The Wilderness and the War PathWiley and Putnam, 1849 - 174 páginas |
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adventure animal band beautiful began Black Steed Blackbird Blackfeet Blackfoot bold Bolingbroke bosom braves Brown Bess buffalo camp charms child Chippeway civilized companion concealed courage danger daugh daughter deer delighted deserted discovered enemies Father Francis fear Featherton feelings fire Flatheads forest gazed George Rogers Clarke girl glance graceful grave ground habits hand happy head heard heart honour horse human hunt hunter husband Incillo Indian Ishtakka knew land listen living lodge looked manito marriage Master Menae mind Monson morning mother nature never night North Bend Notin Omawhaws party passed passion Peace Chief person Pete Pierre plain prairie pursued replied repose river savage scene seemed shore silent snow solitary spirit spot stood stranger success thought Thunder Lake tion trader traveller trees tribe venison village wandered warrior watched wide prairies wife wigwam wild wilderness woman women young youth
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Página 40 - The Americans saw that the crisis had arrived ; they could no longer doubt that the Indians understood the advantage they possessed, and were disposed to use it ; and a common sense of danger caused each eye to be turned on the leading commissioner. He sat undisturbed and apparently careless until the chief who had thrown the belts upon the...
Página 7 - Having made these explanations for the benefit of such of our readers as may not be familiar with the society and manners of the Aborigines, we proceed to the business of our story.
Página 78 - I am now an old woman, having had two children, and what Omawhaw will regard me? Is not my right paramount to that of your other wife; she had heard of me before you possessed her. It is true her skin is whiter than mine, but her heart cannot be more pure towards you, nor her fidelity more rigid. Do not take the child from my breast, I cannot...
Página 39 - A chief arose, drew up his tall person to its full height, and assuming a haughty attitude, threw his eye contemptuously over the commissioners and their small retinue, as if to measure their insignificance in comparison with his own numerous train, and then stalk ing up to the table, threw upon it two belts of wampum, of different colors — the war and the peace belt.
Página 39 - The commissioners, without noticing the disorderly conduct of the other party, or appearing to have: discovered their meditated treachery, opened the council in due form. They lighted the peace-pipe, and after drawing a few whiffs, passed it to the chiefs, 'who received it. Colonel Clarke then rose to explain the purpose for which the treaty was ordered.
Página 78 - I cannot bear to hear it cry, and not be present to relieve it: permit me to retain it until the spring, when it will be able to eat, and then, if it must be so, take it from my sight, that I may part with it but once.
Página 164 - ... know at once how matters stood between Brown Bess and the pretended conjurer, he took a deliberate aim, fired, — and away bounded the buck unharmed ! With a heavy heart, our mortified forester re-entered his own dwelling, and replaced his degraded weapon in its accustomed berth under the rafters.
Página 166 - There was a littleness, an insignificance, attached to the idea of not being able to kill a deer, which, to Pete's mind, was downright disgrace. More than once, he was tempted to throw the gun into the river ; but the excellence of the weapon, and the recollection of former exploits, restrained him ; and he continued to stroll through the woods, firing now and then at a fat buck, under the hope that the charm would expire some time or other, by its own limitation ; but the fat bucks continued to...