Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes, of the Character and Customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of Incidents Connected with the Treaty of Fond Du LacF. Lucas, jun'r., 1827 - 493 pages |
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... leave my prayers for your preservation and happi- In haste - but sincerely and truly yours . ness . P. S. You knew Ben ? he goes as my servant . MY DEAR Baltimore , Thursday , June 1st , 1826 . I am now in the city of monuments , of ...
... leave my prayers for your preservation and happi- In haste - but sincerely and truly yours . ness . P. S. You knew Ben ? he goes as my servant . MY DEAR Baltimore , Thursday , June 1st , 1826 . I am now in the city of monuments , of ...
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... leave one's family and friends , with a lake and wilderness journey of two thousand miles in prospect , and be insensible to such a parting . The home that has been left in all the beauty and freshness of spring , has often been ...
... leave one's family and friends , with a lake and wilderness journey of two thousand miles in prospect , and be insensible to such a parting . The home that has been left in all the beauty and freshness of spring , has often been ...
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... leave them . 1 Soon after passing Tappan , we enter the sea of that name , that place of dangers to which I have already referred , and which is from two and a half to four and a half miles in width , and about ten long , when it ...
... leave them . 1 Soon after passing Tappan , we enter the sea of that name , that place of dangers to which I have already referred , and which is from two and a half to four and a half miles in width , and about ten long , when it ...
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... leave the country , or seek a new location . The channels for their trade had been cut ; they had acquir- ed a knowledge of both the nature and advantages of the Indian trade , and according to Knickerbocker , no people ever knew better ...
... leave the country , or seek a new location . The channels for their trade had been cut ; they had acquir- ed a knowledge of both the nature and advantages of the Indian trade , and according to Knickerbocker , no people ever knew better ...
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... leave Albany this afternoon , ( giving myself only nine hours to look at the city and write to you , ) still I wished to get into the best quarters , and especially as I was not certain , from the state of my health , whether I should ...
... leave Albany this afternoon , ( giving myself only nine hours to look at the city and write to you , ) still I wished to get into the best quarters , and especially as I was not certain , from the state of my health , whether I should ...
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Albany appearance arrived barges bark beach beautiful believe boat called canal canoe chief Chippeway clouds council DEAR Detroit distance doubtless Embarked encamped father feel feet felt fire fish five Fond du Lac Fort Gratiot four give Governor Grand island half past hand happy head heard heart hour hundred yards Indians Iron river island Lake Huron Lake Superior land Lewistown light live Lockport lodge look Michillimackinac miles Montreal river morning mountains mouth Nanibojou nearly never night o'clock once ornamented paddles passed Pontiac present rest returned river rock round Sault de St Schenectady Schoolcraft schooner seen shore side soon spirit steam boat sun-down sun-rise tent Thermometer thing thunder Thunder bay to-day told took treaty Utica voyageurs whilst white fish wind young
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Page 365 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 98 - tis to him ye must Pay orisons for this suspension of disgust. LXVI. LXIX. The roar of waters! — from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave- worn precipice; The fall of waters! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Page 99 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 99 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : — how profound The gulf ! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent...
Page 242 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore ; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar : I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 447 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same with my hand.
Page 374 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain...
Page 410 - To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore.
Page 374 - Rivers of gladness water all the earth, And clothe all climes with beauty ; the reproach Of barrenness is past. The fruitful field. Laughs with abundance ; and the land, once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace, Exults to see its thistly curse repealed. The various seasons woven into one, And that one season an eternal spring, The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full.
Page 374 - The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence, For there is none to covet, all are full. The lion, and the libbard, and the bear Graze with the fearless flocks; all bask at noon Together, or all gambol in the shade Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.