 | John Weyland - 1816 - 538 pages
...assistance. Though they do every thing, thej are maintained at trifling expense, for as they always cook, the very licking of their fingers, in scarce times, is sufficient for their subsistence." (P. 55.) " Notwithstanding the northern Indians are at times so voracious, they bear hunger with an... | |
 | John Weyland - 1816 - 556 pages
...assistance. Though they do every thing, they are maintained at trifling expense, for 'as they always cook, the very licking of their fingers, in scarce times, is sufficient for their subsistence." (P. 55.) " Notwithstanding the northern Indians are at times so voracious, they bear hunger with an... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1832 - 462 pages
...though they do every thing, they are maintained at a trifling expense ; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence."* Assisted by this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1833 - 270 pages
...though they do every thing, they are maintained at a trifling expense ; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence.' "Assisted by this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 pages
...every thing, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the Tery licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence."* Assisted by this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 pages
...yet, though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence." They accordingly set out on the 7th of December, and after enduring very much the same privations as... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 pages
...yet, though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence." They accordingly set out on the 7th of December, and after enduring very much the same privations as... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 472 pages
...yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence."* Assisted by this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1854 - 528 pages
...yet though they do everything, they are maintained at a trifling expense; for, as they always act the cook, the very licking of their fingers in scarce times is sufficient for their subsistence."* Assisted by this friendly chief, the English traveller again set forward, and after experiencing an... | |
 | Francis Galton - 1855 - 246 pages
...time, in this country, without their assistance.' ' Women,' said he again, 'though they do everything, are maintained at a trifling expense ; for as they...scarce times, is sufficient for their subsistence.'" § 3. In case of death. — If a man of the party dies, write down a detailed account of the matter,... | |
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... do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance. Women... 
