General Account 1938-1939
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getting in his wood etc. My last class has been a flesh getting into my, but the worst of it is this occasional threats of life with large arrow. The first trouble was the day before I arrived in camp when some gardener's two men injured by falling timber for camp. The trees situation was quieted with a conjure spell a tree. Then yesterday the camp after being annoyed for some time by a paperboy tried to get rid of him and finally did so in the latter unforgettable way of pushing him off the platform. The paperman rushed out of camp and returned with two arrows. His arrow was captured by Daniel and its target who found the method to cover and parted his sorcery with a sufficient quantity of sleep. Later in the day the guard was instructed to clean the camp sometime for the night. This was done in the rather rough manner of just moneyping them off by force. The result was that one of their party returned with bow and arrow. The affair was soon turned into a joke and the affair passed over. Today Cory and it rather time my two collecting boys were threatened by a native to stay passed from their home. There was no harm done but it was a rather unpleasant situation. The natives which did the threatening this afternoon acted as my guide. Hope that he may do more generally tomorrow. Oct 14 9km NE Lake Kelima, Netherlands New Guinea 2800 205 mouse traps, 226 rat traps, 26 stick traps - 1 Melonage, 2 Stomoye, 3 kinds. The two