Travels in America, Performed in the Year 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and VicinityR. Phillips, 1809 - 316 Seiten |
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... feet below me ; while summit of the hill had no mist , and the dew was not ser ble . The moon shone , but capriciously : for though so places were adorned with her brightest beams , and exhibi various fantastic forms and colours ...
... feet below me ; while summit of the hill had no mist , and the dew was not ser ble . The moon shone , but capriciously : for though so places were adorned with her brightest beams , and exhibi various fantastic forms and colours ...
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... race . From the A the Mississippi , a distance of two thousand miles , sand Indians ( out of twenty millions ) do not at exist . The camp which I was contemplating , thereford feet ; 2. The site of about two hundred huts.
... race . From the A the Mississippi , a distance of two thousand miles , sand Indians ( out of twenty millions ) do not at exist . The camp which I was contemplating , thereford feet ; 2. The site of about two hundred huts.
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... feet ; 2. The site of about two hundred huts , placed at gular distances between the circle and the foot of a ste hill ; and 3. The mounds of the dead . The space co tained in the circle was used according to the exigenc of the times ...
... feet ; 2. The site of about two hundred huts , placed at gular distances between the circle and the foot of a ste hill ; and 3. The mounds of the dead . The space co tained in the circle was used according to the exigenc of the times ...
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... feet high , and its angles uniformly th feet from the circumference of the circle , thus leaving unbroken communication all round . Each side of the p tagon has a postern , opening into the passage between it a the circle ; but the ...
... feet high , and its angles uniformly th feet from the circumference of the circle , thus leaving unbroken communication all round . Each side of the p tagon has a postern , opening into the passage between it a the circle ; but the ...
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... feet b I could not immediately form any conclusion , yet I ed in the opinion that the hand of man had been i the formation of this object ; nor was I diverted fro idea by the discouragement of the persons whom I e ed , and the laughter ...
... feet b I could not immediately form any conclusion , yet I ed in the opinion that the hand of man had been i the formation of this object ; nor was I diverted fro idea by the discouragement of the persons whom I e ed , and the laughter ...
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Seite 141 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 141 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 33 - ... on river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the Aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him; that, when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced, and so on.
Seite 213 - In a country, then, where bacon and spirits form the favorite summer repast, it cannot be just to attribute entirely the causes of infirmity to the climate. No people on earth live with less regard to regimen. They eat salt meat three times a day, seldom or never have any vegetables, and drink ardent spirits from morning till night.
Seite 30 - Within the circle a pentagon is accurately described, having its sides 4 feet high and its angles uniformly 3 feet from the circumference of the circle, thus leaving an unbroken communication all round. Each side of the pentagon has a postern opening into the passage between it and the circle, but the circle itself has only one grand gateway, which directly faces the town. Exactly in the...
Seite 38 - ... bodies exposed to the sun and air ; but they soon had reason to repent of this, for the remaining droves, as they came up in succession, stopped, gazed on the mangled and putrid bodies, sorrowfully moaned or furiously lowed aloud, and returned instantly to the wilderness in an...
Seite 84 - Very few rounds had taken place or fatal blows given, before the Virginian contracted his whole form, drew up his arms to his face, with his hands nearly closed in a concave by the fingers being bent to the full extension of the flexors, and summoning up all his energy for one act of desperation, pitched himself into the bosom of his opponent. Before the...
Seite 133 - Marietta, a lady and gentleman, who had heen on a visit there, desired a passage to the island. This request was, with much pleasure, granted; and I had only to lament that the voyage was so short, which was to terminate my acquaintance with persons so truly interesting and amiable. The island hove in sight to great advantage from the middle of the river, from which point of view little more appeared than the simple decorations of nature — trees, shrubs, and flowers of every perfume and kind. The...
Seite 141 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it.
Seite 87 - Chickasaw breathed with much occasional exertion and violent gesticulations. The dancing accorded with the harmony of these instruments. The clamour of the card tables was so great, that it almost drowned every other; and the music of Ethiopia was with difficulty heard.