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spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia

YEAR
1879
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South Australia
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spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia

at him. This bone is generally part of the femur, scraped to a point, smeared with red-ochre and human kidney-fat. and having a ball of fat and ochre rolled together at one end. The natives believe that if this is pointed at any member of a tribe, nothing on earth can save the victim from death. Th…

Record ID
1,545
Year
1,879
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
1545
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Native Tribes of South Australia; George Taplin, James Dominick Woods, William Wyatt, H. A. E. Meyer, C. W. Schürmann, Samuel Gason, J. W. O. Bennett
Published
1879
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
spirit
Archive period
Gold Rush Colonial
Location
South Australia (SA): B
State or territory
SA
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at him. This bone is generally part of the femur, scraped to a point, smeared with red-ochre and human kidney-fat. and having a ball of fat and ochre rolled together at one end. The natives believe that if this is pointed at any member of a tribe, nothing on earth can save the victim from death. They are so convinced of this, that immediately it is done his spirits droop, he becomes melancholy, his appetite fails, and gradually he pines away and dies. Such an act of witchcraft is never forgiven. Chiinkey was pursued for nearly two years, and was eventually overtaken and killed by the friends of the enchanted victim. The murder was.

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