Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives, who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians from the Various Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest to the Present Time. Illustrating the Manner and Customs, Barbarous Rites and Ceremonies, of the North American Indians, and Their Various Methods of Torture Practised Upon Such as Have from Time to Time, Fallen Into Their HandsAntiquarian bookstore and institute, 1841 - 354 страници |
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... raccoons , and then we made a feast ; and the manner was that we must eat all . I perceived there would be too much for one time , so one Indian who sat next to me bid me slip away some to him under his coat , and he would hide it for ...
... raccoons , and then we made a feast ; and the manner was that we must eat all . I perceived there would be too much for one time , so one Indian who sat next to me bid me slip away some to him under his coat , and he would hide it for ...
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... raccoons , or bears . We left the meat , excepting a little for present use , and carried the skins with us until we encamped , and then stretched them with elm bark , in a frame made with poles stuck in the ground , and tied together ...
... raccoons , or bears . We left the meat , excepting a little for present use , and carried the skins with us until we encamped , and then stretched them with elm bark , in a frame made with poles stuck in the ground , and tied together ...
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... raccoons ; the raccoons here were remarkably large and fat . At length we all embarked in a large birch bark canoe . This vessel was about four feet wide , and three feet deep , and about five and thirty feet long ; and though it could ...
... raccoons ; the raccoons here were remarkably large and fat . At length we all embarked in a large birch bark canoe . This vessel was about four feet wide , and three feet deep , and about five and thirty feet long ; and though it could ...
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... raccoons , I then thought it was hard living without bread or salt ; but now I began to conclude , that if I had any thing that would banish pinching hunger , and keep soul and body together , I would be content . While the hunters were ...
... raccoons , I then thought it was hard living without bread or salt ; but now I began to conclude , that if I had any thing that would banish pinching hunger , and keep soul and body together , I would be content . While the hunters were ...
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... raccoons out of a hollow elm , not far from the ground . We remained here about two weeks , and in this time killed four bears , three deer , several turkeys and a number of rac- coons . We packed up as much meat as we could carry , and ...
... raccoons out of a hollow elm , not far from the ground . We remained here about two weeks , and in this time killed four bears , three deer , several turkeys and a number of rac- coons . We packed up as much meat as we could carry , and ...
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Страница 29 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Страница 27 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Страница 31 - Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Страница 37 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Страница 39 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Страница 30 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Страница 40 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove : Mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me.
Страница 21 - Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, "Lord, what shall we do?
Страница 286 - Mr. Tracy, happened to call upon me, saying that another canoe had just arrived from Detroit, and proposing that I should go with him to the beach, to inquire the news, it so happened that I still remained,, to finish my letters, promising to follow Mr.
Страница 34 - It seems to be a bait, the devil lays to make men loose their precious time: I remember with shame, how formerly, when I had taken two or three pipes, I was presently ready for another, such a bewitching thing it is...