The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Volumen26Oregon Historical Society, 1925 |
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Página 139 - Fireplace in the living room of Lyle house. Brass candlesticks, chairs and counterpane were used in the log cabin. Caree of Nismes, which Jefferson described in a letter to Madison as "one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful and precious morsel left us by antiquity." Of the Capitol building he said:
Página 196 - a pole with this written notice upon it: "Know hereby that this country is claimed by Great Britain as part of its territories, and that the NorthWest Company of Merchants from Canada finding the factory of this people inconvenient to them do hereby intend to erect a factory in this place for the Commerce of the Country around.
Página 196 - savages, or climb the Rocky Mountains with you in a snowstorm, so clearly and palpably, that only shut your eyes and you hear the crack of the rifle, or feel the snowflakes on your
Página 196 - face and cropped hair; he has a powerful mind and a singular faculty of picture-making. He can create a wilderness and people it with
Página 91 - for this is the road of the Assiniboines in going to the English. 9 Being here thou wilt stop everyone; thou wouldest go to the Mandans; thou art close to the road. I consulted what we should do, believing that we were about sixty leagues from the fork by water and about 7 Site of present city of Portage la Prairie.
Página 188 - weight here, well tasted, but have lost all their fat, retaining still all their Meat, their flesh is red and extremely well made. June 30th Sunday A fine cool, cloudy day, in the afternoon begins Rain—they speared 11 Salmon, gave us 3 do. one a very fine do. finished the Boards of the Canoe and rested the rest of the Day.
Página 17 - Two days later the diary contains this entry: "At daybreak this morning, I was informed by the pilot Don Jose Tovar, who is entrusted with the command of the packet for its voyage to San Blas, that Captain
Página 67 - Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay,
Página 112 - was said to thee; I do not lie. Last summer I killed one who was covered with iron, as I have already said several times. If I had not killed the horse first, I could not have killed the man. I said to him: What hast thou brought of
Página 113 - have it told to thee by others who were with me the following spring. They are not here now, but thou shalt see them. What I have said I repeat; the other side of the river cannot be seen; the water is salt; it is a country of mountains; a great extent between the mountains of fine land;