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Article : 129 wordsThe fight, meanwhile, had become general, but the blacks come on in such numbers—there were 150 of them, or so it seemed—that there was no chance of beating them off. They shoved so much ...
Article : 177 wordsScattering in different directions, they tried to recover their track from the Ovens, in the hope of meeting Faithful and getting assistance; but after a day and a night in the bush, only one of ...
Article : 170 words"She" is dead, according to official news from Pretoria. Her real name was Majajie. She was the mystical queen of the so called Woodbush tribes of South Africa, and she is known to have ...
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Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Sat 14 Nov 1896, Page 3
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