| 1818 - 806 pages
...asked him if he could run fast ? Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee-katsa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner, although ho was considered by the hunters as remarkably swift. The chief now commanded the party to remain stationary,... | |
| 1818 - 588 pages
...asked him if he could run fast? Colter, who had been some lime amongst the Keekat-sa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...and those armed Indians; therefore cunningly replied Ihat he was a very bad runner, although he was considered by the hunters as remarkably swift. The chief... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Curiosities and wonders - 1822 - 368 pages
...asked him if he could run fast ?—Colter who had been sometime amongst the Kee Katsa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and these armed Indians; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner, although he was... | |
| John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...asked him if he could run fast. . Colter, who had br^n some time amongst the Kee-kalso or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the, Blackfoot...language, and was also well acquainted with Indian custom* ; he knew that he had now to run for his life, with the dreadful odds of five or six hundred... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 382 pages
...asked him if he could run fast? Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee-katso or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot,...or six hundred against him, and those armed Indians ; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner, although he was considered by the... | |
| Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...him, if he could run fast ? Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee Catsa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and these armed Indians ; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very had runner ; although he was... | |
| Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 382 pages
...asked him if be could run fast ? Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee Katsa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and these armed Indians ; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner ; although he was... | |
| Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1831 - 236 pages
...some time amongst the Keekatso or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree 'acquired the Blaokfoot language, and was also well 'acquainted with Indian...six hundred against him, and those, armed Indians ; he therefore 'cunningly replied, that he was a Tery bad runner, 'although he was 'considered by the... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...asked him if he could run fast? Colter, who had been some time among the Kee Catsa, or Crow Indians, had, in a considerable degree, acquired the Blackfoot...dreadful odds of five or six hundred against him, and these armed Indians ; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner, although he was... | |
| John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...asked him if he could run fast. Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee-katso or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot...six hundred against him, and those, armed Indians ; he therefore cunningly replied, that he was a very bad runner, although he was considered by the... | |
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