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spirit in Australian Legends

YEAR
1925
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SOURCE
Internet Archive
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spirit in Australian Legends

respond to a summons as unhurriedly as he wished. Arrilla asked to be allowed to speak, and the permission being given, he drew himself erect and waited until he saw that the expectancy of the warriors of the family was beginning to make them impatient. Then he pointed to the highest spot on the ra…

Record ID
3,742
Year
1,925
Source
Internet Archive
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Record ID
3742
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
Australian Legends; C. W. Peck
Published
1925
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
spirit
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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respond to a summons as unhurriedly as he wished. Arrilla asked to be allowed to speak, and the permission being given, he drew himself erect and waited until he saw that the expectancy of the warriors of the family was beginning to make them impatient. Then he pointed to the highest spot on the range. He told them that in his wanderings there he had seen a spirit. The spirit was not friendly to him, but would be good to any stranger who came over the range at that point. He said that the enemy that then stood on the very spot was receiving his courage from that spirit and there was only one way to overcome it. It was not by an.

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