Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains: Under the Direction of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions, in the Years 1835, '36, and '37; Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate, Productions of the Country, and the Numbers, Manners, and Customs of the Natives: with a Map of Oregon TerritoryMack, Andrus, and Woodruff, 1844 - 416 من الصفحات |
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animals appearance balsam fir basalt beautiful Blackfeet branch buffalo called cammas canoe Cape Disappointment Cascades Chenook chief Christian cloudy color Columbia river commenced common cultivation Dalles danger deer distance east encamped falls feet high fertile fire fish forests formed Fort Vancouver freshet furnished grass grows head hills horses Hudson Bay Company hundred feet island journey labor land latitude lodges lower country miles missionaries morning moun nation Nez Percé language Nez Percés night Oahu obtained ocean Okanagan Oregon Territory passed perpendicular plains pleasant prairie present rain rapids resembling rich rocks Rocky Mountains Sabbath Salmon river mountains section of country seen ship shore side skins snow soil species Spokein stream tains thousand tion to-day took traveling trees tribes valley Vancouver village volcanic Walla Walla Walla Walla river WAPPATOO ISLAND whole wide wind winter wood worship
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الصفحة 170 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
الصفحة 193 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
الصفحة 81 - It was a difficult operation because the arrow was hooked at the point by striking a large bone and a cartilaginous substance had grown around it. The Doctor pursued the operation with great self-possession and perseverance; and his patient manifested equal firmness. The Indians looked on meanwhile, with countenances indicating wonder, and in their own peculiar manner expressed great astonishment when it was extracted.
الصفحة 104 - I then inquired if they could not take the poles of some of their lodges and construct a shade. They thought they could; and without any other directions went and made preparation, and about eleven o'clock came and said they were ready for worship. I found them all assembled, men, women, and children, between four and five hundred, in what I would call a sanctuary of God, constructed with their lodges, nearly one hundred feet long, and about twenty feet wide, and all were arranged in rows, through...
الصفحة 98 - It was pleasant to reflect on the promises, that the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ...
الصفحة 98 - Christ, and he shall reign for ever ; and the time will come, when all shall know the Lord, and God shall be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities He will remember no more.
الصفحة 82 - Whitman proposed to return with the caravan and to obtain associates to come out with him the next year, with the then returning caravan, and establish a mission among these people, and by so doing, save at least a year, in bringing the gospel among them.
الصفحة 254 - I viewed a cross of wood of no avail, to benefit either the dead or the living, and far more likely to operate as a salvo to a guilty conscience, or a stepping-stone to idolatry, than to be understood in its spiritual sense to refer to a crucifixion of our sins, I took this, which the Indians had prepared, and broke it in pieces. I then told them that we place a stone at the head and foot of the grave, only to mark the place ; and without a murmur, they cheerfully acquiesced, and adopted our custom.
الصفحة 79 - The American Fur Company have between two and .three hundred men constantly in and about the mountains, engaged in trading, hunting and trapping. These all assemble at rendezvous upon the arrival of the caravan, bring in their furs, and take new supplies for the coming year, of clothing, ammunition, and goods for trade with 80 SURGICAL OPERATIONS.
الصفحة 84 - A few days after our arrival at the place of rendezvous, and when all the mountain men had assembled, another day of indulgence was granted to them, in which all restraint was laid aside. These days are the climax of the hunter's happiness. I will relate an occurrence which took place near evening, as a specimen of mountain life. A hunter, who goes technically by the name of the great bully of the mountains, mounted his horse with a loaded rifle, and challenged any Frenchman, American, Spaniard,...