The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and ManuscriptsDerby, 1851 - 495 страници |
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... preparation and fusion of numerous substances in the mineral kingdom , which result in the different conditions of the various glasses , enamels , & c . I had , from early youth , cultivated a taste for mineralogy , long indeed it may ...
... preparation and fusion of numerous substances in the mineral kingdom , which result in the different conditions of the various glasses , enamels , & c . I had , from early youth , cultivated a taste for mineralogy , long indeed it may ...
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... prepared , I bade adieu to my father and mother . and also to three sisters and a brother , all younger than myself , and set forward . The winter of 1818 had opened before I reached my brother's house at Geneva , in western New York ...
... prepared , I bade adieu to my father and mother . and also to three sisters and a brother , all younger than myself , and set forward . The winter of 1818 had opened before I reached my brother's house at Geneva , in western New York ...
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... prepared to go onward . For this purpose , I went down to the banks of the Monongahela , one day , where the arks of that stream usually touch , to look for a passage . I met on the beach , a young man from Massa chusetts , a Mr ...
... prepared to go onward . For this purpose , I went down to the banks of the Monongahela , one day , where the arks of that stream usually touch , to look for a passage . I met on the beach , a young man from Massa chusetts , a Mr ...
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... prepared to descend the river , the two gentlemen who had been my travelling companions , on the journey up , had ... preparing to visit the mines , and having made arrange ments for my baggage to follow , set out on foot for Potosi ...
... prepared to descend the river , the two gentlemen who had been my travelling companions , on the journey up , had ... preparing to visit the mines , and having made arrange ments for my baggage to follow , set out on foot for Potosi ...
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... Prepared ore , delivered at the furnaces , was worth two dollars per cwt . , paid chiefly in merchandize . Pig lead sold at four dollars , at the mines ; and but half a dollar higher on the banks of the Mississippi , and was quoted at ...
... Prepared ore , delivered at the furnaces , was worth two dollars per cwt . , paid chiefly in merchandize . Pig lead sold at four dollars , at the mines ; and but half a dollar higher on the banks of the Mississippi , and was quoted at ...
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adjective Algonquin American ancient animal appeared arrows banks beaver began birds body brother called canoe carried Cartier character Chemanitou chief Chippewas Choctaws corn dance denote Donnacona earth encamped English feet fire fish forest forms French gave hand head Hochelaga hunter hunting Indian families inhabitants Iroquois island killed Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior land language lived lodge looked maize manner Michilimackinac miles Mississippi Missouri Montreal morning mountain nation native night object observed Odjibwa Ottawas party passed person plain present pronoun race reached river rock settlement Shawnees Shingebiss shore side Sir William Johnson skins songs soon spirit stone stream term things Thou thought tion told took tree tribes tshe valley village wampum warriors Wawatam Ween wife wild wood word Wyandots young
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Страница 421 - Through an aperture which afforded me a view of the area of the fort I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Страница 228 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill : For Thou art with me ; and Thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Страница 430 - Menehwehna, who had the command in this enterprise, gave me your promise that you would protect my friend, delivering him from all danger, and giving him safely to me. "The performance of this promise I now claim. I come not with empty hands to ask it. You...
Страница 417 - Ducharme, and threatened to send the next person who should bring a story of the same kind, a prisoner, to Detroit. The garrison, at this time, consisted of ninety privates, two subalterns and the commandant ; and the English merchants at the fort were four in number. Thus strong, few entertained anxiety concerning the Indians, who had no weapons but small arms. Meanwhile, the Indians, from every quarter, were daily assembling, in unusual numbers, but with every appearance of friendship, frequenting...
Страница 421 - I was. The garret was separated from the room below only by a layer of single boards, at once the flooring of the one and the ceiling of the other. I could therefore hear everything that passed; and the Indians no sooner came in than they inquired whether or not any Englishman were in the house.
Страница 227 - The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. He makes me down to lie In pastures green: he leadeth me the quiet waters by.
Страница 425 - I believed he meant to murder me, and that if so he might as well strike where I was as at any greater distance. He replied, with coolness, that my suspicions were just, and that he meant to pay me in this manner for my goods. At the same time he produced a knife, and held me in a position to receive the intended blow.
Страница 460 - ... keeping at some distance. During this part of the ceremony they filled their pipes ; and now each blew the smoke toward the snake, who, as it appeared to me, really received it with pleasure. In a word, after remaining coiled, and receiving incense, for the space of half an hour, it stretched itself along the ground in visible good humor.
Страница 399 - North winde finde a crannie, through which he can conveigh his cooling breath, they be warmer than our English houses...
Страница 80 - He was now sure that he had come the right path, for the aged man had told him of this. There were also shining paddles. He immediately entered the canoe, and took the paddles in his hands, when to his joy and surprise, on turning round, he beheld the object of his search in another canoe, exactly its counterpart in everything.