Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... woman ) , a name most unsuitable to a maiden so beautifully fair . She possessed , however , a voice so unpleas- ant and hideous that other maidens , jeal- ous of her unsurpassed natural beauty , made fun of her . Luahinepepii had a ...
... woman ) , a name most unsuitable to a maiden so beautifully fair . She possessed , however , a voice so unpleas- ant and hideous that other maidens , jeal- ous of her unsurpassed natural beauty , made fun of her . Luahinepepii had a ...
Page 78
... woman Ainu , who taught fire to Botu - or pretended to remember . From such hearsay , Lean - face esteemed the ... woman , with bodies vaguely suggested . It was perhaps the work of chance , yet the shadows of both faces in the chipping ...
... woman Ainu , who taught fire to Botu - or pretended to remember . From such hearsay , Lean - face esteemed the ... woman , with bodies vaguely suggested . It was perhaps the work of chance , yet the shadows of both faces in the chipping ...
Page 82
... woman to the task . When she had divested the meat from half of the skin and hair , Lean - face , observing the thick texture of the hide , reflected that it could be stripped from the body instead of gouging out the interior . The ...
... woman to the task . When she had divested the meat from half of the skin and hair , Lean - face , observing the thick texture of the hide , reflected that it could be stripped from the body instead of gouging out the interior . The ...
Page 83
... woman . That woman is young , and I like to have her . She sweeps her hair often with the dried fish - bone . She speaks with red lips , red- dest of all the women ; and Red Lips I named her . cave . " She likes to dwell in my " Yes ...
... woman . That woman is young , and I like to have her . She sweeps her hair often with the dried fish - bone . She speaks with red lips , red- dest of all the women ; and Red Lips I named her . cave . " She likes to dwell in my " Yes ...
Page 106
... woman , the last survivor , kill her child with a butcher knife and then bury the blade in her own breast . Chey- enne babies are almost as fair as white children , hence several of the soldiers . thought she had murdered a white child ...
... woman , the last survivor , kill her child with a butcher knife and then bury the blade in her own breast . Chey- enne babies are almost as fair as white children , hence several of the soldiers . thought she had murdered a white child ...
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