RECORD ID

3721

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Spirit-Person Narratives

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Queensland, Australia; John Dunmore Lang

AUTHOR

Not specified

r people. A variolous disease, somewhat similar to the smaU-pox, which has occasionally prevailed among the natives in various parts of the older colony, from its very commencement, hap- pened to prevail among the tribe in which Baker was domi- ciliated, and proved &,tal in many instances. The natives ascribe this disease to the influence of Budyah, an evil spirit who delights in mischief. Baker, however, had been vaccinated, and did not take the disease ; for although the medical men of the colony are of opinion that it is a different disease from the small- pox, that wonderful specific appears to be equally effectual in.

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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