The Modern Voyager & Traveller, Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America ...H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1836 - America |
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... land - Courts of Law - Montreal Indians , Canadians , & c . - - BALTIMORE is considered by Mr. Palmer as a city of great commercial importance . The inha- bitants , it appears , lay claim to a superior reputa- tion for hospitality ...
... land - Courts of Law - Montreal Indians , Canadians , & c . - - BALTIMORE is considered by Mr. Palmer as a city of great commercial importance . The inha- bitants , it appears , lay claim to a superior reputa- tion for hospitality ...
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... land , to Pittsburgh , the capital and emporium of the Western Country , where he embarked in a Kentucky boat to Cincinnati , the capital of the state of Ohio . It derives its name from the cele- brated Roman Cincinnatus , and is ...
... land , to Pittsburgh , the capital and emporium of the Western Country , where he embarked in a Kentucky boat to Cincinnati , the capital of the state of Ohio . It derives its name from the cele- brated Roman Cincinnatus , and is ...
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... land office of the district ; where they may obtain a title for as many acres as they possess half - dollars , being one - fourth of the purchase money . The waggon has a tilt or cover , made of a sheet , or perhaps a blanket . The ...
... land office of the district ; where they may obtain a title for as many acres as they possess half - dollars , being one - fourth of the purchase money . The waggon has a tilt or cover , made of a sheet , or perhaps a blanket . The ...
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... land , which affords the possession of independence and comfort at so easy a rate , that strong inducements of profit are required , to detain men in the less agreeable occupations of a town , or under the perplexity and hazard of trade ...
... land , which affords the possession of independence and comfort at so easy a rate , that strong inducements of profit are required , to detain men in the less agreeable occupations of a town , or under the perplexity and hazard of trade ...
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... Land is sometimes partially cleared by what is rather ludicrously termed a frolic . A man having purchased a quarter or half section , for the purpose of settling - down , his neighbours assemble upon an ap- pointed day one cuts the ...
... Land is sometimes partially cleared by what is rather ludicrously termed a frolic . A man having purchased a quarter or half section , for the purpose of settling - down , his neighbours assemble upon an ap- pointed day one cuts the ...
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Page 185 - Indian customs, he knew that he had now to run for his life, with the dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and those armed Indians ; therefore cunningly replied that he was a very bad runner, although he was considered by the hunters as remarkably swift. The...
Page 158 - The men in the hindmost canoes discovered a large brown bear lying in the open grounds, about three hundred paces from the river ; six of them, all good hunters, immediately went to attack him, and, concealing themselves by a small eminence, came unperceived within forty paces of him ; four of the hunters now fired, and each lodged a ball in his body, two of them directly through the lungs : the furious animal...
Page 139 - The party consisted of nine young men from Kentucky, fourteen soldiers of the United States army who volunteered their services, two French watermen — an interpreter and hunter — and a black servant belonging to captain...
Page 295 - In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have long been separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World...
Page 186 - They were frequently on the raft during the day, and were seen through the chinks by Colter, who was congratulating himself on his escape, until the idea arose that they might set the raft on fire. In horrible suspense he remained until night, when hearing no more of the Indians, he dived...
Page 179 - Indians give the name of wappatoo, is their great article of food, and almost the staple article of commerce on the Columbia. It is never out of season...
Page 165 - ... their heads flattened in such a manner that the forehead is in a straight line from the nose to the crown of the head...
Page 296 - It is a time-piece that advances very regular nearly four minutes a day ; and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye, an observation of time so easily made.
Page 185 - They were first inclined to set him up as a mark to shoot at; but the chief interfered, and seizing him by the shoulder, asked him if he could run fast. Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee-kat-sa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot language, and was also well acquainted with Indian customs.
Page 160 - Indian road through the interval of the hills, arrived at the top of a ridge, from which they saw high mountains, partially covered with snow, still to the west of them. The ridge on which they stood formed the dividing line between the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.