The Tales of Peter Parley about AmericaCarter, Hendee & Babcock, 1830 - 160 σελίδες |
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... fire - places . 10. The Indians had no chairs to sit in , nor tables to eat from . They had no books to read , and had no churches or meeting houses . In winter , they sometimes wore skins of bears and deer , which they shot with bows ...
... fire - places . 10. The Indians had no chairs to sit in , nor tables to eat from . They had no books to read , and had no churches or meeting houses . In winter , they sometimes wore skins of bears and deer , which they shot with bows ...
Σελίδα 30
... into the woods , while a party of about twenty soldiers were firing upon them . 10. The Indians soon disappeared , and the soldiers set the wigwams on fire . They made a great blaze . Here is a picture of them 30 PETER PARLEY .
... into the woods , while a party of about twenty soldiers were firing upon them . 10. The Indians soon disappeared , and the soldiers set the wigwams on fire . They made a great blaze . Here is a picture of them 30 PETER PARLEY .
Σελίδα 47
... fire , and their cannon shot poured over and around the Yankee in a shower . At this critical mo- ment the sun went down , and night suspend- ed the conflict . 12. Capt . Bassett took advantage of it to escape , and in the morning was ...
... fire , and their cannon shot poured over and around the Yankee in a shower . At this critical mo- ment the sun went down , and night suspend- ed the conflict . 12. Capt . Bassett took advantage of it to escape , and in the morning was ...
Σελίδα 53
... fires within them , and send forth from the top a constant stream of smoke , and sometimes flame , and melted stones . These are called vol- canoes . Here is a picture of some of the Andes . 11. You have heard , perhaps , of the ana ...
... fires within them , and send forth from the top a constant stream of smoke , and sometimes flame , and melted stones . These are called vol- canoes . Here is a picture of some of the Andes . 11. You have heard , perhaps , of the ana ...
Σελίδα 127
... fire . 25. I took advantage of the moment , and sprung over the bank into the river . I swam across the stream , carrying the musket in one hand , and paddling with the other . 26. I had scarcely got across , when I heard two or three ...
... fire . 25. I took advantage of the moment , and sprung over the bank into the river . I swam across the stream , carrying the musket in one hand , and paddling with the other . 26. I had scarcely got across , when I heard two or three ...
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Accordingly Adventures Africa army arrows ashore Asia Atahualpa Atlantic Ocean Bellows Falls Boston Brattleboro brave break the laws brig Yankee Burgoyne called CHAPTER Charleston charter of Connecticut COLUMBUS lived congress Connecticut River continent Cortez dashed to pieces deer discovered England English troops Europe father fire Fort Dummer French ship governor guns happened Hartford HARVARD COLLEGE heard hill Hurlgate Indians instantly James Jenkins killed king of Spain land legislature length Long Island Sound look Lord Cornwallis Mexico miles Montezuma moon morning Mount Holyoke mountains negroes Newport night Northampton o'er OVERDUE Parley say Parley tells Peru PETER PARLEY picture Pizarro president is chosen rocks sailed sailors shot side situated sixteen hundred soldiers soon South America squirrel story of Columbus told took town Twas United Vermont vessel Wampum Wampum's house Washington West Indies wicked wigwam wild woods wound York
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Σελίδα 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Σελίδα 23 - At length, the white men came in their ships from across the sea. The red men saw them, and told them they were welcome. They came ashore. The red men received them kindly.
Σελίδα 143 - And found a wild and savage shore, Where naked men in forests prowled, And bears and panthers roamed and howled. At length, when years had passed away, Some English came to Virginia ; 'Twas sixteen hundred seven ; be sure You let this in your mind endure; For 'twas the first bold colony Planted in North America; The first that laid the deep foundation, On which has since been built a nation. Well, here they raised a far-famed Town On James
Σελίδα 20 - on that high rock above us ! " I did so, but could see nothing. " Look again,
Σελίδα 18 - Do you see those houses ?" said Wampum to me. " When my grand-father was a boy, there was not a house where you now see so many. That valley, which now belongs to white men, then belonged to the red men.
Σελίδα 144 - Now let the laughing wags and jokers Say that the Dutch are stupid smokers; We only tell, that, dull or witty, They founded famous New- York city; The largest city in the west, For trade and commerce quite the best!
Σελίδα 17 - Wampum's wife roasted some bear's meat, and gave us some bread made of pounded corn, which made our supper. We sat on the floor and took the meat in our fingers, for the Indians had no knives and forks. I then went to bed on some bear skins, and slept very well. Early in the morning, Wampum called me from PETER PARLEY.
Σελίδα 19 - Then the red men were rich and happy; now they are poor and wretched. Then that beautiful river which you see running through the valley, and which is called the Connecticut, was theirs. They owned these fine mountains too, they hunted in these woods, and fished in that river, and were numerous and powerful, — now they are few and weak.
Σελίδα 9 - Here I am! My name is Peter Parley: I am an old man. I am very gray and lame. But I have seen a great many things, and had a great many adventures, and I love to talk about them. I love to tell stories to children, and very often they come to my house, and they get around me and I tell them stories of what I have seen, and of what I have heard. I live in Boston.
Σελίδα 2 - 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 times therein mentioned,* and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.