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Էջ 80 - Measure contains as much in Length, as will reach from the Elbow to the End of the little Finger. They never stand to question, whether it is a tall Man or a short one, that measures it...
Էջ 118 - Riel, have you anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be pronounced upon you, for the offence of which you have been found guilty ? Prisoner.
Էջ 22 - Since the earliest visits of the white man to the Coteau des Prairies, however, the site has been occupied exclusively by the Sioux, and Catlin met with strong opposition from them when he attempted to visit the quarry about 1837. "The following facts regarding the historic occupancy and ownership of the Pipestone quarry are extracted from a statement furnished by Mr. Charles H. Bennett, of Pipestone; 'On April 30, 1803, the region was acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.
Էջ 86 - Indians, always means something of severe or doubtful import, but the white is the color of peace. Thus, if a string or belt of wampum is intended to confirm a warning against evil or an earnest reproof, it is delivered in black. When a nation is called upon to go to war, or war declared against it, the belt is black or marked with red, called by them the color of blood, having in the middle the figure of an hatchet in white wampum.
Էջ 41 - They cut the hide open at the back and pull it off at the joints, using a flint as large as a finger, tied in a little stick, with as much ease as if working with a good iron tool. They give it an edge with their own teeth. The quickness with which they do this is something worth seeing and noting.
Էջ 80 - These passed with them instead of gold and silver, and served them both for money and ornament. It was the English alone, that taught them first to put a value on their skins and furs, and to make a trade of them.
Էջ 78 - Before ever they had A-wle blades from Europe, they made shift to bore this their shell money with stone...
Էջ 78 - The process of manufacturing it is very simple. It is first clipped to a proper size, which is that of a small oblong parallelepiped, then drilled, and afterward ground to a round smooth surface, and polished. The purple wampum is much more valuable than the white, a very small part of the shell being of that colour.
Էջ 85 - Their frame was of tall and strong saplings, planted in a double row to form the two sides of the house, bent till they met, and lashed together at the top. To these other poles were bound transversely, and the whole was covered with large sheets of the bark of the oak, elm, spruce, or white cedar...
Էջ 61 - In the spring, the ground being already prepared on one and the same day, early in the morning, the whole town is summoned, by the sound of a conch shell, from the mouth of the overseer, to meet at the public square, whither the people repair with their hoes and axes; and from thence proceed to their plantation, where they begin to plant, not every one in his own little district...