Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers, Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volumen 2Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Re-printed for W. Sawyer & Company by E. M. Blunt, 1803 - 366 páginas Although agreement is general that Ashe usually stretched the truth in the direction of the vicious and spiteful, authorities also laud his account as being highly readable and interesting. His chief interest was in archaeological remains, but he takes to task the men of America, including references to some Missourians as having "stupid insensibility." He did think the women of America far superior to any he had encountered in Europe. He found the climate in New Orleans so disagreeable that he states that "an average of nine strangers die out of ten shortly after their arrival." Ashe liked the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, and his description of them is generally credible. |
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... arrived at that degree of science which could delight and instruct the intelligent . Having thus no motive for delay here , I passed on to Shippensburg and Strasburg , both German or Dutch towns ; the latter at the foot of the ...
... arrived at that degree of science which could delight and instruct the intelligent . Having thus no motive for delay here , I passed on to Shippensburg and Strasburg , both German or Dutch towns ; the latter at the foot of the ...
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... arrival , some swindlers stripped him of most of his money . He took refuge in profligacy and drink ; his wife died of a broken heart ; his child is fading in unmerited misery ; and he is left to drag on a wretched existence , which in ...
... arrival , some swindlers stripped him of most of his money . He took refuge in profligacy and drink ; his wife died of a broken heart ; his child is fading in unmerited misery ; and he is left to drag on a wretched existence , which in ...
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... arrived within three miles of Pittsburg , when I descended into the beautiful vale which leads into that town . It was im- possible to behold any thing more interesting than this : it extended three miles on a perfect level , cultivated ...
... arrived within three miles of Pittsburg , when I descended into the beautiful vale which leads into that town . It was im- possible to behold any thing more interesting than this : it extended three miles on a perfect level , cultivated ...
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... arriving there , the ladies cast off their fur pelisses , assume all their beauties , and with the men commence the mazy dance . This is followed by supper , songs , catch-- es , and glees . When the voice of Prudence dispels the charm ...
... arriving there , the ladies cast off their fur pelisses , assume all their beauties , and with the men commence the mazy dance . This is followed by supper , songs , catch-- es , and glees . When the voice of Prudence dispels the charm ...
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... arrived in sight of America , - but these sensations were then diverted by a succession of new and unknown objects . They first saw land to the north- east of Portland , in the district of Maine ; and then coasted along the shore to ...
... arrived in sight of America , - but these sensations were then diverted by a succession of new and unknown objects . They first saw land to the north- east of Portland , in the district of Maine ; and then coasted along the shore to ...
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Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of ..., Volumen 1 Thomas Ashe Vista completa - 1808 |
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abound acre Alleghany America animals appeared arrived banks Bayeau beautiful birds boat called cave channel character Chickasaw Bluff colour Congress lands considerable corn creek cultivated dæmon danger descend distance dollars East side falls feet fifty fire four miles French ground head hills hundred miles immense Indian Indiana Territory inhabitants island Island.-Channel Kenhaway Kentucky shore Kentuckyan labour lakes land LETTER Lexington Limestone Louisiana manner Marietta Maysville Messauri Miami middle Mississippi Monongahela Monongahela river mountains mouth Muskingum Muskingum River N.W. shore N.W. side nations nature navigation nearly never night North Ohio Orleans pass Pittsburg plain Point Pleasant remains remarkable residence river rocks salt Sciota settlement settlers shew shrubs situation snakes South South shore Spirit spring stone stream Theodorus Bailey thousand timber tion town trees twenty village Virginia shore wild turkeys woods yards
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Página 138 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 138 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 162 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Página 24 - ... river sides), and by a tradition, said to be handed down from the aboriginal Indians, that, when they settled in a town, the first person who died was placed erect, and earth put about him, so as to cover and support him; that when another died, a narrow passage was dug to the first, the second reclined against him, and the cover of earth replaced, and so on.
Página 138 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire, killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites.
Página 137 - In the spring of 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawanee tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their custom, undertook to punish this outrage in a summary manner. Colonel Cresap, a man...
Página 49 - beyond all competition, the most beautiful river in the universe, whether we consider it for its meandering course through an immense region of forests, for its clean and elegant banks, which afford innumerable delightful situations for cities, villages and improved farms: or for those many other advantages, which truly entitle it to the name originally given it by the French, of La Belle Riviere.
Página 303 - Coupee, a populous and rich settlement, extending eight leagues along the river. Behind it, on an old bed of the river, now a lake, whose outlets are closed up, is the settlement of Fausse Riviere.
Página 35 - ... one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer that there were no shoes in the store, but some capital gin that could be recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a...