Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Character of the North American Natives, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... feet , was made of a pretty strong reed or cane . It was adorned with feathers of various brilliant col- ors , interlaced with locks of female hair ; and sometimes two wings of a rare bird attached to it in such a manner as to give it ...
... feet , was made of a pretty strong reed or cane . It was adorned with feathers of various brilliant col- ors , interlaced with locks of female hair ; and sometimes two wings of a rare bird attached to it in such a manner as to give it ...
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... feet and legs are to be kept as dry as possible , and they must never walk in any beaten path . Religious ceremonies , as well as fasting , are observed on the march . Frequently they carry with them their Jebi , or memorials of their ...
... feet and legs are to be kept as dry as possible , and they must never walk in any beaten path . Religious ceremonies , as well as fasting , are observed on the march . Frequently they carry with them their Jebi , or memorials of their ...
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... feet so high as not to bear down the grass . Thus the whole row will make but one man's track ; and the largest - footed man of the party will walk behind , that he may smooth over the tracks of the others . Sometimes they fix the broad ...
... feet so high as not to bear down the grass . Thus the whole row will make but one man's track ; and the largest - footed man of the party will walk behind , that he may smooth over the tracks of the others . Sometimes they fix the broad ...
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... feet on the neck , they , with one hand twisted in the lock of hair which a warrior always leaves on his crown , extend it as far as they can . With the other hand , they draw the long sharp - pointed scalping - knife , give a slash ...
... feet on the neck , they , with one hand twisted in the lock of hair which a warrior always leaves on his crown , extend it as far as they can . With the other hand , they draw the long sharp - pointed scalping - knife , give a slash ...
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... a pair of bear - skin mocassins put on his feet , with the fur outside ; and a burning fire - brand fastened , a little over his head , to the pole or stake at * Adair . which he was tied . Bundles of dry canes , 28 WARFARE .
... a pair of bear - skin mocassins put on his feet , with the fur outside ; and a burning fire - brand fastened , a little over his head , to the pole or stake at * Adair . which he was tied . Bundles of dry canes , 28 WARFARE .
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Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and ..., Volume 2 Benjamin Bussey Thatcher Visualização integral - 1844 |
Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and ..., Volume 2 Benjamin Bussey Thatcher Visualização integral - 1833 |
Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and ..., Volume 2 Benjamin Bussey Thatcher Visualização integral - 1833 |
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Página 34 - Run for your life," cried the chief to him, " and don't talk now of building houses !" But the poor fellow still insisted, begging and praying to the Captain, who at last finding his exhortations vain, and fearing the consequences, turned his back upon him, and would not hear him any longer. Our mason now began to run, but received many a hard blow, one of which nearly brought him to the ground, which, if he had fallen, would at once have decided his fate.
Página 112 - By the sixth day he was able to walk about ; and within a month he grew quite well, except that he was troubled with a cough. Twenty years after his misfortune he was still alive. Another man, being on his wintering-ground, and from home, hunting beaver, was crossing a lake, covered with smooth ice, with two beavers on his back, when his foot slipped, and he fell. At his side, in his belt, was his axe, the blade of which came upon the joint of his wrist ; and, the weight of his body coming upon the...