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... Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a mark like the scar of a gun - shot wound on his hip , it being believed that a chief dead some four generations before , who had such a mark , had returned.2 In Old ...
... Island in 1860 a lad was much regarded by the Indians because he had a mark like the scar of a gun - shot wound on his hip , it being believed that a chief dead some four generations before , who had such a mark , had returned.2 In Old ...
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... Islands to New Caledonia , where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring sickness ... Island consider the living man's soul able to enter into other bodies of men and animals , going in and out like the ...
... Islands to New Caledonia , where the natives thought the white men to be the spirits of the dead who bring sickness ... Island consider the living man's soul able to enter into other bodies of men and animals , going in and out like the ...
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... Islands , according to Mariner , it was held that the chiefs and nobles would live hereafter in the happy island of Bolotu , but that the souls of the common people would die with their bodies . So Captain John Smith relates as to the ...
... Islands , according to Mariner , it was held that the chiefs and nobles would live hereafter in the happy island of Bolotu , but that the souls of the common people would die with their bodies . So Captain John Smith relates as to the ...
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... island hermit dwelt near a volcano , where souls of the wicked were tormented in the flames . The holy man heard the officiating demons lament that their daily task of new torture was interfered with by the prayers and alms of devout ...
... island hermit dwelt near a volcano , where souls of the wicked were tormented in the flames . The holy man heard the officiating demons lament that their daily task of new torture was interfered with by the prayers and alms of devout ...
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... Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In Tyrol , the poor souls released from purgatory fire for the night ...
... Islands . In Italy the day is given to feasting and drinking in honour of the dead , while skulls and skeletons in sugar and paste form appropriate children's toys . In Tyrol , the poor souls released from purgatory fire for the night ...
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