Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 20
... old hands to join . Feeling some curiosity to ascertain the cause of this unusual diffidence , I occasionally allowed my eyes to wander to the spot where our sturdy hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet 20 READING .
... old hands to join . Feeling some curiosity to ascertain the cause of this unusual diffidence , I occasionally allowed my eyes to wander to the spot where our sturdy hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet 20 READING .
Side 21
hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet passed from hand to hand around the circle , and I thought I perceived him now and then cast a furtive glance at one of the Indians who sat opposite to me , and sometimes his ...
hunter stood looking moodily upon us , as the calumet passed from hand to hand around the circle , and I thought I perceived him now and then cast a furtive glance at one of the Indians who sat opposite to me , and sometimes his ...
Side 43
Accordingly one evening , seeing a large bull close at hand , he sallied forth with the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . unwieldy brute , ” he says , “ was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had ...
Accordingly one evening , seeing a large bull close at hand , he sallied forth with the utmost caution in the direction of his victim . unwieldy brute , ” he says , “ was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had ...
Side 49
In extreme cases , flagellation is re. sorted to , but it is inflicted only by the hand of the captain ; were any other appointed to perform this office on an Indian , the indignity would be deemed so great that nothing less than the ...
In extreme cases , flagellation is re. sorted to , but it is inflicted only by the hand of the captain ; were any other appointed to perform this office on an Indian , the indignity would be deemed so great that nothing less than the ...
Side 50
The prayer lasted about twenty minutes . “ After its conclusion , the chief , still maintaining the same position of his body and hands , but with his head bent to his breast , commenced a kind of psalm or sacred song ...
The prayer lasted about twenty minutes . “ After its conclusion , the chief , still maintaining the same position of his body and hands , but with his head bent to his breast , commenced a kind of psalm or sacred song ...
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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 |