 | 1819 - 550 páginas
...and a British subject" to seek " worldly prosperity" in the service of the South American Patriots: " A blanket, with a hole cut in the middle, let over the head, and tightened round the middle by a buffalo thong!"—p 53. " Whilst these gentlemen," continues the Narrative, " thus described... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 páginas
...by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by ' immersion in the first stream at which they cuan -e to arrive.' ' A blanket, with a hole cut in the middle,...frequently the dress of the officers; and one of them who witnfssed the fact, assured me, that such was actually the uniform of a British colonel ( R ) who was... | |
 | 1819 - 552 páginas
...bodies,' while pieces of raw buffalo hide laced over their feet, form a substitute for shoes: these, when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render...one of them who witnessed the fact, assured me, that such was actually the uniform of a British colonel (R ) who was at that time in the Independent service.... | |
 | J. H. Robinson (surgeon.) - 1822 - 442 páginas
...the sun's heat, they again render pliant x 2 by immersion in the first stream at which they chanced to arrive. — A blanket with a hole cut in the middle,...one of them who witnessed the fact, assured me that such was actually the uniform of a British Colonel (R .) who was at that time in the Independent service.... | |
 | 1819 - 578 páginas
...bodies,' while pieces of raw buffalo hide laced over their feet, form a substitute for shoes: these, when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render...one of them who witnessed the fact, assured me, that such was actually the uniform of a British colonel (R ) who was at that time in the Independent service.... | |
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... when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by immersion in the first stream at which they chance to arrive. A blanket, with a hole cut in the middle, let over the head, and tightened round the body by a buffalo thong, has been frequently... 