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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... Indians who sat opposite to me , and sometimes his countenance would assume an expression almost demoniacal , as though the most fierce and deadly passions were raging in his bosom . I felt cer- tain that hereby hung a tale , and I ...
... Indians who sat opposite to me , and sometimes his countenance would assume an expression almost demoniacal , as though the most fierce and deadly passions were raging in his bosom . I felt cer- tain that hereby hung a tale , and I ...
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... Indians , and on their approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about thirty miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the ...
... Indians , and on their approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about thirty miles ' distance . Hav- ing got rid of these suspicious visitors , the ...
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... Indians resort to another stratagem , which is perhaps even more successful . 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 ...
... Indians resort to another stratagem , which is perhaps even more successful . 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 ...
Side 28
... Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great number of buffaloes in this way before any alarm is com- municated to the herd . Toward evening , on ascending ...
... Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great number of buffaloes in this way before any alarm is com- municated to the herd . Toward evening , on ascending ...
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... Indian sprang before me with a loud wah ! seized the gun , and elevated the muzzle above my head ; in another instant a second Indian was by my side , and I saw his keen knife glitter I had not time for as it left the scabbard 30 ...
... Indian sprang before me with a loud wah ! seized the gun , and elevated the muzzle above my head ; in another instant a second Indian was by my side , and I saw his keen knife glitter I had not time for as it left the scabbard 30 ...
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