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Story: The escape of |kannan from the Koranna commando
Title
The escape of |kannan from the Koranna commando
Collection
Summary
/kannan, who warned the people in vain of the approach of a Koranna war party, and was the only one who escaped. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-26. 8269-8285). A woman called |kannan sees a Koranna commando and returns home to warn her people. An old man insists that she has seen little ostriches and |kannan says she knows she has seen real people, but the people do not believe her. The Korannas attack them and |kannan alone survives the slaughter of her people.
Comments
1) p.8268v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) p.8271v: the name of roots eaten by the |xam, 3) p.8279v: the name of |han≠kass'o's black dog, 4) See 'Mountain Bushmen', 5) p.8281v: what the Korannas call the |xam and what the |xam call black people and Korannas, 6) See also The youth (of the Early Race of people) who warned those at home of the approach of a Koranna commando, 7) This story is found in Book VIII-26
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
15 February 1879 (started)
Categories
History (personal), History (Early Race)
Keywords
Koranna (commando) , Koranna (war party) , Koranna (escape of |kannan from a commando) , commando (Koranna) , commando (war party) , commando (escape of |kannan from a Koranna) , Koranna commando (war party) , Koranna commando (|kannan's escape from) , Koranna commando (slaughters |kannan's people) , |kannan (warns her people of the approach of a Koranna commando) , |kannan (her people do not believe her) , |kannan (the slaughter of her people by the Koranna commando) , |kannan (escaped the Koranna commando)
Story Pages
8269-8285
