Xurri ko killed by a lion

Xurri ko killed by a lion

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

!kweiten ta

ken (Rachel) (VI)

<i>The death of a relative of the narrator from the bites of a lion, is told in the Katkop dialect by !kweiten ta //ken (L VI.-2. 4010-4013).</i> !kweiten ta ||ken's father and a man called Xurri ko were out hunting quagga when a lion caught Xurri ko and bit him in the leg. Xurri ko died from the severity of his wounds.

1) p.4009v: !kweiten ta ||ken heard this from her mother and father (≠kamme-an and Xaa-ttin [presumably]); notes to this incident including the name of the place where it happened (Riet Kolk); Xurri ko was !kweiten ta ||ken's father's 'uncle' (or <i>!koin</i>), 2) p.4011v: lions bite people's shoulders and knees but not their heads, 3) This story is found in Book VI-2

story

2 January 1875 (started)

History (personal)

Healing and ailing

lion ( which killed Xurri ko )

lion ( was killed by !kweiten ta ||ken's father )

Xurri ko ( his personal history )

Xurri ko ( his story )

Xurri ko ( and !kweiten ta ||ken's father )

Xurri ko ( was killed by a lion )

Xurri ko ( his wounds )

healing ( of Xurri ko's wounds )

healing ( Xurri ko killed by a lion )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( her father and story of Xurri ko and a lion )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( her father killed the lion that killed Xurri ko )

personal history ( Xurri ko killed by a lion )

personal history ( !kweiten ta ||ken's father )

!kweiten ta ||ken ( her father killed the lion that killed Xurri ko )

death ( Xurri ko killed by a lion )

4010-4013