Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents connected with the Treaty of Fond Du Lac: Also a Vocabulary of the Algier, or Chippeway LanguageLucas, 1827 - 493 páginas |
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... means , every incident that may have relation to our red people . " I thank you singerely , my dear *** , for your good wishes ; and with the best disposition to comply with your request , I fear I should be venturing too far , were I ...
... means , every incident that may have relation to our red people . " I thank you singerely , my dear *** , for your good wishes ; and with the best disposition to comply with your request , I fear I should be venturing too far , were I ...
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... mean from Trenton to Brunswick , are better than I expected to find them . The drought is oppressive , and na- ture ... means , either for its origin or con- tinuance . 3 Trenton , demonstrated to the astonished British general , that ...
... mean from Trenton to Brunswick , are better than I expected to find them . The drought is oppressive , and na- ture ... means , either for its origin or con- tinuance . 3 Trenton , demonstrated to the astonished British general , that ...
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... mean Mr. E ― y and his family , and myself , not omitting Ben , to whom it is proba- ble I may have occasion to refer in the future . ) We had not roceeded far , before the entire company was thrown into consternation - and the ...
... mean Mr. E ― y and his family , and myself , not omitting Ben , to whom it is proba- ble I may have occasion to refer in the future . ) We had not roceeded far , before the entire company was thrown into consternation - and the ...
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... mean , as the ancient set- tlers of Communipaw knew of the Rocky mountains , or of Columbia river . No - no , to look at this great mountain of materials is as much as I have the courage to do . Grave and plodding historians , only ...
... mean , as the ancient set- tlers of Communipaw knew of the Rocky mountains , or of Columbia river . No - no , to look at this great mountain of materials is as much as I have the courage to do . Grave and plodding historians , only ...
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... means of two pieces of timber some six feet long . These are fastened to either side of the bow of the barge , and unit- ing in the form of a pair of compasses , the upper , or joint part , receives a bolt of iron which rises out of the ...
... means of two pieces of timber some six feet long . These are fastened to either side of the bow of the barge , and unit- ing in the form of a pair of compasses , the upper , or joint part , receives a bolt of iron which rises out of the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Albany appearance arrived barges bark beach beautiful believe boat called canal canoe chief Chippeway colour council DEAR Detroit distance doubtless embarked encamped father feel feet felt fire fish five Fond du Lac Fort Gratiot give Governor Grand island half past hand happy head heard heart honour hour hundred yards Indians Iron river Lake Huron Lake Superior land Lewistown light live Lockport lodge look Marié Michillimackinac miles Montreal river morning mountains mouth Nanibojou nearly never night o'clock ornamented paddles passed Pontiac present rest river rock round Sault de St Schoolcraft schooner seen shore side smoke soon spirit steam boat sun-down sun-rise swell tent Thermometer thing to-day told took treaty Utica voyageurs whilst White fish wife wind young
Pasajes populares
Página 359 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Página 368 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, •' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 238 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore ; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar : I love not man the less, but nature more...
Página 355 - Tis midnight: on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turn'd to earth without repining, Nor wish'd for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray?
Página 424 - To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore.
Página 368 - The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream Antipathies are none.
Página 368 - ... .O scenes surpassing fable, and yet true, Scenes of accomplished bliss! which who can see, Though but in distant prospect, and not feel His soul refreshed with foretaste of the joy ? Rivers of gladness water all the earth, And clothe all climes with beauty ; the reproach Of barrenness is past. The fruitful field. Laughs with abundance ; and the land, once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed. The various seasons woven into one, And that one season...
Página 95 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Página 210 - Dark-heaving ; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth...
Página 94 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : how profound The gulf! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs...