The Backwoods of Canada: Being Letters from the Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British AmericaC. Knight, 1836 - 351 Seiten |
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amused appearance backwoods bank bark Bay of Quinte beautiful better birds blossoms blue boiled boughs bread bright British bush called Canada Company Canadian canoe cedar chopped cleared Clergy Reserves Cobourg cold colour comfort corn crop currency dark delight distance dollars dwelling Eastern Townships elegant emigrants eyes farms fire flowers forest friends garden gentleman give green ground grows husband Indian labour Lake Ontario land leaves light log-house look lovely Lower Canada miles mocassin flower molasses Montreal Newcastle district night Otanabee pale passengers persons Peterborough pines plant potatoes pretty Quebec regret Rice Lake river road season seems seen settlement settlers shanty ships shore side situation snow soon sort spring squaw squirrels stumps sugar summer thing timbers tivated town townships trees Upper Canada village warm wigwam wild winter woods yellow young
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Seite 278 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Seite 181 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Seite 38 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Seite 170 - If the goods you offer them in exchange for theirs do not answer their expectations, they give a sullen and dogged look or reply, " Car-car" (no, no,) or " Carwinni," which is a still more forcible negative. But when the bargain pleases them, they signify their approbation by several affirmative nods of the head, and a note not much unlike a grunt ; the ducks, fish, venison, or baskets, are placed beside you, and the articles of exchange transferred to the folds of their capacious blankets, or deposited...
Seite 169 - If they have fixed their mind on any one article, they will come to you day after day, refusing any other you may offer to their notice. One of the squaws fell in love with a gay chintz dressing-gown belonging to my husband, and though I resolutely refused to part with it, all the squaws in the wigwam by turns came to " look at gown," which they pronounced with their peculiarly plaintive tone of voice; and when I said "no gown to sell," they uttered a melancholy exclamation of regret, and went away.
Seite 6 - The simple truth, founded entirely upon personal knowledge of the facts related, is the basis of the work; to have had recourse to fiction might have rendered it more acceptable to many readers, but would have made it less useful to that class for whom it is intended.
Seite 214 - Her hair was of jetty blackness, soft and shining, and neatly folded over her forehead, not hanging loose and disorderly in shaggy masses, as is generally the case with the squaws. Jane was evidently aware of her superior charms, and may be considered as an Indian belle, by the peculiar care she displayed in the arrangement of the black cloth mantle, bound with scarlet, that was gracefully wrapped over one shoulder, and fastened on the left side by a gilt brooch.
Seite 216 - ... with eyes overflowing and looks of love. During the singing, each papouse crept to the feet of its respective father and mother, and those that were too young to join their voices to the little choir, remained quite silent till the hymn was at an end. One little girl of three years old beat time on her father's knee, and from time to time chimed in her infant voice ; she evidently possessed a fine ear, and natural taste for music.
Seite 163 - By-and-by is a favourite expression of the Indians, signifying an indefinite point of time ; may be it means to-morrow, or a week, or month, or it may be a year, or even more. They rarely give you a direct promise. As it is not wise to let any one cheat you, if you can prevent it, I coldly declined any further overtures to bartering with the Indians until my ducks made their appearance. Some time...