Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Character of the North American Natives, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... thing that is provided . While the company are en- joying their meal , the chief sings , and accom- panies his song with the tambourin , or shishi- quoi , or rattle . The guest who has first eaten his portion is considered as the most ...
... thing that is provided . While the company are en- joying their meal , the chief sings , and accom- panies his song with the tambourin , or shishi- quoi , or rattle . The guest who has first eaten his portion is considered as the most ...
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... thing set before them ; " War - Feasts , ' which we may refer to again ; and various other festivities , too numerous to be described , and scarcely of consequence enough to deserve mention . CHAPTER II . Anecdotes of Indian WARFARE ...
... thing set before them ; " War - Feasts , ' which we may refer to again ; and various other festivities , too numerous to be described , and scarcely of consequence enough to deserve mention . CHAPTER II . Anecdotes of Indian WARFARE ...
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... thing being made ready for the expe- dition - the council held - the dance performed -the fasting observed - and , in a word , that courage , which is the main object of the cere- monies , worked up to the highest point - the party ...
... thing being made ready for the expe- dition - the council held - the dance performed -the fasting observed - and , in a word , that courage , which is the main object of the cere- monies , worked up to the highest point - the party ...
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... thing besides the naked ground . 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 ...
... thing besides the naked ground . 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 ...
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... thing he had heard before . The singing of some of the Penobscot young wo- men , on the occasion just referred to , though attended with what the whites call a tone , was surprisingly musical , and in perfectly exact time ; and of ...
... thing he had heard before . The singing of some of the Penobscot young wo- men , on the occasion just referred to , though attended with what the whites call a tone , was surprisingly musical , and in perfectly exact time ; and of ...
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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...