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September 21, 1926 : Explorators Camp/Tombe Village


September 21

Today the Dyaks returned; Rufus and Lopez, the two soldiers who have been here from the start, returning with them, while Cottrell and the two new soldiers remain here. Beyond the building of a new go-down in camp nothing of particular interest occurred.




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