Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 360 páginas |
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... inhabitants wear beasts ' skins and the intestines of animals for clothing , es- teeming them as highly as we do our most precious gar- ments . In war their weapons are the bow and arrow , spears , darts , slings , and wooden clubs ...
... inhabitants wear beasts ' skins and the intestines of animals for clothing , es- teeming them as highly as we do our most precious gar- ments . In war their weapons are the bow and arrow , spears , darts , slings , and wooden clubs ...
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... inhabitants of these regions covered with beasts ' skins , yet not without the use of reason . He also relates that there are plenty of bears in these parts , which feed upon * Cabot was born in England , and carried by his father into ...
... inhabitants of these regions covered with beasts ' skins , yet not without the use of reason . He also relates that there are plenty of bears in these parts , which feed upon * Cabot was born in England , and carried by his father into ...
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... inhabitants , including men , women , and children ; and in the other caravel , which is looked for every hour , they are bringing fifty more . These people , in colour , figure , stature , and expression , greatly resemble gipsies ...
... inhabitants , including men , women , and children ; and in the other caravel , which is looked for every hour , they are bringing fifty more . These people , in colour , figure , stature , and expression , greatly resemble gipsies ...
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... inhabitants were of stout make , but wild and unruly . " They wore their hair tied on the top like a bunch of hay , fixed with a wooden bodkin , and ornamented with birds ' feathers . Like their companions whom Cabot had described ...
... inhabitants were of stout make , but wild and unruly . " They wore their hair tied on the top like a bunch of hay , fixed with a wooden bodkin , and ornamented with birds ' feathers . Like their companions whom Cabot had described ...
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... inhabitants of this spot is striking and interesting " Taking our way , " says he , " along the coast , we came in sight of the savages , who stood on the borders of a lake in the low grounds , where they had lighted their fires , which ...
... inhabitants of this spot is striking and interesting " Taking our way , " says he , " along the coast , we came in sight of the savages , who stood on the borders of a lake in the low grounds , where they had lighted their fires , which ...
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Página 211 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Página 211 - And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk...
Página 177 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.
Página 108 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can 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 traveling .any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Página 179 - Each of us thought the other weaker in intellect than himself, and more in need of advice and assistance.
Página 278 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Página 278 - ... settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...