How the approach of a commando is foretold by the mist

How the approach of a commando is foretold by the mist

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>The near approach of a 'Commando' is heralded by a mist. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-16. 5199-5205).</i> The |xam can tell when a commando is coming to attack them by the mist that comes in the morning.

1) This story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) pp.5173-5260 were translated in April 1912; except for pp.5206-5209, 3) This story is found in Book V-16

story

11 August 1875

Custom and daily life

Relations with others

Portention

commando ('Boer'), commando (and the mist), commando (the mist foretells the approach of one), commando (attacks the |xam), commando (the |xam fight with), blood (smoking, and anger), blood (creates the mist), blood (and war), blood (of the |xam), mist (made by the people's smoking blood), mist (and the people's anger), mist (foretells a coming fight), mist (foretells the approach of a commando), mist (and a war), mist (and attacks on the |xam), mist (that comes in the morning), Dutch ('Boers'), Dutch (commando), Dutch (their attacks on the |xam), Dutch (|xam relations with), Dutch (the mist foretells the approach of a commando), war (between the |xam and the 'Boers'), war (and smoking blood), war (attacks on the |xam), war (and commandos), war (the mist foretells the approach of a commando), presentiments (the mist foretells the approach of a commando), foretell (the mist foretells the approach of a commando)

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