 | Caleb Atwater - 1831 - 314 pàgines
...flashes fire, he raises himself upon his jet, his body is thrown in every variety of attitude-^-eveiy muscle is strained — every nerve is exerted to its...an abundance of food was always at hand and easily obtained; that all the labor they had to perform, was only -what the white man calls sport and pastime.... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1916 - 842 pàgines
...ancestors when they inhabited the whole continent; when they, and they only, climbed every hill and mountain, cultivated in peace the most fertile spots...stream, and hunted over every plain in quest of game, skimming the surface of every lake and stream in their birch bark canoes, with lodges in coolest shades... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1916 - 234 pàgines
...his ancestors when they inhabited the whole continent; when they and they only climbed every hill and mountain, cultivated in peace the most fertile spots...stream, and hunted over every plain in quest of game, skimming the surface of every lake and stream in their birch bark canoes, with lodges in coolest shades... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library - 1916 - 234 pàgines
...his ancestors when they inhabited the whole continent; when they and they only climbed every hill and mountain, cultivated in peace the most fertile spots...stream, and hunted over every plain in quest of game, skimming the surface of every lake and stream in their birch bark canoes, with lodges in coolest shades... | |
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... is exerted to its utmost power, and his voice is loud, clear, distinct and commanding. He becomes, to use his own expressive phrase — A MAN. He recalls to the minds of his audience the situation and circumstances of his ancestors, when they inhabited... 