Indian Captivities; Or, Life in the Wigwam: Being True Narratives of Captives who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians, from the Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeDerby & Miller, 1853 - 361 страници |
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... lakes in the cool of the evening . In all this time we hear of nothing remarkable that happened to Ortiz , or to the chief or his people . When war or famine does not disturb the quiet of Indians they enjoy themselves to the full extent ...
... lakes in the cool of the evening . In all this time we hear of nothing remarkable that happened to Ortiz , or to the chief or his people . When war or famine does not disturb the quiet of Indians they enjoy themselves to the full extent ...
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... lake ; and we were then half a day's journey off the lake . We staid here a great while , to make canoes to go over the lake . Here I was frozen , and again we were like to starve . All the Indians went a hunting , but could get nothing ...
... lake ; and we were then half a day's journey off the lake . We staid here a great while , to make canoes to go over the lake . Here I was frozen , and again we were like to starve . All the Indians went a hunting , but could get nothing ...
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... lake , upon that isle , about a day's journey . We had a little sled upon which we drew our load . Before noon , I tired , and just then the Indians met with some Frenchmen ; then one of the Indians that took me came to me and called me ...
... lake , upon that isle , about a day's journey . We had a little sled upon which we drew our load . Before noon , I tired , and just then the Indians met with some Frenchmen ; then one of the Indians that took me came to me and called me ...
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... lake , thence east- ward , through horrid swamps , where sometimes they were obliged to scramble over huge trees fallen by storm or age , for a vast way together , and sometimes they must climb up long , steep , tiresome , and almost ...
... lake , thence east- ward , through horrid swamps , where sometimes they were obliged to scramble over huge trees fallen by storm or age , for a vast way together , and sometimes they must climb up long , steep , tiresome , and almost ...
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... lakes and ponds ; and in this journey we went up some high mountains , so steep that I was forced to creep up on my hands and knees ; under which difficulty , the Indian , my mas- ter , would mostly carry my babe for me , which I took ...
... lakes and ponds ; and in this journey we went up some high mountains , so steep that I was forced to creep up on my hands and knees ; under which difficulty , the Indian , my mas- ter , would mostly carry my babe for me , which I took ...
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Страница 42 - 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.
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Страница 42 - 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 26 - I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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.
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Страница 39 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
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 34 - I did, for which he gave me a shilling. I offered the money to my master, but he bade me keep it; and with it I bought a piece of horse flesh. Afterwards he asked me to make a cap for his boy, for which he invited me to dinner. I went, and he gave me a pancake, about as big as two fingers. It was made of parched wheat, beaten, and fried in bear's grease, but I thought I never tasted pleasanter meat in my life.