The wild man at home: or, Pictures of life in savage lands |
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Abyssinian African animals appearance arms assegai baby beaver bird Bitara body Bouda breast buffalo Caffre calabash called cannibal carried ceremony chief child cocoa-nut colour Cree dance dancers Dayak death drum enemy eyes face father feast feet Figian fire friends hair hand head hole husband hyæna inches JULES VERNE killed king legs lodge looked Macilo Maciloniane Mahtotopa maize Majapahit Makololo Mandan marriage medicine medicine bag Moowis mother mouth mysterious native night North American Indian Ojibbeway ornaments Otter-heart painted party patient performed pipe pipe-stem polygamy poor present priest Rio Negro round savage scalp Sekeletu shoulders singing skin smoke song soon soul spear spirit stick stone Tarky tattooing Tchatka teeth terrible thee thou Tonga took torture tree tribe Tutanekai village warrior whole wife wigwam woman women young Zealand
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