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... slain - Di- vision of the spoil , and appropriation of the country- Maritime warfare - Encampments - Fortifications - In- stance of patriotism - Methods of concluding peace- Religious ceremonies and festivities that followed- Present ...
... slain - Di- vision of the spoil , and appropriation of the country- Maritime warfare - Encampments - Fortifications - In- stance of patriotism - Methods of concluding peace- Religious ceremonies and festivities that followed- Present ...
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... slain , to use them in the manufacture of chisels , gimlets , or fish - hooks , they always selected those whose skins were dark , as they supposed their bones were strongest . When I have seen the natives looking at a very dark man , I ...
... slain , to use them in the manufacture of chisels , gimlets , or fish - hooks , they always selected those whose skins were dark , as they supposed their bones were strongest . When I have seen the natives looking at a very dark man , I ...
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... bone , but also a widow , and a victim slain in war . Not- withstanding the assertion of the natives , I am disposed to think that Ivi , or Eve , is the only POPULAR TRADITIONS . aboriginal part of the story , as 110 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... bone , but also a widow , and a victim slain in war . Not- withstanding the assertion of the natives , I am disposed to think that Ivi , or Eve , is the only POPULAR TRADITIONS . aboriginal part of the story , as 110 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... slain in battle . Between the canoes and the language , of these islands and the southern groups , there is a more close resemblance . Their language has a remark- able affinity with that of the eastern Polynesia . There are also many ...
... slain in battle . Between the canoes and the language , of these islands and the southern groups , there is a more close resemblance . Their language has a remark- able affinity with that of the eastern Polynesia . There are also many ...
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... slain in a former war . The hooks made with wood were curious ; some were exceedingly small , not more than two or three inches in length , but remarkably strong ; others were large . The wooden hooks were never barbed , but simply ...
... slain in a former war . The hooks made with wood were curious ; some were exceedingly small , not more than two or three inches in length , but remarkably strong ; others were large . The wooden hooks were never barbed , but simply ...
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