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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... river , called at present La Plata , into which I sailed and explored its course into the continent more than six score leagues . This , ' continued the stranger gentleman , addressing himself to us , is the substance of all that I ...
... river , called at present La Plata , into which I sailed and explored its course into the continent more than six score leagues . This , ' continued the stranger gentleman , addressing himself to us , is the substance of all that I ...
Side 28
... river , which from its depth seemed navigable to a considerable distance . Fearful , how- ever , of any accident , they ascended it in boats ; and the voyage conducted them through a country so full of sweetness and attraction , that ...
... river , which from its depth seemed navigable to a considerable distance . Fearful , how- ever , of any accident , they ascended it in boats ; and the voyage conducted them through a country so full of sweetness and attraction , that ...
Side 37
... river named Hochelaga , flowing from a vast distance in the interior of a great continent ; that two days ' sail above Anticosti would bring them to the kingdom of Saguenay , beyond which , along the bank of the same river , was a ...
... river named Hochelaga , flowing from a vast distance in the interior of a great continent ; that two days ' sail above Anticosti would bring them to the kingdom of Saguenay , beyond which , along the bank of the same river , was a ...
Side 38
... river ten leagues , till they arrived at a village where this friendly potentate usually resided , and which was named Stadacona . " It was , " according to the original account of Cartier , " as goodly a plot of ground as possibly ...
... river ten leagues , till they arrived at a village where this friendly potentate usually resided , and which was named Stadacona . " It was , " according to the original account of Cartier , " as goodly a plot of ground as possibly ...
Side 40
... River St. Lawrence towards Hochelaga . They found the country on both sides extremely rich and beautifully varied , covered with fine wood , and abounding in vines , though the grapes , from want of cultivation , were neither so large ...
... River St. Lawrence towards Hochelaga . They found the country on both sides extremely rich and beautifully varied , covered with fine wood , and abounding in vines , though the grapes , from want of cultivation , were neither so large ...
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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...