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Teichelmann and Schurmann - Nguitkurra and small pox
Identifier
003680
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Outlines of the Grammar Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal language of South Australia – G C Teichelmann and C W Schurmann 1840
The small pox is so greatly feared by the natives that they possess a special song called nguitkurra by the singing of which the disease is believed to be prevented, or checked in its progress