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Story: Dust signals, or, A man who becomes faint from the heat of the sun on his way home, throws up earth into the air, so that those at home may see the dust, and come to help him
Title
Dust signals, or, A man who becomes faint from the heat of the sun on his way home, throws up earth into the air, so that those at home may see the dust, and come to help him
Collection
Summary
A Bushman, who becomes faint from the heat of the sun on his way home, throws earth into the air, so that those who are home may see the dust, and come to help him. (L VIII.-22. 7961-7969). There follows an explanation of how the men get into the state at which they need to send dust signals. A person sends dust signals when he feels he is dying and will not reach home ('dying it is').
Comments
1) Date on p.7966: 6 November; p.7968: 8 November, 2) p.7960v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an) and also observed it himself; 3) pp.7965v-7966v: chasing wounded and 'living' springbok, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-22
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
6 – 8 November 1878 (story told between or about)
Categories
Custom and daily life, History (personal)
Keywords
dust (thrown up by the man to signal he needs help) , dust (as a signal) , dust (and the use of signals) , dust (thrown into the air so people at home can see it) , dust (thrown up by a man who feels he is going to die in the sun) , hunting (tactics for springbok) , hunting (and men's doings) , hunting (the man who becomes faint while returning home after) , hunting (the wife who watches for her husband who does not return from) , hunting (in the heat of the sun) , hunting (returning home after) , hunting (exhaustion felt after) , hunting (and the use of dust signals) , hunting (of springbok) , hunting (the names of wounded and unwounded springbok) , signals (with dust) , signals (when they are needed) , signals (the sending of) , signals (given by men returning home from the hunt) , signals (sent by men dying of exhaustion and heat) , signals (earth thrown up into the air as) , signals (are sent so that people at home can see them) , signals (on the hunting-ground) , names (of wounded and unwounded springbok) , sun (hunting and being able to bear its heat) , sun (hurts people) , sun (causes staggering and fatigue) , sun (its darkness resembles the night) , sun (on the hunting-ground) , sun (that kills people) , sun (and chasing springbok) , sun (that makes hunters collapse) , sun (and the need for sending dust signals) , sun (deaths caused by) , sun (and thirst) , death (on the hunting-ground) , death (from the heat of the sun) , death (after chasing springbok in the sun) , death ('his heart is that on account of which he throws up earth') , death (and dust signals) , springbok (which are alive) , springbok (which have been shot) , springbok (tactics in hunting and chasing) , springbok (their actions when they are chased in the sun) , springbok (the names for wounded and unwounded) , springbok (hunting, and dust signals) , night (the sun's darkness resembles) , night (and dust signals) , water (reviving and cooling the man who sends dust signals with) , earth (dust signals) , earth (a man throws up after becoming faint from the heat of the sun)
Story Pages
7961-7969
