Notes to the story of The Wind

Notes to the story of The Wind

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Wind thought to be seen, in the form of a bird, by the brother-in-law of the narrator when a child. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-8. 6713-6724). </i>||goo-ka-!kui (Smoke's man, or Witbooi Tooren) told |han≠kass'o that he had seen the Wind at the mountains at Haarfontein (or ≠ko a xa) and had thrown a stone at it, thinking it to be a bird. As a result the Wind blew hard and took up dust.

1) p.6712v: Smoke's man, or Witbooi Tooren (||kabbo's son and |han≠kass'o's brother-in-law), 2) p.6713v: Smoke's man's master, Jacob Kotze, 3) p.6717v: <i>Africander</i> and Farland sheep, including |xam and Dutch names for them, 4) p.6719v: the 'Bastaard's' sheep, wagons, kraal and shepherding, 5) p.6720v: at the time of this story Smoke's man was a child, 6) p.6721v: Smoke's man's masters were Bastards ('Bastaards'), 7) See also <i>The Wind </i>and<i> The son of the Wind</i>, 8) This story is found in Book VIII-8

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20 April 1878 (started)

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