Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Character of the North American Natives, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... of treaties , and the entertainment of travellers . The meaning was the same in all cases . was an exchange and pledge of faith between * Tanner's Narrative . It those parties who joined in smoking . When , for 10 AMUSEMENTS .
... of treaties , and the entertainment of travellers . The meaning was the same in all cases . was an exchange and pledge of faith between * Tanner's Narrative . It those parties who joined in smoking . When , for 10 AMUSEMENTS .
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... 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 SMOKING . 11.
... 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 SMOKING . 11.
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... traveller La Hontan , gives a very similar description of the calumet which he saw used among several of the Canadian tribes , with a draught of the instrument . of Beverly , who wrote the History of Virginia about a century since , has ...
... traveller La Hontan , gives a very similar description of the calumet which he saw used among several of the Canadian tribes , with a draught of the instrument . of Beverly , who wrote the History of Virginia about a century since , has ...
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... traveller , † may be considered a fair specimen of their proficiency in this labo- rious accomplishment . The Americans at the fort were visited by a band of forty Chippewas from an island in the Lake . They came up from the landing two ...
... traveller , † may be considered a fair specimen of their proficiency in this labo- rious accomplishment . The Americans at the fort were visited by a band of forty Chippewas from an island in the Lake . They came up from the landing two ...
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... traveller calls a ' begging dance , ' was to obtain presents from the Americans , chiefly of whis- key ; and accordingly a quantity of this favorite beverage , mixed with a good proportion of water , and scented with tobacco , was ...
... traveller calls a ' begging dance , ' was to obtain presents from the Americans , chiefly of whis- key ; and accordingly a quantity of this favorite beverage , mixed with a good proportion of water , and scented with tobacco , was ...
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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...