The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain LifeCosimo, Inc., 01.09.2007 - 328 Seiten The firsthand account of a personal journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the 1840s, this classic work of American adventure is not only an excellent resource for eyewitness observations of Native American culture in the mid 19th century but also an essential document of the cultural attitudes and prejudices of Eastern European-descended Americans of the era.Criticized by contemporary reviewers, including Herman Melville, as demeaning to Indians, Parkman's tale nevertheless remains a fascinating and entertaining read. Originally serialized in Knickerbocker's Magazine and first published in book form in 1849, this replica edition returns to print a previously hard-to-find work of American history.American horticulturist and historian FRANCIS PARKMAN (1823-1893) helped found the Archaeological Institute of America. He is the author of The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century and the eight-volume France and England in North America, both considered among the great masterpieces of historical literature. |
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... began to think of supper . An old Delaware woman , of some three hundred pounds ' weight , sat in the porch of a little log- house close to the water , and a very pretty half - breed girl was engaged , under her superintendence , in ...
... began to think of supper . An old Delaware woman , of some three hundred pounds ' weight , sat in the porch of a little log- house close to the water , and a very pretty half - breed girl was engaged , under her superintendence , in ...
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... began to trace a " bee line across the prairies . We struggled through copses and lines of wood ; we waded brooks and pools of water ; we traversed prairies as green as an emerald , expanding before us for mile after mile ; wider and ...
... began to trace a " bee line across the prairies . We struggled through copses and lines of wood ; we waded brooks and pools of water ; we traversed prairies as green as an emerald , expanding before us for mile after mile ; wider and ...
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... began to fall ; and sat at the opening of the tent , watching the proceedings of the captain . In defiance of the rain he was stalking among the horses , wrapped in an old Scotch plaid . An extreme solicitude tormented him , lest some ...
... began to fall ; and sat at the opening of the tent , watching the proceedings of the captain . In defiance of the rain he was stalking among the horses , wrapped in an old Scotch plaid . An extreme solicitude tormented him , lest some ...
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... began , " look at Shaw there , asleep under the cart , with the tar dripping off the hub of the wheel on his shoulder ! " At this Shaw got up , with his eyes half opened , and feeling the part indicated , he found his hand glued fast to ...
... began , " look at Shaw there , asleep under the cart , with the tar dripping off the hub of the wheel on his shoulder ! " At this Shaw got up , with his eyes half opened , and feeling the part indicated , he found his hand glued fast to ...
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... began to display the superiority of the renowned rifle of the back- woods over the foreign innovation borne by the captain . At length voices could be heard in the distance behind the trees . " There they come ! " said the captain ...
... began to display the superiority of the renowned rifle of the back- woods over the foreign innovation borne by the captain . At length voices could be heard in the distance behind the trees . " There they come ! " said the captain ...
Inhalt
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TAKING FRENCH LEAVE | 74 |
THE HUNTING CAMP | 181 |
THE Trappers | 201 |
A MOUNTAIN HUNT | 213 |
PASSAge of the MOUNTAINS | 223 |
THE LONELY JOURNEY | 238 |
THE PUeblo and Bents Fort | 255 |
TETE Rouge the VOLUNTEER | 262 |
INDIAN ALARMS | 266 |
SCENES AT FORT LARAMIE | 88 |
THE WAR Parties ΙΟΙ | 101 |
SCENES at the Camp | 120 |
ILL LUCK | 136 |
HUNTING INDIANS | 142 |
THE OGALLALLA VILLAGE | 163 |
THE Chase | 277 |
THE BUFFALO CAMP | 283 |
DowN THE ARKANSAS | 297 |
THE SETTLEMENTS | 312 |
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The California and Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life Francis Parkman Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2014 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animals antelope approached Arapahoes arrows band band of horses bank began Bent's Fort Black Hills black-tailed deer broken buffalo bull buffalo robes bull bushes camp captain close companions crowd Dakota dark Delorier distance dogs emigrants encamped enemy eyes face farther fire followed foot Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth forward galloped grass grizzly bear ground half hand head Henry Chatillon hill horseback horses hour hunter hunting Indians Jean Gras journey killed length lodge looking meadow meat miles morning mountains mounted mule night Ogallalla party passed Pawnees pipe pistol plain Platte prairie ravine Raymond rest Reynal riding rifle river rocks Rocky Rocky Mountains rode rose saddle savage scarcely seated seemed Shaw side sight smoke soon squaw stood stream tall tent Tête Rouge trail trappers trees turned village wagons warriors whole wild wolves woods young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 210 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Seite 255 - Their hand is against every man, and every man's hand against them."2 On the day after, we had left the mountains at some distance.
Seite 51 - Half a dozen yellow-visaged Missourians, mounted on horseback, were cursing and shouting among them ; their lank angular proportions, enveloped in brown homespun, evidently cut and adjusted by the hands of a domestic female tailor. As we approached, they greeted us with the polished salutation : ' How are ye, boys ? Are ye for Oregon or California...
Seite 202 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense...
Seite 34 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 7 - French cart, of the sort very appropriately called a ' mule-killer,' beyond the frontiers, and not far distant a tent, together with a miscellaneous assortment of boxes and barrels. The whole equipage was far from prepossessing in its appearance ; yet, such as it was, it was destined to a long and arduous journey, on which the persevering reader will accompany it. The passengers on board the Radnor corresponded with her freight. In her cabin were Santa Fe traders, gamblers, speculators, and adventurers...
Seite 58 - We all drew rein, and sat joyfully looking down upon the prospect. It was right welcome ; strange, too, and striking to the imagination, and yet it had not one picturesque or beautiful feature ; nor had it any of the features of grandeur, other than its vast extent, its solitude, and its wildness.
Seite 103 - ... their modes of life, their government, their superstitions, and their domestic situation. To accomplish my purpose it was necessary to live in the midst of them, and become, as it were, one of them, I proposed to join a village, and make myself an inmate of one of their lodges...
Seite 281 - The buffalo began to crowd away from the point towards which we were approaching, and a gap was opened in the side of the herd. We entered it, still restraining our excited horses. Every instant the tumult was thickening. The buffalo, pressing together in large bodies, crowded away from us on every hand. In front and on either side we could see dark columns and masses, half hidden by clouds of dust, rushing along in terror and confusion, and hear the tramp and clattering of ten thousand hoofs. That...
Seite 94 - The long poles used in erecting the lodges are carried by the horses, being fastened by the heavier end, two or three on each side, to a rude sort of pack-saddle, while the other end drags on the ground. About a foot behind the horse, a kind of large basket or pannier is suspended between the poles, and firmly lashed in its place.