spirits in The Native Tribes of South Australia

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3256

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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

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1879 public-domain South Australian ethnographic book exposed through an exact Internet Archive item

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Spirit-Person Narratives

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spirits

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Gold Rush Colonial

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South Australia (SA): B

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SA

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ithamb,'* whidi is to say, 'My tendi — or judg- ment — is up there.' It was a remarkable recognition of a judgment to come, by one in heathen darkness. My informant, who is a believer in Jesus, said the words of the old man ever after stuck in his memory. He also said it was not uncommon to hear the aged men say that there was a tendi in the heavens for the spirits of those who died." I am rather sorry that the tendi is not so potent as it used to be amongst the natives. It is still resorted to as an excellent means of discussing and disposing of difficulties, but its penalties cannot always be carried out. I have no doubt that.

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