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And so I went over with Lloyd Feinburg from AID, and we went from Hanoi in the north all the way down Highway One to Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, then on to Konto in the Delta.
No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends: An American Soldier Returns to Vietnam 1992
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Wayyssqom, from qum, "stand," here bears the less usual meaning of "being assured to" or of "passing into the possession of" anyone; auf das Konto jemandes eingetragen werden (K. W.).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Particulatoren: particuliers (French), individuals.p. c.: per conto for Konto, on account. perfallieren: fallieren, fail.
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Konto very calmly did, begging the favour of a bit of tobacco as he went.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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At last Konto, a young brave who very accurately guessed at Fyles 'intentions, stopped him one day on the Grey Horse
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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In the morning Konto found Mitawawa sitting with wild eyes by her father's body.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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There is no one like my father -- Konto is nothing: but the voice of the white man,
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Fyles the trader, but I would give more than my life to wipe out my father's shame, and to show that Konto of the Little Crees is no dog.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Konto, he said, should take his place; and when his braves came back there should be great feasting, for then the matter would be ended.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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But that chief, after long consideration, during which he drank Company's coffee and ate Company's pemmican, declared that he could do nothing: for Konto had made a fine offer, and a grand chance of a great fight had been missed.
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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