Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories, Between the Years 1760 and 1776I. Riley, 1809 - 330 من الصفحات |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 31
الصفحة 15
... pounds each ; and provi- sions to the amount of one thousand weight . To this is to be added , the weight of eight men , and of eight bags , weighing forty pounds each , one of which every man is privileged to put on board . The whole ...
... pounds each ; and provi- sions to the amount of one thousand weight . To this is to be added , the weight of eight men , and of eight bags , weighing forty pounds each , one of which every man is privileged to put on board . The whole ...
الصفحة 52
... pounds of prepared fat , is reckoned to be a month's subsistence . No other allowance is made , of any kind ; not even of salt ; and bread is never thought of . The men , nevertheless , are healthy , and capable of performing their ...
... pounds of prepared fat , is reckoned to be a month's subsistence . No other allowance is made , of any kind ; not even of salt ; and bread is never thought of . The men , nevertheless , are healthy , and capable of performing their ...
الصفحة 54
... pounds , and upward , constitutes the prin- cipal food of the inhabitants . When this fails , they have recourse to ... pound of beaver - skin is reckoned at sixty sols ; an otter - skin , at six livres ; and mar- ten - skins , at thirty ...
... pounds , and upward , constitutes the prin- cipal food of the inhabitants . When this fails , they have recourse to ... pound of beaver - skin is reckoned at sixty sols ; an otter - skin , at six livres ; and mar- ten - skins , at thirty ...
الصفحة 55
... usually weigh , at Michilimackinac , from three to seven pounds .. During the whole winter , very few Indians visit- ed the fort ; but , two families , one of which was 1 that of a chief , had their lodges on a 1761. ] 55 ADVENTURES .
... usually weigh , at Michilimackinac , from three to seven pounds .. During the whole winter , very few Indians visit- ed the fort ; but , two families , one of which was 1 that of a chief , had their lodges on a 1761. ] 55 ADVENTURES .
الصفحة 59
... pounds to fifteen . The method of taking them is this : each canoe carries two men , one of whom steers with a paddle , and the other is provided with a pole , ten feet in length , and at the end of which is affixed a scoop- net . The ...
... pounds to fifteen . The method of taking them is this : each canoe carries two men , one of whom steers with a paddle , and the other is provided with a pole , ten feet in length , and at the end of which is affixed a scoop- net . The ...
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
animals appeared arrived bark Beaver Lake beaver-skins blanket Cadotte called camp Canadians canoes carried carrying-place CHAPTER Chaudière chief Chipeways Cristinaux Cumberland House danger Détroit dians discovered distance dogs embarked encamped English Englishman fall feast feet fire fish Fort Michilimackinac Fort Niagara four French friends Frobisher Grand Portage ground head hundred hunt Indians informed inhabitants island Joseph Frobisher journey kettle killed Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Superior land Langlade leagues length lodge mackinac maize Michili Michilimackinac Michipicoten miles Missisaki Montréal morning mountains mouth Nadowessies Niagara night Nipisingue north-west o'clock occasion Osinipoilles Otawas Outaouais Pasquayah passed pounds weight present prisoners provisions quantity reached remained river rock rocky Sascatchiwaine Sault de Sainte-Marie shore side Sir William Johnson skins snow soon speech spirit tent tion tree twenty village voyage Wawatam Wenniway Winipegon winter women wood
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 81 - ... a view of the area of the fort, I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled ; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk; and from the bodies of some, ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands, and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
الصفحة 80 - Langlade, my next neighbor, there was only a low fence, over which I easily climbed. At my entrance I found the whole family at the windows, gazing at the scene of blood before them. I addressed myself immediately to M. Langlade, begging that he would put me into some place of safety, until the heat of the affair should be over ; an act of charity by which he might perhaps preserve me from the general massacre ; but while I uttered my petition, M. Langlade, who. had looked for a moment at me, turned...
الصفحة 101 - Menehwehna, who had the command in this enterprise, gave me your promise that you would protect my friend, delivering him from all danger, and giving him safely to me. "The performance of this promise I now claim. I come not with empty hands to ask it. You...
الصفحة 44 - ... friend, among the white men, than the king of France ; but, for you, we have taken into consideration that you have ventured your life among us in the expectation that we should not molest you. You do not come armed, with an intention to make war; you come in peace, to trade with us, and supply us with necessaries, of which we are much in want.
الصفحة 90 - I turned toward the spot where I knew the Indians to be encamped. This, however, did not suit the purpose of my enemy, who seized me by the arm, and drew me violently in the opposite direction, to the distance of fifty yards above the fort. Here, finding that I was approaching the bushes and...
الصفحة 79 - Between the yard-door of my own house, and that of M. Langlade, my next neighbour, there was only a low fence, over which I easily climbed, At my entrance, I found the whole family at the windows, gazing at the scene of blood before them.
الصفحة 111 - ... was ; but, when daylight visited my chamber, I discovered, with some feelings of horror, that I was lying on nothing less than a heap of human bones and skulls, which covered all the floor ! The day passed without the return of Wawatam, and without food.
الصفحة 95 - ... for the Isles du Castor, which lie in the mouth of Lake Michigan; and we should have crossed the lake but that a thick fog came on, on account of which the Indians deemed it safer to keep the shore close under their lee. We therefore approached the lands of the...
الصفحة 39 - Fort Michilimackinac was built by order of the governor-general of Canada, and garrisoned with a small number of militia, who, having families, soon became less soldiers than settlers. Most of those whom I found in the fort had originally served in the French army. The fort stands on the south side of the strait which is between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
الصفحة 166 - Nations, who have all made peace with the English. He advises you to seize this opportunity of doing the same, as you cannot otherwise fail of being destroyed ; for the English are on their march with a great army, which will be joined by different nations of Indians. In a word, before the fall of the leaf they will be at Michilimackinac, and the Six Nations with them.