Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 15A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 211
... native its soil is sacred- as sacred as was Delos among the Athenians , or as Mecca is among the Arabs of to - day . Every man born on Manono is ex ipso facto a chief . It has thus been the cradle of a feudal aris- tocracy and the focus ...
... native its soil is sacred- as sacred as was Delos among the Athenians , or as Mecca is among the Arabs of to - day . Every man born on Manono is ex ipso facto a chief . It has thus been the cradle of a feudal aris- tocracy and the focus ...
Page 215
... native the de- sired information . This he obtains by tapping the nuts lightly with his fingers , and then drawing an inference from the sounds he elicits . There is a great deal of skill in this proceeding , and very few Whites have ...
... native the de- sired information . This he obtains by tapping the nuts lightly with his fingers , and then drawing an inference from the sounds he elicits . There is a great deal of skill in this proceeding , and very few Whites have ...
Page 427
... natives with outrage and cruelty . Sometimes the crews would come ashore in a body , steal food , carry off women , and when resistance was offered fire upon the village . At other times cap- tains of ships would purchase native produce ...
... natives with outrage and cruelty . Sometimes the crews would come ashore in a body , steal food , carry off women , and when resistance was offered fire upon the village . At other times cap- tains of ships would purchase native produce ...
Contents
A Barbaric Yawp | 34 |
A Fantasy of Roses | 75 |
California and Mexico | 101 |
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