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“ Why , ' said he , “ that Injen that sat opposite to you I was once going down alone from the rendezvous with letters from St. Louis , and when I arrived on the lower part of the Platte river - just a short distance beyond us here ...
“ Why , ' said he , “ that Injen that sat opposite to you I was once going down alone from the rendezvous with letters from St. Louis , and when I arrived on the lower part of the Platte river - just a short distance beyond us here ...
Side 26
... but recovering himself in an instant , started again as fast as before . Again the determined hunters dashed after him , but the poor bull was nearly exhausted : he proceeded but a short distance , and stopped again .
... but recovering himself in an instant , started again as fast as before . Again the determined hunters dashed after him , but the poor bull was nearly exhausted : he proceeded but a short distance , and stopped again .
Side 27
The skin of a calf is properly dressed , with the head and legs left attached to it . The Indian envelops himself in this , and with his short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the ally delivered with such ...
The skin of a calf is properly dressed , with the head and legs left attached to it . The Indian envelops himself in this , and with his short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the ally delivered with such ...
Side 48
... and upon my expressing surprise at the great change in his appearance , he heaved a sigh of inanity , and remarked that I would have been as thin as he , if I had lived on old bear for two weeks , and short allowance at that .
... and upon my expressing surprise at the great change in his appearance , he heaved a sigh of inanity , and remarked that I would have been as thin as he , if I had lived on old bear for two weeks , and short allowance at that .
Side 50
In this situation he commenced a prayer , consisting of 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 .
In this situation he commenced a prayer , consisting of 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 .
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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 |