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... river was locked with ice when I reached it, I had an opportunity to cross it on
foot, and to examine in the vicinity those evidences of the coal formation which
are found in masses of bituminous shale, slaty coal and petroleum. The river
began ...
... river was locked with ice when I reached it, I had an opportunity to cross it on
foot, and to examine in the vicinity those evidences of the coal formation which
are found in masses of bituminous shale, slaty coal and petroleum. The river
began ...
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We pulled off our coats, and each taking a pail, stepped in the water, then half-leg
deep in the ark, and began to bail away, with all force. By dint of determination
we soon had the satisfaction to see the water line lower, and catching new spirit ...
We pulled off our coats, and each taking a pail, stepped in the water, then half-leg
deep in the ark, and began to bail away, with all force. By dint of determination
we soon had the satisfaction to see the water line lower, and catching new spirit ...
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We had an instance of this one night, when the island against which we were
moored, began to tumble into the channel, threatening to overwhelm us by the
falling earth and the recoil of the waves, and we got away to the main shore with
...
We had an instance of this one night, when the island against which we were
moored, began to tumble into the channel, threatening to overwhelm us by the
falling earth and the recoil of the waves, and we got away to the main shore with
...
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Within about three miles of the city, this heathy and desolate tract began to
assume a cultivated character ; dwellings and gardens soon succeeded, and we
found ourselves, by almost imperceptible grades, introduced into the city, which
we ...
Within about three miles of the city, this heathy and desolate tract began to
assume a cultivated character ; dwellings and gardens soon succeeded, and we
found ourselves, by almost imperceptible grades, introduced into the city, which
we ...
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Even while we were talking he began to clean his rifle, and adjust his leathern
accoutrements: he then put several large cakes of corn bread in a sack, and in a
very short time he brought a stout little horse out of a log pen, which served for a ...
Even while we were talking he began to clean his rifle, and adjust his leathern
accoutrements: he then put several large cakes of corn bread in a sack, and in a
very short time he brought a stout little horse out of a log pen, which served for a ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 399 - North winde finde a crannie, through which he can conveigh his cooling breath, they be warmer than our English houses...
Էջ 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.
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| Վերնագիր | The American Indians: Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts |
| Հեղինակ | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft |
| Հրատարակիչ | Wanzer, Foot and Company [Buffalo, printed], 1851 |
| Original from | Օքսֆորդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 1 Դեկտեմբեր 2006 |
| Length | 495 էջ |
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