 | George Warburton - 1846 - 430 σελίδες
...appear. It was known that some few still lingered, but they were almost forgotten. The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged...villages, when two gaunt figures crept out from the neighboring " bush :" with sad cries and imploring gestures, they tried to express their prayer for... | |
 | George Drought Warburton - 1855 - 310 σελίδες
...appear ; it was known that some few still lingered, but they were almost forgotten. The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged...their uncouth and haggard looks, seized his gun, which unhappily lay at hand, *nd shot the foremost ; the other tossed his lean arms wildly into the air —... | |
 | America North - 1864 - 396 σελίδες
...Let Warburton tell the story of the last appearance of the unhappy aborigines. "The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged...hand, and shot the foremost ; the other tossed his AA lean arms wildly into the air ; the woods rang with his despairing shrieks as he rushed away. Since... | |
 | Thomas Rawlings - 1865 - 278 σελίδες
...appear. It was known that some few still lingered, but they were almost forgotten. " The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged...foremost; the other tossed his lean arms wildly into the air—the woods rang with his despairing shrieks as he rushed away. Since then none of the fallen race... | |
 | Philip Henry Smith - 1884 - 418 σελίδες
...The winter of 1830 was unusually severe and prolonged. Towards spring a settler was cutting timber at some distance from one of the remote villages, when two gaunt figures crept out of the bush, and with sad cries and painful gestures implored help. The settler, terrified at their... | |
 | Philip Henry Smith - 1884 - 410 σελίδες
...The winter of 1830 was unusually severe and prolonged. Towards spring a settler was cutting timber at some distance from one of the remote villages, when two gaunt figures crept out of the bush, and with sad cries and painful gestures implored help. The settler, terrified at their... | |
 | 1846 - 524 σελίδες
...the forests of Newfoundland till within a few years. " The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in thU country, and prolonged beyond those of former years....gun, which lay at hand, and shot the foremost ; the otlier tossed his lean arms wildly into the air — the woods rang with his despairing shrieks as he... | |
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It was known that some few still lingered, but they were almost forgotten. " The winter of 1830 was unusually severe in this country, and prolonged beyond those of former years. Towards its close, a settler was hewing down trees at some distance from... 