The Northern Coasts of America and the Hudson's Bay TerritoriesT. Nelson and Sons, 1854 - 409 sider History of exploration; early voyages for discovery of east and west coasts of northern North America, and overland expeditions of Hearne, Mackenzie, Franklin, Back, Dease and Simpson, and Rae. |
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... Michael Ballantyne. Forthern Counts of Amer and the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories KAKABEKA OR MOUNTAIN FALL Page 266 . THE NORTHERN COASTS OF AMERICA , AND THE HUDSON'S BAY. T NELSON AND SONS . LONDON AND EDINBURGH .
... Michael Ballantyne. Forthern Counts of Amer and the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories KAKABEKA OR MOUNTAIN FALL Page 266 . THE NORTHERN COASTS OF AMERICA , AND THE HUDSON'S BAY. T NELSON AND SONS . LONDON AND EDINBURGH .
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... mountain- ous district than any yet seen , covered with dark and dense forests , and possessed by a people whose habits and temper seemed to partake of the severer nature of their country . On attempting to open an intercourse ...
... mountain- ous district than any yet seen , covered with dark and dense forests , and possessed by a people whose habits and temper seemed to partake of the severer nature of their country . On attempting to open an intercourse ...
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... mountain , which the French called Mont Royale , corrupted by time into Montreal , which name the place still retains ; whilst the original American designation of Hochelaga has been long since forgotten . The city , according to ...
... mountain , which the French called Mont Royale , corrupted by time into Montreal , which name the place still retains ; whilst the original American designation of Hochelaga has been long since forgotten . The city , according to ...
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... mountains , clothed with wood , and affording a charming prospect ; after which , in a course of fifteen leagues , they discovered two other rivers as great , or greater than the Guadalquiver , the currents of which were so strong that ...
... mountains , clothed with wood , and affording a charming prospect ; after which , in a course of fifteen leagues , they discovered two other rivers as great , or greater than the Guadalquiver , the currents of which were so strong that ...
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... mountains . The account brought back of the riches and extent of the country , proved so tempting to the ambition of the Spaniards , that soon after Vasquez de Coronado , an officer of great courage and expe- rience , was appointed by ...
... mountains . The account brought back of the riches and extent of the country , proved so tempting to the ambition of the Spaniards , that soon after Vasquez de Coronado , an officer of great courage and expe- rience , was appointed by ...
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Side 130 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Side 130 - Fish-Hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...
Side 103 - They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country without...
Side 263 - did I share my own plate with the children whose helpless state and piteous cries were peculiarly distressing ; compassion for the full-grown may, or may not, be felt, but that heart must be cased in steel which is insensible to the cry of a child for food.
Side 118 - ... so cruelly wounded. On this request being made, one of the Indians hastily drew his spear from the place where it was first lodged, and pierced it through her breast near the heart. The love of life, however, even in this most miserable state, was so predominant, that though this might...
Side 176 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.
Side 148 - I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
Side 176 - Animated by such feelings, and convinced that Michel's death was necessary to self-preservation, he determined that it ought to be by his own and not by Hepburn's hand, and on his coming up shot him through the head with a pistol.
Side 102 - Women were made for labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance...
Side 171 - ... portable, and they proved of incalculable benefit to us. We read portions of them to each other as we lay in bed, in addition to the morning and evening service, and found that they inspired us on each perusal with so strong a sense of the omnipresence of a beneficent God that our situation even in these wilds appeared no longer destitute, and we conversed not only with calmness but with cheerfulness, detailing with unrestrained confidence the past events of our lives and dwelling with hope on...