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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... Sufferings of Indians . Their notions of the Deluge . -No visible object of adoration . - Acknowledge a Future Life . Left the Colony for Bas la Rivière.- Lost on Winipeg Lake . - Recover the Track , and meet an intoxicated Indian ...
... Sufferings of Indians . Their notions of the Deluge . -No visible object of adoration . - Acknowledge a Future Life . Left the Colony for Bas la Rivière.- Lost on Winipeg Lake . - Recover the Track , and meet an intoxicated Indian ...
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... Suffering without comfort , while they sunk without hope . " The contrast was strik- ing , and forcibly impressed my mind with the idea , that Indians who knew not the corrupt influence and barter of spirituous liquors at a Trading Post ...
... Suffering without comfort , while they sunk without hope . " The contrast was strik- ing , and forcibly impressed my mind with the idea , that Indians who knew not the corrupt influence and barter of spirituous liquors at a Trading Post ...
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... suffering ex- istence with a scriptural hope of immortality . In crossing the Winipeg , we saw almost daily large flocks of wild fowl , geese , ducks , and swans , flying to the south ; which was a sure indication to us that winter was ...
... suffering ex- istence with a scriptural hope of immortality . In crossing the Winipeg , we saw almost daily large flocks of wild fowl , geese , ducks , and swans , flying to the south ; which was a sure indication to us that winter was ...
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... suffering from cold ; and it was with no small delight that we entered the mouth of Red River , soon after the sun rose in majestic splendour over the lake , on the morning of the 13th of October . We proceeded to Netley Creek to ...
... suffering from cold ; and it was with no small delight that we entered the mouth of Red River , soon after the sun rose in majestic splendour over the lake , on the morning of the 13th of October . We proceeded to Netley Creek to ...
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... suffer more from parturition with half - breed children than when the father is an Indian . If this account be true , it can only be in consequence of their approach to the habits of civilized life , exerting an in- jurious influence ...
... suffer more from parturition with half - breed children than when the father is an Indian . If this account be true , it can only be in consequence of their approach to the habits of civilized life , exerting an in- jurious influence ...
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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.