Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia, Vol. 5: For 1881-82Murder is punished with death, except when a native is killed by one of his own tribe, in such case the Offender is punished by spearing him severely but care is taken that he is not mortally wounded. If a native kills one of another tribe, a party of young men is sent out by the tribe of the deceased to kill the murderer if he can be found, if not, one of his near relations has to suffer in his place, and after a lapse Of some time that tribe visits the former, and a fight with small reed spears takes place, without any serious consequences, after which the tribes are on friendly terms again.Disputes between two or more of the same tribe are Settled among themselves by fighting it out, if they cannot otherwise a ree.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.