Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Character of the North American Natives, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... sounds aw and oh , suc- cessively uttered , the last more accented , and sounded higher than the first : but in the scalp- yell , this last sound is drawn out at great length , as long indeed , as the breath will hold , and is raised ...
... sounds aw and oh , suc- cessively uttered , the last more accented , and sounded higher than the first : but in the scalp- yell , this last sound is drawn out at great length , as long indeed , as the breath will hold , and is raised ...
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... room . The Chief alone , who gave this entertainment , in compliment to Henry , took no part in the amusement , but sat gravely smoking his pipe as a spectator . The sound of bells and other jingling mate- rials , DANCING . 47.
... room . The Chief alone , who gave this entertainment , in compliment to Henry , took no part in the amusement , but sat gravely smoking his pipe as a spectator . The sound of bells and other jingling mate- rials , DANCING . 47.
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... sound of bells and other jingling mate- rials , attached to the dresses of the women , en- abled them to keep time . But they had also several instruments . There was a kind of ' tam- bourine , ' probably the same with the Delaware drum ...
... sound of bells and other jingling mate- rials , attached to the dresses of the women , en- abled them to keep time . But they had also several instruments . There was a kind of ' tam- bourine , ' probably the same with the Delaware drum ...
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... the whole company yelled in grand chorus , multiplying and swelling the sounds by clapping their hands over their mouths . † Mc'Kenney . * Mc'Kenzie . On reaching the plain ground opposite the American quarters , 50 DANCING .
... the whole company yelled in grand chorus , multiplying and swelling the sounds by clapping their hands over their mouths . † Mc'Kenney . * Mc'Kenzie . On reaching the plain ground opposite the American quarters , 50 DANCING .
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... sound was heard except- ing now and then a peculiar kind of interjectional noise of assent or approbation - oah - eh - hugh -when the speaker uttered some sentiment which seemed to deserve such notice . The orator always stood erect in ...
... sound was heard except- ing now and then a peculiar kind of interjectional noise of assent or approbation - oah - eh - hugh -when the speaker uttered some sentiment which seemed to deserve such notice . The orator always stood erect in ...
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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...