 | Charles Wilkes - 1845 - 564 str.
...old women are to be seen who do not bear unquestionable marks of the hard usage they have received. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife,...up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who inflict punishment on him in the following manner. The guilty party is furnished with a shield,... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1845 - 392 str.
...unquestionable marks of the hard usage they have received. The hushand who suspeets another of sedueing his wife, either kills one or both. The affair is...up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who infliet punishment on him in the following manner. The guilty party is furnished with a shield,... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 702 str.
...old women are to be seen who do not bear unquestionable marks of the hard usage they have received. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife,...up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who inflict punishment on him in the following manner. The guilty party is furnished with a shield,... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 574 str.
...old women are to be seen who do not bear unquestionable marks of the hard usage they have received. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife,...up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who inflict punishment on him in the following manner. The guilty party is furnished with a shield,... | |
 | George Musalas Colvocoresses - 1852 - 396 str.
...live with two or three ; though it has been observed that the first 106 AUSTRALIA, OR NEW J'OLLAND. wife claims a superiority of attachment, and an exclusive...of the bark of the gum-tree, and has an oval shape. AUSTRALIA, OB. NEW HOLLAND. 107 whole tribe which he has insulted, cast their spears at him — the... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1852 - 364 str.
...old women are to be seen who do not bear unquestionable marks of the hard usage they have received. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife, either kills one or both. The aflair is taken up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who inflict punishment on him in... | |
 | George Musalas Colvocoresses - 1855 - 384 str.
...but live with two or three; though it has been observed that the first 106 AUSTRALIA, OR NEW HOLLAND. wife claims a superiority of attachment, and an exclusive...shield,* and the * The native name for this shield is NieUnusra. It is made of the bark of tho Bum-tree, and has an oval shape. whole tribe which he has... | |
 | Richard Hildebrand - 1894 - 38 str.
...the U. St. Exploring Exped." 1838—1842 (Phil. 1844), vol. II., p. 205: "They are extremely jealous. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife either kills one or both." ÜberdieFeuerländer: Hyades, „Ethn.desFuegiens", Bulletin de la Soc. d'Anthr. de Paris, tome X.... | |
 | Hildebrand - 1896 - 204 str.
...often with death", und Wilkes aa O. vol. II p. 203 über dieselben: „They are extremely jealous. The husband who suspects another of seducing his wife either kills one or both." S. ferner Hyades aa O. p. 334 über die Feuerländer: „Les femmes ne sont pas communes (pas de polvandrie).... | |
 | Herman Jeremias Nieboer - 1910 - 508 str.
...they, on cause shown, decree a divorce ; but not if she has children." According to another writer "the husband who suspects another of seducing his...up by the tribe, if the party belongs to another, who inflict punishment on him." In W. Victoria "a man can divorce his wife for serious misconduct,... | |
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They are proud and insolent, and nothing will induce them to acknowledge any human being as their superior, or to show any marks of respect. They address the settlers without the Mr. prefixed to their names ; and on entering a room, they never salute... 