The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and ManuscriptsDerby, 1851 - 495 страници |
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... continued barking of dogs . It required the stern commands of their master , before they slunk back and became quiet . It was a small log tenement of the usual construction on the frontiers , and afforded us the usual hospitality and ...
... continued barking of dogs . It required the stern commands of their master , before they slunk back and became quiet . It was a small log tenement of the usual construction on the frontiers , and afforded us the usual hospitality and ...
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... continued for ages by the natives , to clear the ground for hunting , have had the effect not only to curtail and destroy large vegetation , but all the carbonaceous particles of the top soil have been burned , leaving the surface in ...
... continued for ages by the natives , to clear the ground for hunting , have had the effect not only to curtail and destroy large vegetation , but all the carbonaceous particles of the top soil have been burned , leaving the surface in ...
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... continued our course , travelling due west south - west . At the distance of five or six miles , we reached the banks of a clear stream of twenty feet wide , running over a bed of pebbles and small secondary boulders . This stream ran ...
... continued our course , travelling due west south - west . At the distance of five or six miles , we reached the banks of a clear stream of twenty feet wide , running over a bed of pebbles and small secondary boulders . This stream ran ...
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... continued repose that promised relief . I selected a fine grassy spot to encamp , unpacked the horse , built a fire , and got my patient comfortably stretched on his pallet . But little provision had been made at Potosi in the medical ...
... continued repose that promised relief . I selected a fine grassy spot to encamp , unpacked the horse , built a fire , and got my patient comfortably stretched on his pallet . But little provision had been made at Potosi in the medical ...
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... continued to the present hour , had not an accidental circumstance put a stop to it . In the month of July 1822 , the government sent a military force to take post , at that ancient point of French settlement , at the foot of the falls ...
... continued to the present hour , had not an accidental circumstance put a stop to it . In the month of July 1822 , the government sent a military force to take post , at that ancient point of French settlement , at the foot of the falls ...
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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.