Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836: Including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Prairies of the Missouri ; and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands, Том 1Richard Bentley, 1839 - 384 стор. |
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... Rifle in Buffalo Hunting . - Value of the Buffalo to the Western Tribes.- An Accident . - Extraordinary Spot . - Bird Nesting . — My Library . -Thoughts of Home . - Herd of Buffalo . CHAPTER XIX . · 350 Camp moved.- Medicine Council ...
... Rifle in Buffalo Hunting . - Value of the Buffalo to the Western Tribes.- An Accident . - Extraordinary Spot . - Bird Nesting . — My Library . -Thoughts of Home . - Herd of Buffalo . CHAPTER XIX . · 350 Camp moved.- Medicine Council ...
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... rifle , and was talking near the bows of the ship with an old sailor who had served many years on board a whaler . As one of the whales came up above the water , not more than thirty or forty yards distant , he directed me to aim about ...
... rifle , and was talking near the bows of the ship with an old sailor who had served many years on board a whaler . As one of the whales came up above the water , not more than thirty or forty yards distant , he directed me to aim about ...
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... rifle , but without any other apparent effect than making them lash the water with their tail and go down for a few seconds , after which they ap- peared again on the surface , pursuing their pas- time as if nothing had occurred to ...
... rifle , but without any other apparent effect than making them lash the water with their tail and go down for a few seconds , after which they ap- peared again on the surface , pursuing their pas- time as if nothing had occurred to ...
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... rifle and joined in the pur- suit at length I got hold of the turkey's leg ; the grass was slippery with ice , and in his desperate struggles to escape he pulled me over on the ground , then he scratched my hands with his claws , and ...
... rifle and joined in the pur- suit at length I got hold of the turkey's leg ; the grass was slippery with ice , and in his desperate struggles to escape he pulled me over on the ground , then he scratched my hands with his claws , and ...
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... rifle , returned in triumph to Leesburgh . During the walk homeward I felt no disposition to complain of the cold ; for , independent of my accoutrements , the turkey's weight proved , on my arrival , to be twenty- eight pounds . On ...
... rifle , returned in triumph to Leesburgh . During the walk homeward I felt no disposition to complain of the cold ; for , independent of my accoutrements , the turkey's weight proved , on my arrival , to be twenty- eight pounds . On ...
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Сторінка 181 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Сторінка 136 - ... living wheels Distinct alike with multitude of eyes ; One spirit in them ruled, and every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire...
Сторінка 179 - O'erhung with wild woods, thick'ning green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd am'rous round the raptured scene; The flowers sprang wanton to be prest, The birds sang love on every spray — Till too, too soon, the glowing west Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but th' impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Сторінка 16 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Сторінка 158 - The judge is a tall venerable man, about eighty years of age, his hair tied in a cue, according to olden custom, and with a countenance indicating that simplicity of mind and benignity which so eminently distinguish his character. As a judge he has no rival, his knowledge being profound, his judgment clear and just, and his quickness in apprehending either the fallacy or truth of an argument as surprising.
Сторінка 364 - No etymology is given. Possibly it originated in the pulpit, when some Gaelic preacher had taken the story of Dives and Lazarus for his text; and the rich Dives, amid his torments in hell, asked in vain for a drop of water to cool his parched tongue. The intolerable thirst was his greatest punishment; and in Gaelic Aicheadh is refusal, and buirne, water from the burn or stream, whence the phrase would signify the refusal or denial of water. This is offered as a suggestion only, to account for an...
Сторінка 411 - ... difficult matter indeed. The old man exerted himself till the drops of perspiration fell from his forehead ; but, had I not been there, he must either have made some person cut it up, or have sat in it until this minute. For some time I enjoyed this scene with malicious and demure gravity, and then I showed him that he must try and pull it off over his head. A lad who stood by then drew it, till it enveloped his nose, eyes, mouth, and ears ; his arms were raised above his head, and for some minutes...
Сторінка 318 - DANDY. and belonging to the above-mentioned nations, should doubt or feel aggrieved at this assertion, I will faithfully narrate what passed constantly before my eyes in our own tent ; namely, the manner in which Sa-ni-tsa-rish's son passed the days on which there was no buffalo hunt.
Сторінка 160 - This portrait is regarded as the best that was ever taken of him in his later life. Certainly it best answers the description of him by an English...
Сторінка 159 - His house is small, and more humble in appearance than those of the average of successful lawyers or merchants. I called three times upon him ; there is no bell to the door ; once I turned the handle of it, and walked in unannounced ; on the other two occasions he had seen me coming, and...
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