 He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both hands — for thus they called the two pistols...  Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State - Page 19by Willis F. Dunbar, George S. May - 1995 - 769 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Wisconsin - 1900 - 270 pages
...Nicolet had his doubts about meeting Chinese at Green Bay. As, however, he had brought with him " a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers, and birds of many colors," such as Chinese mandarins are supposed to wear, he put it on; and when he landed on the shore of Fox... | |
 | Jesuits - Canada - 1818 - 344 pages
...say, " the wonderful man." They meet him ; they escort him, and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - French - 1902 - 632 pages
...say, "the wonderful man." They meet him ; they escort him, and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1906 - 370 pages
...say, "the wonderful man." They meet him; they escort him and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Meeting - Wisconsin - 1906 - 350 pages
...say, "the wonderful man." They meet him; they escort him and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Wisconsin - 1908 - 496 pages
...this far-away corner of the continent, the diplomatic Nicolet had placed in his scanty pack " a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many, colors." There was perhaps little need for displaying so extraordinary a garment among the naked savages of... | |
 | Publius Virgilius Lawson - Winnebago County (Wis.) - 1908 - 824 pages
...took off his leather jacket, bespangled with rainbow colored beads, and robed himself in a grand gown "of China damask all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors." The Relation does not say if he was booted and spurred and wore a Gainsborough hat, after the fashion... | |
 | Milo Milton Quaife, Joseph Schafer, Edward Porter Alexander - Wisconsin - 1919 - 574 pages
...carried thunder in both hands — for thus they called the two pistols that he held." "He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors." "They meet him; they escort him, and carry all his baggage." They call him the Manitouiriniou, the... | |
 | Louise Phelps Kellogg - History - 1917 - 418 pages
...say, " the wonderful man." They meet him ; they escort him, and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried... | |
 | Edwin Orin Wood - Mackinac - 1918 - 808 pages
...say 'the wonderful man.' They meet him, they escort him, and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colours. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who... | |
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