Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 106
... spear in his right hand , and a bundle of similar weapons in his left ; he was followed by a party of thirteen ... spears , a throwing stick , and a club . Their chief was in front , and distinguished by his hair being of a dark red ...
... spear in his right hand , and a bundle of similar weapons in his left ; he was followed by a party of thirteen ... spears , a throwing stick , and a club . Their chief was in front , and distinguished by his hair being of a dark red ...
Page 149
... spears kept whistling by us , and our fate seemed inevitable . The light coloured man , spoken of at the camp , now ... spear , from a different hand , would have pierced me in the breast , but , in the motion I made to avoid it , it ...
... spears kept whistling by us , and our fate seemed inevitable . The light coloured man , spoken of at the camp , now ... spear , from a different hand , would have pierced me in the breast , but , in the motion I made to avoid it , it ...
Page 150
... spear was wrenched from my wound , and my havresack drawn closely over it , that neither my own party nor the natives might see it , and I advanced again steadily to the rock . The man became alarmed , and threatened me with his club ...
... spear was wrenched from my wound , and my havresack drawn closely over it , that neither my own party nor the natives might see it , and I advanced again steadily to the rock . The man became alarmed , and threatened me with his club ...
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