![]() ![]() As a diversion, the small party of fighting men set fire to the first lodge they came to before dashing for the flag. They would charge on horseback ‘through that portion of the village farthest removed from the congregated dancers’ and do whatever was necessary to capture that offensive flag. He and several of the other well-trained fighting men would break off from the main body and surprise the Indians of the village. According to the reminiscences of one of those men, ‘A great dance was in progress, in the center of which a small pole from which floated an Indian flag was standing.’ The man came up with a plan. The fighting men discovered a large tepee village near a creek on the Great Plains. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at It was reviewed on 30 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.Lakotas: Feared Fighters of the Plains Close No known copyright restrictions No restrictions false ![]() ![]() See Commons:Licensing for more information. Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control or.The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions.The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired.For more information see Flickr API detail. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.Īt the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. Our ancient captive, who was somewhat peculiar forher taste in personal decoration by having a woodendisk of the size of an ulster button intruded into thecentre of her upper lip, was now seized with another fitof obstinacy and scowled malignantly at all of us exceptat a bashful smooth-faced youth upon whom sheapparently doted, but the foolish youth ascribed theugliness of agedness to witchcraft, and fled from her. east of us was a great broad river, ever so muchbroader than the Ituri, with canoes as wide as a house(ten feet) which would carry six people (sic) that afew days north there was a mighty tribe called theBanzanza, and east of them another people called theBakandi, and both of these tribes possessed numerousherds of cattle, and were very valorous and warlike, andwho were rich in cattle, cowries, and brass wire.Ay, the Ituri this stream close by that many days ^^^ * 289 their thirst with the waters of the Ituri. By dint of smilesand coaxing and obsequiously filling a long pipe for her,we learned that we were in Indesura, that the peoplewere called Wanya-Sura, that the villagers quenched A Countess of Salisbury could not have beenmore resolute, but the man possessed superior strengthand craft and hauled her into camp. She beingvigorous and obstinate, like most of her sex justprevious to dotage, made a vigorous defence for herliberty. As a man went to draw water from the stream closeby, an ancient crone stepped out of the bush, and theman dropped his water-pot and seized her. , stirred by the news, andthree men climbed up to the roofs with the activityof wild cats, others climbed to the tops of trees, while adaring young fellow climbed one which would havetasked a monkey almost, and a chorus of exclamationsrose, Aye, verily, it is the truth of God, the open landis close to us, and we knew it not! Why, it is merelyan arrows flight distant! Ah, when we reach it, farewellto darkness and blindness. Title: In darkest Africa or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of EquatoriaĬontributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne Universityĭigitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan FoundationĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Identifier: indarkestafricao00henr ( find matches)
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