 | Edmund Burke - History - 1855 - 1078 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence. " There appeared to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied... | |
 | History - 1855 - 1076 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence. " There appeared to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1854 - 738 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses, and tlie contents of kettles, it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource, cannibalism, as a means of prolonging existence. There appeared to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied iu... | |
 | A. R. Phippen - Education - 1854 - 472 pages
...underneath him. " From the mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our miserable countrymen had been...resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging life. " There appears to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a... | |
 | 1853 - 746 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence.* " There appeared to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1854 - 664 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it was evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — • cannibalism — as a means of prolonged existence. The amount of credit to be given to this story depends a great deal upon such... | |
 | Richard King - Arctic regions - 1855 - 278 pages
...animal's head with wings, extended above ; three many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our miserable countrymen had been...resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging life. There appears to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a heap... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1855 - 576 pages
...underneath him. '• From the mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our miserable countrymen had been...resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging life. "There appears to have been an abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a heap... | |
 | John Ryerson - Hudson Bay - 1855 - 244 pages
...multilated state of many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence. " There appeared to have been abundant stock of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 654 pages
...mutilated state of many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our -wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means ^ prolonging existence None of the E -'limaux with whom I conversed had seeu — whites,' nor had they... | |
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From the mutilated state of many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource — cannibalism — as a means of prolonging existence. 
