The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: And Frequent Excursions Among the North-west American Indians, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823L.B. Seelev and Son, 1824 - 210 páginas |
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... Sioux Indians killed at the Colony . - Circulation of the Scriptures among the Colonists . - Scarcity of Provisions . Fishing under the Ice . - Wild Fowl.- Meet the Sioux Indians at Pembina . - They scalp an Assiniboine . War dance ...
... Sioux Indians killed at the Colony . - Circulation of the Scriptures among the Colonists . - Scarcity of Provisions . Fishing under the Ice . - Wild Fowl.- Meet the Sioux Indians at Pembina . - They scalp an Assiniboine . War dance ...
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... Sioux Indians . 110 CHAPTER VI . - Progress of Indian Children in reading . -Building for Divine Worship . - Left the Colony.— Arrival at York Fort . - Departure for Churchill Fac- tory . - Bears . - Indian Hieroglyphics . — Arrival at ...
... Sioux Indians . 110 CHAPTER VI . - Progress of Indian Children in reading . -Building for Divine Worship . - Left the Colony.— Arrival at York Fort . - Departure for Churchill Fac- tory . - Bears . - Indian Hieroglyphics . — Arrival at ...
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... Sioux Indians , who were reported to have hostile intentions against this part of the colony , in the Spring . They had frequently killed the hunters upon the plains ; and a war party from the Mississippi , scalped a boy last summer ...
... Sioux Indians , who were reported to have hostile intentions against this part of the colony , in the Spring . They had frequently killed the hunters upon the plains ; and a war party from the Mississippi , scalped a boy last summer ...
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... Sioux Indians , who had tomahawked and scalped his son . Laying his hand upon his heart as he related the tragical circumstance , he emphatically ex- claimed , ' It is here I am affected , and feel my loss ; ' then raising his hand ...
... Sioux Indians , who had tomahawked and scalped his son . Laying his hand upon his heart as he related the tragical circumstance , he emphatically ex- claimed , ' It is here I am affected , and feel my loss ; ' then raising his hand ...
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... Sioux Indians will attack the Settlement ; which unhappily unsettle the minds , and interrupt the industry of the colonists . But none of these things move me , in carrying on my plans , and making arrangements to erect a substantial ...
... Sioux Indians will attack the Settlement ; which unhappily unsettle the minds , and interrupt the industry of the colonists . But none of these things move me , in carrying on my plans , and making arrangements to erect a substantial ...
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afforded animals appeared arrived barter Bible Society blanket blessing boats buffaloe canoes Captain cariole Catholic Chesterfield Inlet chief CHIPEWYANS Christianity Church Churchill coast cold Company's Post Company's servants Coppermine River cultivation deer distance divine service divine worship dogs encampment encouragement England Esquimaux establishment European article Europeans fire Fort Douglas frequently gave Greenland half-caste heathen hope horse Hudson's Bay Company hunters hunting immediately killed labour LAKE WINIPEG live ment miles mind Missionary MISSIONS morning natives night North Norway House ORKNEY ISLES party Pembina Pigewis plains prayer provisions Qu'appelle RED RIVER COLONY Red River Settlement Resolution Island rocks Sabbath Saulteaux savage scalp scriptures seen Settlement settlers ship shore shot Sioux Indians skin sledge snow soon Spirit Straits suffering tent tion tribe vast wandering weather whale wild fowl wilderness wind winter women wood York Factory
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Página 206 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! HEBEK.
Página 157 - tis nought to me: Since GOD is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes there must be joy.
Página 123 - ... of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.
Página 123 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 134 - 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-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 123 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in the courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Página 132 - River, where they had made the first land, the ground was covered with copper, over which a body of earth had since been collected to the depth of a man's height. They believe, also, that in ancient times, their ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with eating.
Página 33 - On the following morning, I saw an Indian corpse staged, or put upon a few cross sticks, about ten feet from the ground, at a short distance from the fort. The property of the dead, which may consist of a kettle, axe, and a few additional articles, is generally put into the case, or wrapped in the...
Página 169 - Hearne) has not as yet began to dawn among the Northern Indians ; for, though their conjurors do indeed sing songs and make long speeches to some beasts and birds of prey, as also to imaginary beings, which they say assist them in performing cures on the sick, yet they, as well as their credulous neighbours, are utterly destitute of every idea of practical religion.
Página 110 - OD of my life, to thee belong The thankful heart — the grateful song ; Touch'd by thy love, each tuneful chord Resounds the goodness of the Lord. 2 Thou hast preserv'd my fleeting breath, And chas'd the gloomy shades of death ; The venom'd arrows vainly fly, When God our great deliv'rer's nigh.