 He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both hands— for thus they called the two pistols that...  Proceedings [of The] Annual Business Meeting - Էջ 158State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1906Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Jesuits - 1898
...vent de Nord-Eft, qui auoit excité vne horrible tempefte fur la grande riuiere, remplit riniou, — that is to say, " the wonderful man." They meet him; they escort him, and carryall his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1900 - 270 էջ
...time, Nicolet had his doubts about meeting Chinese at Green Bay. As, however, he had brought with him " a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers, and birds of many colors," such as Chinese mandarins are supposed to wear, he put it on; and when he landed on the shore of Fox... | |
 | John Randolph Spears, Alzamore H. Clark - 1903 - 706 էջ
...the villages round about, and there assembled four or five thousand men." Nicolet dressed himself in "a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors." Then with a pistol in each hand, he approached the great throng, fired off blank cartridges in his... | |
 | Publius Virgilius Lawson - 1908 - 824 էջ
...took off his leather jacket, bespangled with rainbow colored beads, and robed himself in a grand gown "of China damask all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors." The Relation does not say if he was booted and spurred and wore a Gainsborough hat, after the fashion... | |
 | Emilius Oviatt Randall, Daniel Joseph Ryan - 1912 - 750 էջ
...wonderful white man, his approach having been heralded days before. Nicolet had attired himself in a "grand robe of China Damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors," for he had gone prepared to be welcomed by the people of the Celestial kingdom, whose country he sought... | |
 | 1914 - 700 էջ
...afterwards related the story of Nicolet 's arrival in the Wisconsin country among the Winnebago Indians. He "wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn...children fled, at the sight of a man who carried thunder i An account of de Soto's expedition and death was furnished by a comrade to the King of Spain in 1544.... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1916 - 486 էջ
...subjects of distant Cathay. Before setting out from Quebec upon his hopeful quest he provided himself with "a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors," which he took pains to don upon arriving in the vicinity of the supposed Asiatic city on the shore... | |
 | Milo Milton Quaife, Joseph Schafer, Edward Porter Alexander - 1919 - 574 էջ
...of a man who carried thunder in both hands — for thus they called the two pistols that he held." "He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors." "They meet him; they escort him, and carry all his baggage." They call him the Manitouiriniou, the... | |
 | Edwin Orin Wood - 1918 - 808 էջ
...a European who carried the message; they dispatched several young men to meet the Manitourinon — that is to say 'the wonderful man.' They meet him,...damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colours. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who... | |
 | Edwin Orin Wood - 1918 - 814 էջ
...a European who carried the message; they dispatched several young men to meet the Manitourinon — that is to say 'the wonderful man.' They meet him,...damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colours. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who... | |
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