 | Alexander Henry - 1809 - 364 страници
...distance of fifty yards, above the fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that I believed he meant to murder me, and that if so, he might as Avell strike where I was, as at any greater distance. He replied, with coolness,... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1839 - 382 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, rinding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 374 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 708 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1853 - 534 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the Fort Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian...suspicions were just, and that he meant to pay me in this nanner for my goods. At the same time he produced a knife, and held me in a position to receive the... | |
 | 1857 - 414 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | James Alvin Van Fleet - 1870 - 190 страници
...distance of fifty yards above the. fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no further, but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 страници
...Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no farther, but told the Indian that I believed he meant to murder...distance. He replied with coolness that my suspicions were lust, and that he meant to pay me in this manner for my goods. At the same time he produced a knife,... | |
 | James Alvin Van Fleet - 1880 - 202 страници
...Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no farther ; but told the Indian that 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,... | |
 | 1884 - 484 страници
...Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and sand-hills, I determined to proceed no farther; but told the Indian that 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,... | |
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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... 
