 | 1835 - 550 pàgines
...bathe alone ; he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes several, of his acquaintance ; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...the highest indignities that can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate only one person, and is formed... | |
 | 1836 - 566 pàgines
...water on the stones till the steam becomes of a temperature sufficiently high for their purposes.'"* It appears then, from the foregoing statement, that...water, whereby its particles move so easily among them• Sauer, in his account of Billings' expedition, describes the same kind of bath u used in north-western... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 358 pàgines
...bathe alone ; he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes several of his acquaintances ; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...the highest indignities that can be offered to him. The indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate only one person, and is formed... | |
 | William Clarke (architect.) - 1836 - 354 pàgines
...bathe alone ; he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes several of his acquaintances; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...the highest indignities that can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate only one person, and is formed... | |
 | John Bell (M.D.) - 1850 - 680 pàgines
...bathe alone ; he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes several of his acquaintances; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...bathe when invited by a friend is one of the highest indignites that can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1853 - 432 pàgines
...ancient civilization to modern barbarism — a traveller states that with the American Indians bathing " is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...the highest indignities that can be offered to him." The action of baths varies according to their temperature, mode of application, and other circumstances.... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1893 - 488 pàgines
...bathe alone ; he is generally accompanied by one or sometimes several of his acquaintances ; indeed, it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...invited by a friend is one of the highest indignities which can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontier generally use a bath which will accommodate... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1902 - 426 pàgines
...bathe alone, he is generally accompanied by one or sometimes several of his acquaintances; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...invited by a friend is one of the highest indignities which can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1902 - 470 pàgines
...bathe alone, he is generally accompanied by one or sometimes several of his acquaintances; indeed it is so essentially a social amusement, that to decline...invited by a friend is one of the highest indignities which can be offered to him. The Indians oil the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1902 - 618 pàgines
...bathe alone; he is generally accompanied by one or sometimes several of his acquaintances ; indeed, it is so essentially a social amusement that to decline...invited by a friend is one of the highest indignities which can be offered to him. The Indians on the frontiers generally use a bath which will accommodate... | |
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... of different sizes, the most common being made of mud and sticks like an oven, but the mode of raising the steam is exactly the same. Among both these nations it is very uncommon for a man to bathe alone, he is generally accompanied by one, or sometimes... 
