The Lost Tasmanian Race - Softcover

Bonwick, James

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ISBN 10: 1458928713 ISBN 13: 9781458928719

Verlag: General Books LLC, 2012

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1884. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... MURDERS AND ROBBERIES. 63 the American colonists when they encountered the enmity of the Red Indian. Then the pine forest was cleared by the axe, with the gun slung over the shoulder. The Blockhouse was the village fort, to which in times of pressing emergency the inhabitants retreated from their malignant foe. Every river, hill, and township has its traditionary tale of horrors. For awhile, so imminent was the danger, that hope of permanent settlement of the country was well-nigh abandoned. There, too, as in Tasmania, the outrages of the Aborigines could be traced in most cases to the frauds and cruelties practised upon the tribes by unprincipled Whites. There, too, as in the southern isle, indiscriminate attack and slaughter followed the perpetration of crime by the individual. The civilized colonists acted upon the same principle, and dealt wide blows as a return for the faults of the few. The like practice existed among the rude and cannibal Fiji islanders. The secret crime of one man was revenged upon the whole tribe. It was so among the New Zealanders. The same law existed among the ancient Israelites, and the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish people. Even now, in too many instances, is society called upon to suffer for the misdemeanour of the individual. While the woods echoed with discharges of musketry against the Natives, many a cry arose from terror-stricken hutkeepers. On the 13th of March, 1829, a Mr. Miller was returning to his homestead on the east bank of the North Esk, when he saw Natives on the farm. He ran to his neighbours for help, and then beheld a scene of horror. One man lay dead twenty yards from the house, while another was found with dislocated neck and with eleven spears in his body. Entering his dwelling, with unspeakable anxiety, t...

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• Verlag: General Books LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1458928713
• ISBN 13: 9781458928719
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 82