RECORD ID

3580

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

The Booandik Tribe of South Australian Aborigines; Christina Smith

AUTHOR

Not specified

arve. In tne Institution they had a a home, and in God a friend. A few soothing words restored their calmness. Every week made the fact more apparent that Emma was drawing near to her last home. She did not require to be reminded that her end was approaching; she felt con- vinced that her body would soon be laid in the grave, and her soul become a glorified spirit. With the simplicity of a child 120 THE BOOANDIK TBIBE OF she listened to the glad tidings of joy. Often when I was sit- ting by her death-bed she would talk and question me about heaven. She said she was sure she would not live — that no medicine would cure her. She was.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive