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... journey across the southern prairies on ac- count of the reputed aridity of the country in that direction , and I had no great desire to venture directly into a southern port in the present state of uncertainty as to the condi- tions of ...
... journey across the southern prairies on ac- count of the reputed aridity of the country in that direction , and I had no great desire to venture directly into a southern port in the present state of uncertainty as to the condi- tions of ...
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... journeys . But soon after our outset , and without any apparent reason , he ex- pressed an inclination to abandon the trip . earnestly strove to dissuade him from his purpose , and supposed I had succeeded . What was my surprise , then ...
... journeys . But soon after our outset , and without any apparent reason , he ex- pressed an inclination to abandon the trip . earnestly strove to dissuade him from his purpose , and supposed I had succeeded . What was my surprise , then ...
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... journey but descant on the value of a chest of trum- peries which he carried , and with which he calculated , as he expressed it , to " py a plenty of te Shpanish tollar . " The trip across the Prairies cost these men absolutely nothing ...
... journey but descant on the value of a chest of trum- peries which he carried , and with which he calculated , as he expressed it , to " py a plenty of te Shpanish tollar . " The trip across the Prairies cost these men absolutely nothing ...
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... journey . We had advanced beyond the furthest settlements of the Creeks and Seminoles , and pitched our camp on a bright balmy even- ing , in the border of a delightful prairie , when some of the young men , attracted by the pros- pect ...
... journey . We had advanced beyond the furthest settlements of the Creeks and Seminoles , and pitched our camp on a bright balmy even- ing , in the border of a delightful prairie , when some of the young men , attracted by the pros- pect ...
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... journey put together . We had not been long at the Fort , before we received a visit from a party of Coman- ches , who having heard of our approach came to greet us a welcome , on the supposition that it was their friend Chouteau ...
... journey put together . We had not been long at the Fort , before we received a visit from a party of Coman- ches , who having heard of our approach came to greet us a welcome , on the supposition that it was their friend Chouteau ...
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Página 64 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 236 - ... fruits : returning with the grapes they had gathered, their countrymen were so pleased with the taste of them that the whole nation resolved to leave their dull residence for the charms of the upper region; men, women, and children ascended by means of the vine; but when about half the nation had reached the surface of the earth, a corpulent woman who was clambering up the vine broke it with her weight, and closed upon herself and the rest of the nation the light of the sun.
Página 281 - the most mysterious thing in the world. The scepters of our kings are not so much respected, for the Indians have such a reverence for it that one may call it the God of peace and war, and the arbiter of life and death." . . . "One with this Calumet may venture among his enemies and in the hottest battles they lay down their arms before this sacred pipe.
Página 51 - ... with the exception of a wound in the thigh received by one, which was not at the time considered dangerous. During the siege, the Americans were in great danger of perishing from thirst, as the Indians had complete command of all the water within reach. Starvation was not so much to be dreaded ; because, in case of necessity, they could live on the flesh of their slain, animals, some of which lay stretched close around them. After being pent up for thirtysix hours in this horrible hole, during...
Página 115 - ... is said to equal in architectural grandeur anything of the sort in the republic. The steeples, of which there is one at each front corner, rise over a hundred feet above the azotea. They are composed of very fancifully-carved columns; and in appropriate niches of the frontispiece, which is also an elaborate piece of sculpture, are to be seen a number of statues, as large as life, the whole forming a complete representation of Christ and the twelve Apostles. This church was built about a century...
Página 189 - Arkansas, one of which washes its southern extremity, and the other, the principal one, runs nearly parallel, within a mile of its opposite side. It is a hard level plain of reddish colored sand, and of an irregular or mixed figure. Its greatest length is from northwest to southeast, and its circumference about thirty miles. From the appearance of the driftwood that is scattered over, it would seem the whole plain is at times inundated by the overflowing of the streams that pass near it This plain...
Página 219 - ... and step about as though he neither felt nor feared anything ! If left undisturbed, however, he begins to stagger, and in a few moments expires : but if provoked, he might run for miles before he would fall. I have seen a party of hunters around a wounded and enraged bull, fire, at a few paces distance, a dozen or two shots, aimed at his very heart, without their seeming to have any effect till his anger cooled, when in an instant he would lie lifeless upon the ground. In such cases, the inexperienced...
Página 76 - ... and to carry out the loading package by package, but to haul out the wagon piece by piece — wheel by wheel On the 14th we made our entrance into the town of El Paso del Norte* which is the northernmost settlement in the department of Chihuahua. Here our cargo had to be examined by a stern, surly officer, who, it was feared, would lay an embargo on our goods upon the slightest appearance of irregularity in our papers ; but notwithstanding our gloomy forebodings, we passed the ordeal without...
Página 53 - Among those who were abandoned to their fate, and left to perish thus miserably, was a Mr. Schenck, the same individual who had been shot in the thigh; a gentleman of talent and excellent family connections, who was a brother, as I am informed, of the Hon. Mr. Schenck, at present a member of Congress from Ohio.
Página 114 - ... and its entire population numbers about ten thousand souls. The most splendid edifice in Chihuahua is the principal church, which is said to equal in architectural grandeur anything of the sort in the republic. The steeples, of which there is one at each front corner, rise over a hundred feet above the azotea. They are composed of very fancifully-carved columns ; and in appropriate niches of the frontispiece, which is also an elaborate piece of sculpture, are to be seen a number of statues, as...