Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 2 | 209 | It is not clear, historically, whether the river is named for the red savages through whose territories it tends to flow, or whether the savages have taken their name from the river system. |
| 2 | 210 | My own suspicion in this matter, borne out by tribal stories, is that the early savages in this area found large herds of wild kaiila roaming the plains. |
| 2 | 211 | They took, then, probably for medicine reasons, the name of the Kaiila for themselves. |
| 2 | 212 | Subsequently, one supposes, watercourses originally understood to be, say, the rivers of the Kaiila people, or the rivers in the country of the Kaiila people, came to be known more simply as the Kaiila River, or Rivers. |
| 2 | 213 | "It is a splendid sight!" said Cuwignaka. |
| 2 | 214 | "It is," I granted him. |
| 2 | 215 | The Isanna Kaiila number between some seven and eight hundred. |
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It is not clear, historically, whether the river is named for the red savages through whose territories it tends to flow, or whether the savages have taken their name from the river system.
My own suspicion in this matter, borne out by tribal stories, is that the early savages in this area found large herds of wild kaiila roaming the plains.
They took, then, probably for medicine reasons, the name of the Kaiila for themselves.
Subsequently, one supposes, watercourses originally understood to be, say, the rivers of the Kaiila people, or the rivers in the country of the Kaiila people, came to be known more simply as the Kaiila River, or Rivers.
"It is a splendid sight!" said Cuwignaka.
"It is," I granted him.
The Isanna Kaiila number between some seven and eight hundred.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor, Chapter )