Word: tribeswomen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bechuanaland is officially native territory. Lewd Phineas Mackintosh took advantage of that fact to marry a blackamoor (a crime in the Union of South Africa), and to seduce numerous other Bamangwato tribeswomen...
Surgical Ants. When Indian warriors return home after inter-tribal clashes, tribeswomen anesthetize their wounds with ginger. Beside the "doctor" is a jar containing a species of ferocious, strong-jawed ants. After drawing the lips of the wound together, the "doctor" holds an ant close to the wound, lets it bite. If and when the mandibles strike on each side of the wound, the ant's body is snipped off. The death grip of the head holds the wound together. Often as many as six ants are used on large wounds. Thus drawn together the wound is smeared with...