I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand... Washington Public Documents - Page 33by Washington (State) - 1901Full view - About this book
| Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 270 pages
...large characters, upon the face of the rock under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial : 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.' The inscription was only written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been washed... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - America - 1841 - 376 pages
...characters, upon the face of the rock under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial: " Alexandex Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July. one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." The inscription was only written in vermillion, and has probably long ago been washed... | |
| Charles Grenfell Nicolay - British Columbia - 1846 - 248 pages
...Mackenzie inscribed in large characters with vermilion, mixed in melted grease, this brief memorial : — " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four." He computed the latitude at 52° 21' N. "On the 23rd he reached the mouth of the river... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1853 - 472 pages
...characters, upon the face of the rock under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial: — "Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." The inscription was only written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been washed... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1854 - 528 pages
...characters, upon the face of the rook under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial: — "Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land, the twenty-second...July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- three." The inscription was only written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been washed away by the fury... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - America - 1854 - 476 pages
...characters, upon the face of the rock under whose shelter they had slept, this simple memorial: — "Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." The inscription was only written in vermilion, and has probably long ago been washed... | |
| Thomas Thomson - Scotland - 1855 - 466 pages
...melted grease, and inscribed upon a rock on which he had passed the 423 night, this short memorial : " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." It was a necessary precaution, as only the day after, when he was upon his return homeward,... | |
| Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson - Scotland - 1855 - 728 pages
...grease, and inscribed upon a rock on which he had passed the 423 night, this short memorial : " Alezander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." It was a necessary precaution, as only the day after, when he was upon his return homeward,... | |
| Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1872 - 184 pages
...written, in large letters, with a mixture of melted grease and vermilion, this brief memorial — " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." The return journey was scarcely less arduous than the outward, but they undertook it... | |
| Sandford Fleming, Canadian Pacific Railway Company - Canada - 1874 - 328 pages
...characters, on the southeast face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial, — "ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, FROM CANADA, BY LAND, THE TWENTY-SECOND OF JULY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED iSD NINETY-THREE." * * * * tThls I found to be the cheek of Vancouver's CASCADE CANAL. • 237 APPENDIX... | |
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