Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: AmericanJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 319 páginas |
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... Soon they took ship again , and sailed for two days out of sight of land . Then there came into view an island , with a broad channel between it and the mainland . Up this channel they laid their course , and soon came to where a river ...
... Soon they took ship again , and sailed for two days out of sight of land . Then there came into view an island , with a broad channel between it and the mainland . Up this channel they laid their course , and soon came to where a river ...
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... soon to learn . But , heedless of danger and with the confidence of strength and courage , they threw themselves upon the sands , and , being weary and drowsy , were quickly lost in slumber . And now came a marvel . A voice , none knew ...
... soon to learn . But , heedless of danger and with the confidence of strength and courage , they threw themselves upon the sands , and , being weary and drowsy , were quickly lost in slumber . And now came a marvel . A voice , none knew ...
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... soon succeeded in making them hostile . He seized some of them and attempted to drag them to his boat , " that he might conciliate them by presents . " The Eskimos , however , did not approve of this forcible method of conciliation ...
... soon succeeded in making them hostile . He seized some of them and attempted to drag them to his boat , " that he might conciliate them by presents . " The Eskimos , however , did not approve of this forcible method of conciliation ...
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... soon lost in slumber , with that blind trust in fortune which has ever been one of the weak features of Indian warfare . They had not failed , however , to consult their oracles , those spirits which the medicine - man was looked upon ...
... soon lost in slumber , with that blind trust in fortune which has ever been one of the weak features of Indian warfare . They had not failed , however , to consult their oracles , those spirits which the medicine - man was looked upon ...
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... soon the delighted explorer found that the river had ended and that the canoes were moving over the broad bosom of that great lake of which the Indians had told him , and which has ever since borne his name . It was a charming scene ...
... soon the delighted explorer found that the river had ended and that the canoes were moving over the broad bosom of that great lake of which the Indians had told him , and which has ever since borne his name . It was a charming scene ...
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Página 228 - OUR band is few but true and tried, Our leader frank and bold; The British soldier trembles When Marion's name is told.
Página 228 - Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads,— The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds.
Página 86 - Drum, drum, I say,' and turning to his excellency, said, 'If I am interrupted again I will make the sun shine through you in a moment.
Página 96 - But the Great Being above allowed it to be a place of residence for us ; so, fathers, I desire you to withdraw, as I have done our brothers the English ; for I will keep you at arm's length.
Página 88 - I set out however in a boat for Amboy, leaving my chest and things to follow me round by sea. In crossing the bay, we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces, prevented our getting into the Kill, and drove us upon Long Island.
Página 96 - Fathers, you, in former days, set a silver basin before us, wherein there was the leg of a beaver, and desired all the nations to come and eat of it, — to eat in peace and plenty, and not to be churlish to one another ; and that if any such person should be found to be a disturber, I here lay down by the edge of the dish a rod, which you must scourge them with ; and if your...
Página 90 - By this means he set many of the facts in a very ridiculous light, and might have hurt weak minds if his work had been published; but it never was. At his house I lay that night, and the next morning reach'd Burlington, but had the mortification to find that the regular boats were gone a little before my coming, and no other expected to go before Tuesday, this being Saturday...
Página 205 - in the expectation that you have some one in your corps, who is willing to undertake a delicate and hazardous project. Whoever comes forward will confer great obligations upon me personally, and, in behalf of the United States, I will reward him amply. No time is to be lost ; he must proceed, if possible, to-night. I intend to seize Arnold, and save Andre.
Página 90 - They took me in, and, as there was no wind, we row'd all the way ; and about midnight, not having yet seen the city, some of the company were confident we must have passed it, and would row no farther...
Página 149 - Two darling sons, and a brother, have I lost by savage hands, which have also taken from me forty valuable horses, and abundance of cattle. Many dark and sleepless nights have I been companion for owls, separated from the cheerful society of men, scorched by the summer's sun, and pinched by the Winter's cold, an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness.