long-benighted

Updated: June 21, 2025

And so the surgeon of the whaler ran on, not at all aware that he was condemning himself and his companions, and their practices, and praising the long-benighted savages. Charley observed that he could not help thinking that the change was for the better, and he could not help asking himself, "Where will the white man and where will the brown man be found standing at the day of judgment?"

William Henry Giles Kingston - Washed Ashore: The Tower of Stormount Bay