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Twenty-and-three of those devils of _kai tagata_ (cannibals) did he kill with his Winchester rifle from the fore-top of the ship, although he was slashed in the thigh with a deep knife wound, and was faint from loss of blood.
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 Louis Becke 1884
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"It means that you are a _tagata poto_ -- a wise man."
Pâkia 1901 Louis Becke 1884
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But because of his cruelty to his men was he punished, for in Fiji the _kai tagata_
The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884
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In the first place none of them were able to dive; in the second there was still a smouldering animosity between them and the native crew, and only Barry's strong influence prevented them from settling old scores by a sudden attack upon the _kai-tagata_, (man-eaters), as they termed the Solomon Islanders.
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884
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