| John Burk, Skelton Jones, Louis Hue Girardin - Slavery - 1804 - 366 pages
...of feathers, the skins hanging round about his head, back, and shoulders, and in a manner covering his face ;.... with a hellish voice, and a rattle in his hand, with mos^ •strange gestures and postures, he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a... | |
| John Smith - America - 1819 - 278 pages
...round about the tassell was as a Coronet of feathers, the skins hanging round about his head, backe, and shoulders, and in a manner covered his face; with a hellish voyce an4 a rattle in his hand. With most strange gestures and passions he began his invocation, and... | |
| Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832
...round about the tassell was a coronet of feathers, the skinnes hanging round about his head, backe and shoulders, and in a manner covered his face ; with a hellish voyce and a rattle in his hand." This personage commenced his invocation with a great variety of gestures,... | |
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1834 - 436 pages
...pleasure in recording it, as well as the anecdote, which has made it so deserving of being preserved, and is so delightful an exception to the acts of cruelty,...This being done, " three more such like devils came nishing in with the like antique tricks," whose bodies were painted half black and half red, and their... | |
| Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1835 - 362 pages
...round about the tassell was a coronet of feathers, the skinnes hanging round about hia head, backe and shoulders, and in a manner covered his face ; with a hellish voyce and a rattle in hia hand." This personage commenced his invocation with a great variety of gestures,... | |
| 1837 - 486 pages
...tied together, so as they met on the crown of his head in a tassel ; and round about the tassel was as a coronet of feathers, the skins hanging round about...face ; with a hellish voice and a rattle in his hand. With most strange gestures and passions he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a circle... | |
| 1837 - 488 pages
...rotmJ about the tassel was as a coronet of leathers, the skins hanging round about his head, buck, and shoulders, and in a manner covered his face ; with a hellish voice and a rattle in his hand. With most strange gestures and passions he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a circle... | |
| James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 788 pages
...round about the tassell was a coronet of feathers, the skinnes hanging round about his head, backe and shoulders, and in a manner covered his face — with a hellish voyce and a rattle in his hand." This personage commenced his invocation with a great variety of gestures,... | |
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1853 - 430 pages
...through the country, showing him to the various tribes which dwelt on the Rappahannoc, and Potomac rivers, and finally brought him to Pamunkey, the residence...concluded by surrounding the fire with a circle of meal. This''being done, " three more such like devils came rushing in with the like antique tricks," whose... | |
| Robert Beverley, Charles Campbell - Indians of North America - 1855 - 324 pages
...coronet of feathers, the skins hanging round about his head, back and shoulders, and in a manner covering his face ; with a hellish voice, and a rattle in his hand, with most strange gestures and postures, he began his invocation, and environed the fire with a circle... | |
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