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"Gob," is synonymous with the Arabic Kabail, "men of family," opposed to "Gum," the caste-less. In the following pages I shall speak of the Somali nation, the Eesa tribe, the Rer Musa clan, and the Rer Galan sept, though by no means sure that such verbal gradation is generally recognised. The Eesa, for instance, are divided into Rer Hurroni. 2. Rer Abdullah. 7. Rer Urwena. 3. Rer Musa. 8.
Rer Furlabah. 4. Rer Mummasan. 9. Rer Gada. 5. Rer Guleni. 10. Rer Ali Addah. Rer Galan. 4. Rer Dubbah. 2. Rer Harlah. 5. Rer Kul. 3. Rer Gadishah. 6. Rer Gedi.
Only I shall write my General that I have sought to restrain you." To us the prevailing local fears seemed absurd. Admittedly there were only sixteen of the Lipans then left, men, women, and children, their chief, Juan Galan, the son by a Lipan squaw, of the father of Garza Galan, then the leading merchant of the town, and later a distinguished Governor of his State.
"Con una Dama tenia Un galan conversacion."* MORATIN: El Teatro Espanol. Num. 15. * With a dame he held a gallant conversation. MALTRAVERS was first at the appointed place.
It was therefore decided to send out a representative who would deprive the usurpers of the power they had seized without the King's license, and correct the first disorders. This mission was entrusted to Pedro Arias d'Avila, a citizen of Segovia, who was called in Spain by the nickname of El Galan, because of his prowess in the jousts.
"Con una Dama tenia Un galan conversacion."* MORATIN: /El Teatro Espanol/. Num. 15. * With a dame he held a gallant conversation. MALTRAVERS was first at the appointed place.
Whether or not this was a proof of wifely devotion and if it was, it is the only thing in history to his credit or of an unwillingness to trust Pedrarias out of her sight, which is more likely, is not known. At any rate, she went along. Pedrarias, up to the time of his departure from Spain, had enjoyed two nick-names, El Galan and El Justador.
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