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... Banneck , and Shoshone tribes , who come with the furs and peltries which they have been collecting at the risk of their lives during the past winter and spring , to trade for ammunition , trinkets , and fire - water .
... Banneck , and Shoshone tribes , who come with the furs and peltries which they have been collecting at the risk of their lives during the past winter and spring , to trade for ammunition , trinkets , and fire - water .
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Rising in the morning with the sun , they kindled a fire and roasted their breakfast , which consisted of from one to two pounds of meat . At ten o'clock they lúnched on meat ; at two they dined on meat ; at five ...
Rising in the morning with the sun , they kindled a fire and roasted their breakfast , which consisted of from one to two pounds of meat . At ten o'clock they lúnched on meat ; at two they dined on meat ; at five ...
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... adds our traveler , “ have I sat at the camp - fire and listened to the recital of bloody and ferocious scenes , in which the narrators were the actors , and the poor Indians the victims , and I have felt my blood tingle with shame ...
... adds our traveler , “ have I sat at the camp - fire and listened to the recital of bloody and ferocious scenes , in which the narrators were the actors , and the poor Indians the victims , and I have felt my blood tingle with shame ...
Side 46
The proximity of the Blackfeet caused the old hunters to recollect their former adventures in the same neighborhood ; and one evening , as the party sat around the camp fire , wrapped in their warm blankets , these old hunters became ...
The proximity of the Blackfeet caused the old hunters to recollect their former adventures in the same neighborhood ; and one evening , as the party sat around the camp fire , wrapped in their warm blankets , these old hunters became ...
Side 50
6 - 7 had chosen for their chief , and seated with sober , sedate countenances around a large fire . After remaining in perfect silence for perhaps fifteen minutes , the chief commenced a harangue in a solemn and impressive tone ...
6 - 7 had chosen for their chief , and seated with sober , sedate countenances around a large fire . After remaining in perfect silence for perhaps fifteen minutes , the chief commenced a harangue in a solemn and impressive tone ...
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able afterward allowed appeared approach arrived attempt became boat body brought called Captain cause close commanded companions conduct continued course covered crew danger death direction distance door effect entered escape expected eyes father feelings feet felt fire five formed four gave give ground half hands head heard hope horses hundred immediately Indians island Italy kind land least leave length less lived looked means miles mind months morning natives never night officers once party passed perhaps person poor present prison raft reached received remained returned river sail sailors saved says scarcely seemed seen seized Selkirk sent served ship shore short side sight situation soon suffered taken thing thought tion took travelers turned vessel whole wind young
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record Fireside reading |
| Redaktør | Davis Wasgatt Clark |
| Udgiver | A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Chicago |
| Digitaliseret | 25. jan 2016 |
| Længde | 416 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |