History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the Sources of the Missouri River, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, Performed During the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States, Том 2F. P. Harper, 1893 - Всего страниц: 1364 |
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... a rapid so difficult that we did not think proper to attempt the passage this evening , and therefore sent to Captain Lewis to apprise him of our arrival . We saw a number of geese , ducks , crows , and black- birds to - day , the two ...
... a rapid so difficult that we did not think proper to attempt the passage this evening , and therefore sent to Captain Lewis to apprise him of our arrival . We saw a number of geese , ducks , crows , and black- birds to - day , the two ...
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... after consulting upon the subject of the portage , we crossed the river and formed a camp on the north , having come three - quarters of a mile to - day . From our own observation we had deemed the south side to be the most favorable for a ...
... after consulting upon the subject of the portage , we crossed the river and formed a camp on the north , having come three - quarters of a mile to - day . From our own observation we had deemed the south side to be the most favorable for a ...
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... to the lowness of the grass , which is not generally more than three inches high , though it is soft , narrow - leaved , and affords a fine pasture for the buffalo . June 19th . The wind blew violently to - day , as it did yes- terday ...
... to the lowness of the grass , which is not generally more than three inches high , though it is soft , narrow - leaved , and affords a fine pasture for the buffalo . June 19th . The wind blew violently to - day , as it did yes- terday ...
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... of our camp 47 ° 8 ' 59.5 " " 36 June 20th . As we were desirous of getting meat enough to last us during the portage , so that the men might not be diverted from their labor to look for food , we sent out four hunters to - day ; they ...
... of our camp 47 ° 8 ' 59.5 " " 36 June 20th . As we were desirous of getting meat enough to last us during the portage , so that the men might not be diverted from their labor to look for food , we sent out four hunters to - day ; they ...
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... for before Captain Clark could reach the man , the bear had attacked him and compelled him to take refuge in the water . He now ran off as they approached , and it being late they deferred pursuing him till the next morning . 37 66 To - day ...
... for before Captain Clark could reach the man , the bear had attacked him and compelled him to take refuge in the water . He now ran off as they approached , and it being late they deferred pursuing him till the next morning . 37 66 To - day ...
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Стр. 751 - Small as this stock is I prise it highly; and thank providence for directing the whale to us; and think him much more kind to us than he was to jonah, having Sent this Monster to be Swallowed by us in Sted of Swallowing of us as Jonah's...
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Стр. 647 - He landed before five houses close to each other, but no one appeared, and the doors, which were of mat, were closed. He went towards one of them with a pipe in his hand, and pushing aside the mat entered the lodge, where he found thirty-two persons, chiefly men, and women, with a few children, all in the greatest consternation;" some hanging down their heads, others crying and wringing their hands.
Стр. 771 - At each end also are pedestals, formed of the same solid piece, on which are placed strange grotesque figures of men or animals, rising sometimes to the height of five feet, and composed of small pieces of wood, firmly united, with great ingenuity, by inlaying and mortising, without a spike of any kind. The paddle is usually from four feet and a half to five feet in length, the handle being thick for one...
Стр. 377 - ... only dependence for a friendly negociation with the Snake Indians on whom we depend for horses to assist us in our portage from the Missouri to the columbia River.
Стр. 776 - ... is not attended with pain, but the impression is deep and permanent. The heads of the children, when they are released from the bandage, are not more than two inches thick about the upper edge of the forehead, and still thinner above ; nor with all its efforts can nature ever restore its shape, the heads of grown persons being often in a straight line from the nose to the top of the forehead.
Стр. 489 - ... the other two, an elderly woman and a little girl, seeing we were too near for them to escape, sat on the ground, and holding down their heads seemed as if reconciled to the death which they supposed awaited them. The same habit of holding down the head and inviting the enemy to strike, when all chance of escape is gone, is preserved in Egypt to this day.
Стр. 513 - This day I completed my thirty-first year, and conceived that I had in all human probability now existed about half the period which I am to remain in this Sublunary world. I reflected that I had as yet done but little, very little, indeed, to further the happiness of the human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation.
Стр. 510 - Glad of an opportunity of being able to converse more intelligibly, Sacajawea was sent for; she came into the tent, sat down, and was beginning to interpret, when, in the person of Cameahwait, she recognized her brother. She instantly jumped up, and ran and embraced him, throwing over him her blanket, and weeping profusely.
Стр. 766 - ... eighteen feet. They are hollowed at the top, so as to receive the ends of a round beam or pole stretching from one to the other, and forming the upper point of the roof for the whole extent of the building. On each side of this range is placed another, which forms the eaves of the house, and is about...