Wild Tribes

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Wild Tribes has 39 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 18 references, with 4 live disagreements.

39 facts·27 predicates·18 sources·4 in dispute

Mostly:called ferocious savages(6), never seen white man except(3), never seen white man except enemy(2)

Inbound mentions (21)

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`establishedFriendshipWith`Established Friendship With(3)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston
Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`potentPacificator`Potent Pacificator(2)

Tobaccoex:tobacco
Tobaccoex:tobacco

`absolutePossessionWildTribes`Absolute Possession Wild Tribes(1)

Eastern Watershed Mcivor Northex:eastern-watershed-mcivor-north

`beforeAncestorsOf`Before Ancestors of(1)

Pyramids Pharaohex:pyramids-pharaoh

`dealtWithGreatCare`Dealt With Great Care(1)

Mr a Mestonex:mr-a-meston

`dealtWithInfinitePatience`Dealt With Infinite Patience(1)

Mr a Mestonex:mr-a-meston

`essentialForPacification`Essential for Pacification(1)

Tobaccoex:tobacco

`establishedWith`Established With(1)

Friendshipex:friendship

`notDesirableStateIncurExpenseOn`Not Desirable State Incur Expense on(1)

Authorex:author

`placedLifeAtDisposalOf`Placed Life at Disposal of(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`potentPacificatorInWildTribes`Potent Pacificator in Wild Tribes(1)

Tobaccoex:tobacco

`preparedToGoAloneUnarmed`Prepared to Go Alone Unarmed(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`recommendsMinimalInterference`Recommends Minimal Interference(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`recommendsPeriodicPresents`Recommends Periodic Presents(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`requiresCautionInDealingWith`Requires Caution in Dealing With(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`treatedAsFriendReceivedAsFriend`Treated As Friend Received As Friend(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`trustedAloneAmongWildTribes`Trusted Alone Among Wild Tribes(1)

Archibald Mestonex:archibald-meston

`valuableSocialAgent`Valuable Social Agent(1)

Tobaccoex:tobacco

Other facts (39)

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39 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Called Ferocious Savages	true	[4]
Called Ferocious Savages	null	[6]
Called Ferocious Savages	No White Dare Venture	[7]
Called Ferocious Savages	No White Man Dare	[12]
Called Ferocious Savages	null	[14]
Called Ferocious Savages	{}	[15]
Never Seen White Man Except	deadly enemy with rifle	[7]
Never Seen White Man Except	Deadly Enemy Armed	[8]
Never Seen White Man Except	Deadly Enemy	[12]
Never Seen White Man Except Enemy	null	[5]
Never Seen White Man Except Enemy	null	[6]
Require Care Caution Patience	null	[5]
Require Care Caution Patience	null	[18]
Had No Intercourse With	White Men	[9]
Had No Intercourse With	White Men	[13]
Had Never Seen White Man Except As	Deadly Enemy With Rifle	[10]
Had Never Seen White Man Except As	Deadly Enemy Armed With Rifle or Revolver	[16]
Require Great Care	Dealing With	[12]
Require Great Care	{}	[15]
Presuppose Suspicion of Whites	true	[1]
Required	Great Care Caution Patience	[1]
Prior Experience With Whites	never seen white man except as deadly enemy	[1]
Took Time to Understand	object of white man as friend giving bullock and presents	[1]
Required Handling	great care, caution, infinite patience	[1]
Possess	Unknown Coasts	[2]
Required Great Care Caution Patience	Archibald Meston	[3]
Never Seen White Man Except As	Deadly Enemy	[4]
Took Time to Understand Friendship	null	[5]
Interfere Only Establish Friendship Presents	null	[5]
Requires	great care, caution, infinite patience	[7]
Recommend Leave Alone Establish Friendship	Periodical Presents	[7]
Had Never Seen	White Man Except Enemy	[11]
Require	great care, caution, infinite patience	[11]
Living As	Countless Ages	[13]
Not Ferocious When Treated Well	null	[14]
Had Never Seen White Man Except As Enemy	{}	[15]
Native Food Supplies Unaffected	{}	[15]
Presupposes Past Hostility	null	[17]
Required Handling With	great care and caution, and infinite patience	[17]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

39 undated

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presupposeSuspicionOfWhitestrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

true

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requiredtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

ex:great-care-caution-patience

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priorExperienceWithWhitestrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

never seen white man except as deadly enemy

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tookTimeToUnderstandtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

object of white man as friend giving bullock and presents

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requiredHandlingtrove-cooktown/coloured-persons

great care, caution, infinite patience

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possesstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:unknown-coasts

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requiredGreatCareCautionPatiencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0008

ex:archibald-meston

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0065

ex:deadly-enemy

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0065

true

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tookTimeToUnderstandFriendshiprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca

null

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interfereOnlyEstablishFriendshipPresentsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca

null

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptEnemyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca

null

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requireCareCautionPatiencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca

null

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptEnemyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-4ee7437c3ea2

null

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-4ee7437c3ea2

null

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requiresrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249

great care, caution, infinite patience

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249

deadly enemy with rifle

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recommendLeaveAloneEstablishFriendshiprosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249

ex:periodical-presents

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249

ex:no-white-dare-venture

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-b319ca996c6d

ex:deadly-enemy-armed

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hadNoIntercourseWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20765884

ex:white-men

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hadNeverSeenWhiteManExceptAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-qsa847047-captured-black-boy-taken-by-native-police-or-settlers

ex:deadly-enemy-with-rifle

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hadNeverSeenrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage

ex:white-man-except-enemy

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requirerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage

great care, caution, infinite patience

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neverSeenWhiteManExceptrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service

ex:deadly-enemy

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requireGreatCarerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service

ex:dealing-with

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service

ex:no-white-man-dare

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hadNoIntercourseWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-meston-article-20765884

ex:white-men

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livingAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-meston-article-20765884

ex:countless-ages

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notFerociousWhenTreatedWellrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-secondary-mowbray-connolly-mona-mona-secondary-exact-aboriginal-workers-and-townspeople-in-port-douglas

null

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-secondary-mowbray-connolly-mona-mona-secondary-exact-aboriginal-workers-and-townspeople-in-port-douglas

null

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hadNeverSeenWhiteManExceptAsEnemyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive

{}

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calledFerociousSavagesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive

{}

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nativeFoodSuppliesUnaffectedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive

{}

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requireGreatCarerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive

{}

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hadNeverSeenWhiteManExceptAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-meston-report-pdf-mirror

ex:deadly-enemy-armed-with-rifle-or-revolver

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presupposesPastHostilityrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3637435

null

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requiredHandlingWithrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3637435

great care and caution, and infinite patience

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requireCareCautionPatiencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-commission-aboriginals-queensland-1896

null

References (18)

18 references

[1]Coloured Persons5 facts
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
[2]Beche De Mer1 fact
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[3]Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 00081 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0008
[4]Full Archive Reingestion 2026 05 06 Batch 00652 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0065
[5]001 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Docs Digitised Collections Remove 92163 Pdf Pdf 156422b402ca4 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-156422b402ca
[6]007 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Catalogue Resources 92163 Pdf Pdf 4ee7437c3ea22 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-4ee7437c3ea2
[7]001 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Docs Digitised Collections Remove 92163 Pdf Pdf Extracted 55e2b3ffc2494 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-docs-digitised-collections-remove-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-55e2b3ffc249
[8]007 Aiatsis Gov Au Sites Default Files Catalogue Resources 92163 Pdf Pdf Extracted B319ca996c6d1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/007-aiatsis-gov-au-sites-default-files-catalogue-resources-92163-pdf-pdf-extracted-b319ca996c6d
[9]Trove Nla News Article207658841 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article20765884
[10]Focused Captured Sold Boys Mechanism Focused Qsa847047 Captured Black Boy Taken by Native Police or Settlers1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-captured-sold-boys-mechanism-focused-qsa847047-captured-black-boy-taken-by-native-police-or-settlers
[11]Qsa6826 Meston 1896 Report Fromthepage2 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-1896-report-fromthepage
[12]Meston 1896 Page1 Kidnapping Boys Girls Service3 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/meston-1896-page1-kidnapping-boys-girls-service
[13]Trove Meston Article 207658842 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-meston-article-20765884
[14]Focused Secondary Mowbray Connolly Mona Mona Secondary Exact Aboriginal Workers and Townspeople in Port Douglas2 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/focused-secondary-mowbray-connolly-mona-mona-secondary-exact-aboriginal-workers-and-townspeople-in-port-douglas
[15]Qsa6826 Meston Main Source Rearchive4 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qsa6826-meston-main-source-rearchive
[16]Aiatsis Meston Report Pdf Mirror1 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-meston-report-pdf-mirror
[17]Trove Nla News Article36374352 facts
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article3637435
[18]Aiatsis Commission Aboriginals Queensland 18961 fact
ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/aiatsis-commission-aboriginals-queensland-1896

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Wild Tribes

Inbound mentions (21)

establishedFriendshipWithEstablished Friendship With(3)

potentPacificatorPotent Pacificator(2)

absolutePossessionWildTribesAbsolute Possession Wild Tribes(1)

beforeAncestorsOfBefore Ancestors of(1)

dealtWithGreatCareDealt With Great Care(1)

dealtWithInfinitePatienceDealt With Infinite Patience(1)

essentialForPacificationEssential for Pacification(1)

establishedWithEstablished With(1)

notDesirableStateIncurExpenseOnNot Desirable State Incur Expense on(1)

placedLifeAtDisposalOfPlaced Life at Disposal of(1)

potentPacificatorInWildTribesPotent Pacificator in Wild Tribes(1)

preparedToGoAloneUnarmedPrepared to Go Alone Unarmed(1)

recommendsMinimalInterferenceRecommends Minimal Interference(1)

recommendsPeriodicPresentsRecommends Periodic Presents(1)

requiresCautionInDealingWithRequires Caution in Dealing With(1)

treatedAsFriendReceivedAsFriendTreated As Friend Received As Friend(1)

trustedAloneAmongWildTribesTrusted Alone Among Wild Tribes(1)

valuableSocialAgentValuable Social Agent(1)

Other facts (39)

Timeline

References (18)

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`establishedFriendshipWith`Established Friendship With(3)

`potentPacificator`Potent Pacificator(2)

`absolutePossessionWildTribes`Absolute Possession Wild Tribes(1)

`beforeAncestorsOf`Before Ancestors of(1)

`dealtWithGreatCare`Dealt With Great Care(1)

`dealtWithInfinitePatience`Dealt With Infinite Patience(1)

`essentialForPacification`Essential for Pacification(1)

`establishedWith`Established With(1)

`notDesirableStateIncurExpenseOn`Not Desirable State Incur Expense on(1)

`placedLifeAtDisposalOf`Placed Life at Disposal of(1)

`potentPacificatorInWildTribes`Potent Pacificator in Wild Tribes(1)

`preparedToGoAloneUnarmed`Prepared to Go Alone Unarmed(1)

`recommendsMinimalInterference`Recommends Minimal Interference(1)

`recommendsPeriodicPresents`Recommends Periodic Presents(1)

`requiresCautionInDealingWith`Requires Caution in Dealing With(1)

`treatedAsFriendReceivedAsFriend`Treated As Friend Received As Friend(1)

`trustedAloneAmongWildTribes`Trusted Alone Among Wild Tribes(1)

`valuableSocialAgent`Valuable Social Agent(1)