Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... short distance beyond us here I fell in with about a dozen . Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
... short distance beyond us here I fell in with about a dozen . Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
Side 26
... short distance , and stopped again . The hunters approached , rode slowly by him , and shot two balls through his body with the most perfect coolness and precision . During the race the whole of which occurred in full view of the party ...
... short distance , and stopped again . The hunters approached , rode slowly by him , and shot two balls through his body with the most perfect coolness and precision . During the race the whole of which occurred in full view of the party ...
Side 27
... short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is ...
... short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is ...
Side 48
... short allowance at that . ' I found , in truth , that the whole camp had been subsisting during our absence on little else than two or three griz- zly bears which had been killed in the neighbor- hood ; and with a complacent glance at ...
... short allowance at that . ' I found , in truth , that the whole camp had been subsisting during our absence on little else than two or three griz- zly bears which had been killed in the neighbor- hood ; and with a complacent glance at ...
Side 50
... short sentences , uttered rapidly , but with great apparent fervor , his hands clasped upon his breast , and his eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven . At the conclusion of each sentence , a choral response of a few ...
... short sentences , uttered rapidly , but with great apparent fervor , his hands clasped upon his breast , and his eyes cast upward with a beseeching look toward heaven . At the conclusion of each sentence , a choral response of a few ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl