Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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Side 17
... appeared to me to be marvelously deficient in most of the requisites which go to make the character of a real Indian chief , at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these ...
... appeared to me to be marvelously deficient in most of the requisites which go to make the character of a real Indian chief , at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these ...
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... appearance . These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could not be brought home to them by any kind of evidence , they were re- ceived in a friendly manner ; and ...
... appearance . These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could not be brought home to them by any kind of evidence , they were re- ceived in a friendly manner ; and ...
Side 23
... appearing throughout the whole extent of vision in a northerly and westerly direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south ...
... appearing throughout the whole extent of vision in a northerly and westerly direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south ...
Side 25
... appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses , all of which be- came restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of ...
... appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses , all of which be- came restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of ...
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... appearance occasioned me . These Indians , " continues Mr. Townsend , " were the finest look- ing of any I had seen . Their persons were tall , straight , and finely formed ; their noses slightly aquiline , and the whole countenance ...
... appearance occasioned me . These Indians , " continues Mr. Townsend , " were the finest look- ing of any I had seen . Their persons were tall , straight , and finely formed ; their noses slightly aquiline , and the whole countenance ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl