African Amazons

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A battle with the amazons

Note:
“…somewhere in the remote interior was a kingdom ruled by a woman, ambition was the destruction of every male on earth. She was reported to have an immense army of Amazons, who were quite as cruel as herself, and of such desperate valor and adroitness, and armed with such formidable weapons that no enemy could stand before them. Her kingdom, though never located, was of large extent and constantly increasing, for she warred perpetually with her neighbors, whom she invariably overcame.” [Buel p.89 This Amazon may have been Queen Tembandumba.]

Source:
Buel, James W. 1890. Heroes of the Dark Continent and How Stanley Found Emin Pasha: A Complete History of All The Great Explorations and Discoveries in Africa, From the Earliest Ages to The Present Time. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., p. 90. Book at Google