Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in North America: Including the United States, Canada, the Shores of the Polar Sea, and the Voyages in Search of a Northwest Passage; with Observations on Emigration, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1829 - America |
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... body of his work makes it only six hours , stating that the sun rose at nine and set at three . He appends indeed a long note , to prove that he had misunderstood the expres- sions of the original , and that eight hours was the real ...
... body of his work makes it only six hours , stating that the sun rose at nine and set at three . He appends indeed a long note , to prove that he had misunderstood the expres- sions of the original , and that eight hours was the real ...
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... body similar to those which zoologists are accustomed to employ as distinctive characters . All races of men are of the same size ; the very slight existing departures from this rule be- ing easily solved by the abundance or scarcity of ...
... body similar to those which zoologists are accustomed to employ as distinctive characters . All races of men are of the same size ; the very slight existing departures from this rule be- ing easily solved by the abundance or scarcity of ...
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... body or mind , as before he entered upon this delusive search . It is seldom , however , that extraordinary efforts of hu- man activity fail of leading to some result . * While Ponce was beating about restlessly from shore to shore in ...
... body or mind , as before he entered upon this delusive search . It is seldom , however , that extraordinary efforts of hu- man activity fail of leading to some result . * While Ponce was beating about restlessly from shore to shore in ...
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... bodies painted , and used canoes made of bark . A French boat , which had been sent on shore , was surrounded by five of their canoes , when they offered the usual savage welcome by dancing and raising cries of joy . The French , how ...
... bodies painted , and used canoes made of bark . A French boat , which had been sent on shore , was surrounded by five of their canoes , when they offered the usual savage welcome by dancing and raising cries of joy . The French , how ...
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... bodies of men , so mangled that they could not be recognized . No time was lost in rejoining the main body , which , having found a harbour , had suffered less dreadfully . The armament was now reduced to 400 men and 80 horses , and ...
... bodies of men , so mangled that they could not be recognized . No time was lost in rejoining the main body , which , having found a harbour , had suffered less dreadfully . The armament was now reduced to 400 men and 80 horses , and ...
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Page 195 - We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
Page 495 - Borgne walked there and found her sitting near the fire: without noticing his wife, he began to smoke with the father; when they were joined by the old men of the village, who knowing his temper had followed in hopes of appeasing him. He continued to smoke quietly with them, till rising to return, he took his wife by the hair, led her as far as the door, and with a single stroke of his tomahawk put her to death before her father's eyes: then turning fiercely upon the spectators, he said that if any...
Page 298 - ... us to confess what we did confess. And indeed that confession, that it is said we made, was no other than what was suggested to us by some gentlemen ; they telling us, that we were witches, and they knew it, and we knew it, and they knew that we knew it, which made us think that it was so...
Page 65 - ... after, I saw two, apparelled after the manner of Englishmen, in Westminster palace, which at that time I could not discern from Englishmen, till I was learned what they were ; but as for speech, I heard none of them utter one word.
Page 497 - ... seating himself on some rocks under the centre of the falls, enjoyed the sublime spectacle of this stupendous object which since the creation had been lavishing its magnificence upon the desert unknown to civilization.
Page 499 - The river, of one hundred and fifty yards in width, seems to have forced its channel down this solid mass, but so reluctantly has it given way that during the whole distance the water is very deep even at the edges, and for the first three miles there is not a spot except one of a few yards, in which a man could stand between the water and the towering perpendicular of the mountain : the...
Page 471 - We are seldom out of sight, as we travel on this grand track, towards the Ohio, of family groups, behind and before us. ... A small waggon (so light that you might almost carry it, yet strong enough to bear a good load of bedding, utensils and provisions, and a swarm of young citizens...
Page 230 - It is strange to see with what great feare and adoration, all these people doe obey this Powhatan. For at his feet they present whatsoever he commandeth, and at the least frowne of his brow, their greatest spirits will tremble with feare: and no marvell, for he is very terrible and tyrannous in punishing such as offend him.
Page 309 - And we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with and not experienced in matters of that nature.
Page 495 - Borgne walked there, and found her sitting near the fire; without noticing his wife, he began to smoke with the father, when they were joined by the old men of the village, who, knowing his temper, had followed in hopes of appeasing him. He continued to smoke quietly with them, till, rising to return, he took his wife by the hair, led her as far as the door, and with a single stroke of his tomahawk put her to death before her father's eyes ; then turning fiercely upon the spectators, he said that...