their husbands who have not returned from hunting; they hang fat round the necks of the crows as food for their journey. Hence the crows have white patches on neck or breast. - This tragic legend (the husbands having been killed) is in the Katkop dialect, told by Dia!kwãin, as he heard it from his mother #kámme-an, and is written down by L. (BXXVI.2473-2486).

1) This story was told to Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) by his mother (≠kamme-an), 2) The crows in this story appear to represent three different kinds of crow (see p.2472v); the

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10 March 1874 (started)

History (Early Race)

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birds ( the sending of the Crows )

birds ( names of )

birds ( |xam names of crows )

birds ( Cape Dutch names of )

birds ( 'Boer' names of )

birds ( !kagen )

birds ( |xuru )

birds ( crows )

birds ( vultures )

birds ( !gauru )

birds ( accounting for appearance of )

birds ( markings of )

birds ( sheep fat tied around throats of )

birds ( why crows have white patches on neck or breast )

Boers ( Dutch )

Boers ( kill husbands )

Boers ( and the sending of the Crows )

Boers ( commando )

Boers ( murder the |xam )

sheep fat ( the sending of the Crows with )

sheep fat ( tied on Crow's neck )

!kagen ( Crow )

!kagen ( and the sending of the Crows )

!kagen ( fat tied on throat of )

crows ( the sending of the Crows )

crows ( sent out to look for husbands )

crows ( |xam names of )

crows ( 'Boer' names of )

crows ( Cape Dutch names of )

crows ( different types of )

crows ( fat tied on throats of )

crows ( !kagen )

crows ( |xuru )

crows ( !gauru )

crows ( accounting for appearance of )

crows ( markings of )

crows ( why crows have white patches on neck or breast )

husbands ( killed by Boers )

husbands ( |xam )

husbands ( the sending of the Crows to look for )

husbands ( dead )

husbands ( murdered )

husbands ( wives are worried about )

Cape Dutch ( see Dutch or Boer )

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