Manners and Customs of Several Indian Tribes Located West of the Mississippi: Including Some Account of the Soil, Climate, and Vegetable Productions, and the Indian Materia Medica: to which is Prefixed the History of the Author's Life During a Residence of Several Years Among ThemPrinted and pub. for the author, by J. Maxwell, 1823 - 402 páginas |
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Manners and Customs of Several Indian Tribes Located West of the Mississippi ... John Dunn Hunter Vista de fragmentos - 1957 |
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abundance acquainted alluvions animals appearance Arkansas arrived bark beaver become buffalo chace character chief circumstances civilized colour conduct consequence considerable corn council course death deer dians diseases distance doubt duties earth enemies engaged esteemed exceedingly excursion exists favour Francis river frequently friendly friends furs habits head waters hills hostile hunters hunting grounds Indians instances intercourse Kansas river Kickapoos kind known La Platte rivers lodge Mahas Mandans manner Manuel Lisa ment miles Mississippi Missouri modes nation nearly neighbouring neral noticed observed occasions Osage language Osage nation Osage river Osages particular party Pawnees plant Platte practice prairies procure pursuit racter regard remarkable remedy respect rifle Rocky Mountains roots scalps season seldom settlement situation skins snow sometimes Spirit squaws stream sudorific suffer sufficient tion tomahawk traders trees tribes various Vermillion river villages visited warriors women wounded young
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Página 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Página 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 55 - The red men have borne many and great injuries; they ought to suffer them no longer. My people will not; they are determined on vengeance; they have taken up the tomahawk; they will make it fat with blood; they will drink the blood of the white people. Brothers - My people are brave and numerous; but the white people are too strong for them alone. I wish you to take up the tomahawk with them. If we all unite, we will cause the rivers to stain the great waters with their blood. Brothers If you do...
Página 118 - I had been, and on the irreparable sacrifices I had made, merely to become an outcast, to be hated and despised by those I sincerely loved and esteemed. But, however much I was disposed to be dissatisfied and quarrel with myself, the consolation of the most entire conviction that I had acted rightly always followed, and silenced my self.
Página 85 - having supplied ourselves with such things as were necessary and the situation afforded, all our party visited the spring from which we had procured our supplies of water, and there offered up our orisons to the Great Spirit, for having preserved us in health and safety, and for having supplied all our wants. This is the constant practice of the Osages, Kansas, and many other nations of Indians located west of the Mississippi, on breaking up their encampments, and is by no means an unimportant ceremony.
Página 221 - Vermillion ; though they have others on Verdigris, and Grand rivers, which, however, are comparatively small. The country claimed by the different tribes is very extensive : they hunt from the Missouri southwardly to the head waters of the Negracka, Jefferson, and Canadian rivers : eastwardly considerably down on White and the Arkansas ; and westwardly sometimes nearly to the sources of the latter river. I could enumerate several other tribes ; name their location, and number of souls and warriors,...
Página 29 - Resent insults — revenge yourselves on your enemies. Drink not the poisonous strong water of the white people; it is sent by the Bad Spirit to destroy the Indians. Fear not death; none but cowards fear to die. Obey and venerate the old people, particularly your parents. Fear and propitiate the Bad Spirit, that he may do you no harm ; — love and adore the Good Spirit, who made us all, who supplies our hunting grounds, and keeps us alive.
Página 77 - ... our old men, that the great waters divide the residence of the Great Spirit from the temporary abodes of his red children. We here contemplated in silent dread the immense difficulties over which we should be obliged to triumph after death, before we could arrive at those delightful hunting grounds, which are unalterably destined for such only as do good, and love the Great Spirit. We looked in vain for the stranded and shattered canoes of those who had done wickedly. We could see none, and were...
Página 119 - Here, solicitous for what possibly might be the result of my unfortunate shot, I prepared both my knife and tomahawk, for what I supposed a deadly conflict with this terrible animal. In a few moments, however, I had the satisfaction to hear it in the branches of the tree over my head. My rifle had just been discharged, and I entertained fears that I could not reload it, without discovering and yet exposing myself to the fury of its destructive rage. I looked into the tree with the utmost caution,...
Página 50 - In the following spring, a party of thirty hunters and six or seven squaws started on a visit to some of their connections, who remained at the Osage towns on the Grand Osage river,* taking me with them. Our course was up the Arkansas for a considerable distance ; thence across the highlands, till we struck the head waters of the Grand Osage river, which we descended, to the village belonging to Clermont, or the Builder of Towns, a celebrated Osage chief. We remained among the Grand Osages, till...