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to prevent or punish it . These customs vary from the payment of a slight compensation , payable either to the dead man's family , or to the tribal chief , down to actual capital punishment . Among the Northern Californians , a few ...
to prevent or punish it . These customs vary from the payment of a slight compensation , payable either to the dead man's family , or to the tribal chief , down to actual capital punishment . Among the Northern Californians , a few ...
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punishment to the discretion of the injured persons or family ; of which let the following illustrations suffice . According to Catlin , every Indian tribe he visited had a council house in the middle of their village , where the chiefs ...
punishment to the discretion of the injured persons or family ; of which let the following illustrations suffice . According to Catlin , every Indian tribe he visited had a council house in the middle of their village , where the chiefs ...
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... punishments , in default generally of imprisonment or banishment , are not as a rule gratuitously cruel ; and slavery , so common a punishment in Africa , far from being essentially cruel , is rather a sign of an amelioration of manners ...
... punishments , in default generally of imprisonment or banishment , are not as a rule gratuitously cruel ; and slavery , so common a punishment in Africa , far from being essentially cruel , is rather a sign of an amelioration of manners ...
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