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  • He seemed to me a shrewd, cunning man, fit for a Nakoda.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • Nakoda had jumped overboard and was swimming ashore.

    John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Louis Becke 1884

  • "Throw the woman after them," he cried to Nakoda, as the boat pushed off into the darkness, just as the hissing rain began.

    John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Louis Becke 1884

  • Then we, all but thou, Nakoda, shall take the boat and go to the house.

    John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Louis Becke 1884

  • Nakoda would have sprung over the side after the boat, but he feared the sharks even more than Selak's kriss; so running for'ard, he crept into his bunk and lay there, too terrified to move.

    John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 Louis Becke 1884

  • Two of these were half-caste brothers, named respectively Jose and Oliveira; two were half-wild negroes of the Somali tribe named Nakoda and Conda; three were negroes of the Makololo tribe, who had accompanied Dr Livingstone on his journey from the far interior of Africa to the East Coast, and were named respectively Jumbo, Zombo, and Masiko; and finally two, named

    Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • Every new achievement, whether trifling or important, performed by the Makololo triad, Jumbo, Zombo, and Masiko -- every fresh hippopotamus steak skewered and set up to roast by the half-caste brothers Jose and Oliveira -- every lick bestowed on their greasy fingers by the Somali negroes Nakoda and Conda, and every sigh of intense satisfaction heaved by the so-called "freemen" of

    Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • Nakoda and Conda, and about a dozen of the natives, armed with spears.

    Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • As for the navy and airforce, we could buy 2ndhand frigates from UK and buy the Nakoda ragam\'s from Brunei; the airforce the MB339CK from New Zealand, and in 5 years time hornets from kuwait/australia/canada

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

  • Objects attributed to the peoples of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the Northern Plains, exploring the arts of the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) and Nakoda (Assiniboine) peoples

    unknown title 2009

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