Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Character of the North American Natives, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... sometimes valued at ten . * The Indian habit of smoking has been allud- ed to ; and this , considering their strong predi- lection for it , and its almost universal preva- lence , must certainly be allowed to hold a high place among ...
... sometimes valued at ten . * The Indian habit of smoking has been allud- ed to ; and this , considering their strong predi- lection for it , and its almost universal preva- lence , must certainly be allowed to hold a high place among ...
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... sometimes two wings of a rare bird attached to it in such a manner as to give it the appearance of what the ancient Greeks and Romans in their mythology , called ' Mercury's Wand . ' The French traveller La Hontan , gives a very similar ...
... sometimes two wings of a rare bird attached to it in such a manner as to give it the appearance of what the ancient Greeks and Romans in their mythology , called ' Mercury's Wand . ' The French traveller La Hontan , gives a very similar ...
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... sometimes furnished by a leading man . A Knistenau chief , when he proposes to make a feast , sends quills , or small pieces of wood , as tokens of invitation to such as he wishes to partake of it . At the appointed time the guests 12 ...
... sometimes furnished by a leading man . A Knistenau chief , when he proposes to make a feast , sends quills , or small pieces of wood , as tokens of invitation to such as he wishes to partake of it . At the appointed time the guests 12 ...
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... Sometimes each man's allowance is no more than he can despatch in a couple of hours . At other times the quantity is sufficient to supply each of them with food for a week , though it must be devoured in a day . On these occasions it is ...
... Sometimes each man's allowance is no more than he can despatch in a couple of hours . At other times the quantity is sufficient to supply each of them with food for a week , though it must be devoured in a day . On these occasions it is ...
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... sometimes by a sacri- fice . The ancient custom of leaving a war - club in the territory of the enemy , as a manifesto , is not now observed . The fasting is often , carried to such a length , as to weaken the war- rior on his march ...
... sometimes by a sacri- fice . The ancient custom of leaving a war - club in the territory of the enemy , as a manifesto , is not now observed . The fasting is often , carried to such a length , as to weaken the war- rior on his march ...
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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...