Ten Years in Oregon: Travels and Adventures of Doctor E. White and Lady, West of the Rocky Mountains, with Incidents of Two Sea Voyages Via Sandwich Islands Around Cape Horn, Containing, Also, a Brief History of the Missions and Settlement of the Country ... Description of the Soil, Production and Climate |
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... live upon their remains . These we roasted to dryness by means of fires kindled on the ballast - sand at the bottom of the boats . When this supply was spent , what could we do ? We look- ed at each other with horrid thoughts in our ...
... live upon their remains . These we roasted to dryness by means of fires kindled on the ballast - sand at the bottom of the boats . When this supply was spent , what could we do ? We look- ed at each other with horrid thoughts in our ...
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... lives of our friends , and had not the number of sick demanded all their attention , their minds would have been engrossed by the reflection that their two thousand two hundred miles ' journey was at length ended , and sombre forests ...
... lives of our friends , and had not the number of sick demanded all their attention , their minds would have been engrossed by the reflection that their two thousand two hundred miles ' journey was at length ended , and sombre forests ...
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... live again ! I shall soon be over Jordan ! " And so Cyrus Shepherd died , universally lamented in Oregon , though his friends were conscious he had entered into a " glorious rest . ” 66 Allow me here to introduce an extract from the ...
... live again ! I shall soon be over Jordan ! " And so Cyrus Shepherd died , universally lamented in Oregon , though his friends were conscious he had entered into a " glorious rest . ” 66 Allow me here to introduce an extract from the ...
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... live ? dead ? Are not my children all gone ? It is not well , let me die ! Why should I live to be a slave to my kindred ? Let me die , let me go with my daughter to the spirit land of our fathers ! " They endeavored to force her from ...
... live ? dead ? Are not my children all gone ? It is not well , let me die ! Why should I live to be a slave to my kindred ? Let me die , let me go with my daughter to the spirit land of our fathers ! " They endeavored to force her from ...
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... lives of the survivors of his party in their encounter with the Chestes . This young Hercules , like Samson of jawbone memory , seized a large pine knot , and making such havoc among the copper colors , that he at last succeeded in driv ...
... lives of the survivors of his party in their encounter with the Chestes . This young Hercules , like Samson of jawbone memory , seized a large pine knot , and making such havoc among the copper colors , that he at last succeeded in driv ...
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Page 359 - And in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall in any manner whatever interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 359 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 359 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 360 - The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments — the legislative, executive and judicial— and no person, or collection of persons...
Page 415 - The sky was clear and pure, with a sharp wind from the northeast, and the thermometer 2° below the freezing point. We continued down the south face of the mountain ; our road leading over dry ground, we were able to avoid the snow almost entirely. In the course of the morning, we struck a foot path, which we were generally able to keep ; and the ground was soft to our animals' feet, being sandy or covered with mould.
Page 412 - ... which the air was filled with a greenish orange ; and over all was the singular beauty of the blue sky. Passing along a ridge which commanded the lake on our right, of which we began to discover an outlet through a chasm on the west, we passed over alternating open ground and hard crusted snowfields which supported the animals, and encamped on the ridge, after a journey of six miles.
Page 361 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free state.
Page 426 - River about ten miles below. Never did a name sound more sweetly! We felt ourselves among our countrymen; for the name of "American,* in these distant parts, is applied to the citizens of the United States. To our eager inquiries he answered, "I am a vaquero (cowherd) in the service of Captain Sutter, and the people of this rancheria work for him.
Page 416 - Continuing down the river, which pursued a very direct westerly course through a narrow valley, with only a very slight and narrow bottom-land, we made twelve miles, and encamped at some old Indian huts, apparently a fishing place on the river.
Page 419 - The times were severe when stout men lost their minds from extremity of suffering — when horses died — and when mules and horses, ready to die of starvation, were killed for food.