Since wealth was hereditary, the chieftaincy often stayed in one family, but it did not necessarily go to the eldest son; the tribe might agree on a younger son, on an uncle, on anyone who was rich, or at least generous and wise, or at least persuasive. A tribe might agree to have...
Here his further progress was stayed by the appalling news of the surrender of Burgoyne's whole army, and he made a hasty retreat with his vessels to New York. Soon after, the Americans fortified West Point, and the towns above that fort were never afterwards troubled by the incursions of...
A welcome swim, and woe betide, a most unwelcome site. There was no armor could be had, to clothe this naked knight. They say he hid himself away, until nighttime befell; when so white was his gentry skin, he raised a sentry's yell. Thus Winston found himself pursued by half the vi...
that anyone should blame him: he is, after all, President of a country which has been invaded by barbarians, and is fighting for its life - but I can admire the man’s heroism (which nothing in his career gave indication of) - without “veneration”, or the approval of “the me...
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Leonard D Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. CUBA OLD AND NEW BY ALBERT G. ROBINSON 1915. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OLD CUBA II. NEW CUBA III. THE COUNTRY IV. THE OLD HAVANA V. THE NEW HAVANA VI. AROUND THE ISLAN
So of course they get even worse results. Today, I’m going to show some more evidence. Here’s a chart from the Financial Times that was shared on Twitter (now X). It shows two things. First, that major nations, other than pro-market Switzerland, are behind the United States (I ad...
Each having its own Oba and each Oba had his Chiefs. Archaeological field survey shows that 13 of these communities have been revealed. These settlements which were big and small in sizes include among others the following: 1. Ideta ruled by Obatala, presently found along Mokuro road. 2. ...
Kwaxsistalla is the Kwak’wala name bestowed upon Adam Dick as part of his hereditary chieftainship of the Dzawada’enuxw (Tsawataineuk) people of Kingcome Inlet (Gwa’yi village). Adam Dick’s grandfather and great grandfather held the name Kwaxsistalla, as did a long chiefly line before...
“To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.” -Stephen Hawking,El Pais, September 25, 2015 “The underlying message of all his direction is: You are enough. I don’t need more than you. I don’t need less than you. You’re enough.” -...
Somewhere around 1.5 to 2 million years ago, a group of early hominins from Africa walked north and gave rise to most of modern humans. But other hominins, of course, stayed. Thanks to this ancient lineage, the massive continent of Africa is one of the most genetically diverse regions in ...