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Side 19
The horses of the camp are lying comfortably on their sides, and seem, by the
glances which they give me in passing, to know that their hour of toil is
approaching, and the patient kine are ruminating in happy unconsciousness.
One morning ...
The horses of the camp are lying comfortably on their sides, and seem, by the
glances which they give me in passing, to know that their hour of toil is
approaching, and the patient kine are ruminating in happy unconsciousness.
One morning ...
Side 22
I begged them, for the love of God, to give me my rifle and a few loads of
ammunition, or I should starve before I could reach the settlements. No; I should
have nothing; and if I did not start off immediately, they would throw me under the
ice of ...
I begged them, for the love of God, to give me my rifle and a few loads of
ammunition, or I should starve before I could reach the settlements. No; I should
have nothing; and if I did not start off immediately, they would throw me under the
ice of ...
Side 48
... the tragical story of whose massacre by the Indians on the north-west coast is
told by Washington Irving in his “Astoria.” Mr. Townsend gives an interesting
description of this company and its captain. “On the evening of the 26th,” he says,
...
... the tragical story of whose massacre by the Indians on the north-west coast is
told by Washington Irving in his “Astoria.” Mr. Townsend gives an interesting
description of this company and its captain. “On the evening of the 26th,” he says,
...
Side 61
Mr. Townsend paid a visit to their camp, and the description he gives of it does
not lead one to conceive a high idea of savage life. “Early in the morning,” he
says, “I strolled into the Snake camp. It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams
, ...
Mr. Townsend paid a visit to their camp, and the description he gives of it does
not lead one to conceive a high idea of savage life. “Early in the morning,” he
says, “I strolled into the Snake camp. It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams
, ...
Side 62
But I scarcely know how to commence a description of the camp, or to frame a
sentence which will give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific
nastiness of the whole vicinity. “Immediately as I entered the village, my
olfactories were ...
But I scarcely know how to commence a description of the camp, or to frame a
sentence which will give an adequate idea of the extreme filth and horrific
nastiness of the whole vicinity. “Immediately as I entered the village, my
olfactories were ...
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Side 380 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Side 381 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, • Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Side 380 - Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Side 36 - These people, with their obstreperous mirth, their whooping and howling, and quarrelling, added to the mounted Indians, who are constantly dashing into and through our camp, yelling like fiends, the barking and baying of savage wolf-dogs, and the incessant cracking of rifles and carbines, render our camp a perfect bedlam.
Side 381 - And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair.
Side 380 - Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth.
Side 36 - I am confined closely to the tent with illness, and am compelled all day to listen to the hiccoughing jargon of drunken traders, and the swearing and screaming of our own men, who are scarcely less savage than the rest, being heated by the detestable liquor which circulates freely among them. It is very much to be regretted that at times like the present there should be a positive necessity to allow the men as much rum as they can drink ; but this course has been sanctioned and practised by all the...
Side 77 - We were surrounded by ice piled up in mountains, crevices presenting themselves at every step, and masses half sunk into some deep gulf; the remainder, raised above us, seemed to put insurmountable barriers to our proceeding: yet some part was found where steps could be cut with the hatchet ; and we passed over these bridges, often grasping the ice with one hand, while the other, bearing the pole, balanced the body, hanging over some abyss, into which the eye penetrated, and searched in vain for...
Side 231 - At dawn of day some of my people seemed half dead: our appearances were horrible, and I could look no way but I caught the eye of someone in distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being satisfied through the skin.
Side 235 - By the help of a small magnifying glass, a fire was made; and among the things that had been thrown into the boat was a tinderbox and a piece of brimstone, so that in future they had the ready means of making a fire. One of the men, too, had been so provident as to bring away with him...
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | fireside reading travel and adventure comprising some of the most striking naratives on record |
| Forfatter | rev d w clark d d |
| udgivet | 1856 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Michigan |
| Digitaliseret | 17. feb 2006 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |