 | John Weyland - 1816 - 538 էջ
...assistance. Though they do every thing, thej are maintained at trifling expense, for as they always cook, the very licking of their fingers, in scarce times, is sufficient for their subsistence." (P. 55.) " Notwithstanding the northern Indians are at times so voracious, they bear hunger with an... | |
 | John Weyland - 1816 - 556 էջ
...assistance. Though they do every thing, they are maintained at trifling expense, for 'as they always cook, the very licking of their fingers, in scarce times, is sufficient for their subsistence." (P. 55.) " Notwithstanding the northern Indians are at times so voracious, they bear hunger with an... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 270 էջ
...this kind,' said he, ' when all the men are so heavily laden that they can neither hunt nor travel lo any considerable distance, in case they meet with...sledge was frozen to death, he reached the fort on the 25th November, having been absent eight months and twenty-two days. Matonabbee arrived a few days... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 էջ
...every thing, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the Tery licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient...twentytwo days. Matonabbee arrived a few days after. ultimately crowned with success. For this he engaged Matonabbee as guide, and declined taking any Home-guard... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 էջ
...labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do .... and yet, though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence." They accordingly set out on the 7th of December, and after enduring very much the same privations as... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 էջ
...labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do .... and yet, though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence." They accordingly set out on the 7th of December, and after enduring very much the same privations as... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 456 էջ
...distance, or for any length of time, in this country without them; and yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...twenty-two days. Matonabbee arrived a few days after. Though twice compelled to return, Hearne, whose spirit was not to be overcome by fatigue or disappointment,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 472 էջ
...distance, or for any length of time, in this country without them ; and yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...intense degree of cold, by which the favourite dog in hi a sledge was frozen to death, he reached the fort on 25th November, having been absent eight months... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1854 - 528 էջ
...distance, or for any length of time, in this country without them; and yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...twenty-two days. Matonabbee arrived a few days after. Though twice compelled to return, Hearne, whose spirit was not to be overcome by fatigue or disappointment,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1854 - 476 էջ
...distance, or for any length of time, in this country without them; and yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as...times is sufficient for their subsistence."* Assisted hy this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an intense... | |
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... do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country without... 
