Cooper's Novels, Band 15Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... Pawnee Loups are said to be hunting by hundreds in the plains ; if so , they'll never miss a single man from their tribe . " " Stay ! " exclaimed a soft toned , but fearfully alarmed female voice , which was easily to be traced to the ...
... Pawnee Loups are said to be hunting by hundreds in the plains ; if so , they'll never miss a single man from their tribe . " " Stay ! " exclaimed a soft toned , but fearfully alarmed female voice , which was easily to be traced to the ...
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... Pawnee , and the Konza , and men of a dozen other tribes , claim to own these naked fields . " " Natur gives them the lie in their teeth . The air , the water and the ground , are all free gifts to man , and no one has the power to ...
... Pawnee , and the Konza , and men of a dozen other tribes , claim to own these naked fields . " " Natur gives them the lie in their teeth . The air , the water and the ground , are all free gifts to man , and no one has the power to ...
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... Pawnee language , after examin ing the paint , and those other little signs by which a practised eye knows the tribe of the warrior he encounters in the American deserts , with the same readiness , and by the same sort of mysterious ...
... Pawnee language , after examin ing the paint , and those other little signs by which a practised eye knows the tribe of the warrior he encounters in the American deserts , with the same readiness , and by the same sort of mysterious ...
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... Pawnee - Loups , when this bargain was made ? " suddenly demanded the youthful warrior , a look of startling fierceness gleaming , at the same instant , athwart his dark visage . " Is a nation to be sold like the skin of a beaver ...
... Pawnee - Loups , when this bargain was made ? " suddenly demanded the youthful warrior , a look of startling fierceness gleaming , at the same instant , athwart his dark visage . " Is a nation to be sold like the skin of a beaver ...
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... Pawnee gracefully threw his shield over one shoulder , and placing a hand on his chest , he bent his head , in deference to the gray locks exhibited by the trapper ; after which his eye became more steady , and his countenance less ...
... Pawnee gracefully threw his shield over one shoulder , and placing a hand on his chest , he bent his head , in deference to the gray locks exhibited by the trapper ; after which his eye became more steady , and his countenance less ...
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Abiram already animal answered appeared arth Asinus band Battius beast bee-hunter Big-knives bison brave brother buffaloe chief colour companion countenance cried Dahcotah danger dark distance Doctor ears earth Ellen encampment enemies Esther exclaimed eyes father favour federacy girl glance grass grizzly bear hand Hard-Heart head heard heavens Hector horse hound hunter Indian Inez instant interrupted Ishmael Bush Kentucky less listened lodge look Lord Loups Mahtoree manner matter ment mind naturalist nature never nigh Obed old trapper Pale-face panion party passed Pawnee plain prairie quadruped reason Red-skin returned the trapper rifle rock savage seen silent Siouxes skin sleep speak spot squatter stood stranger tell tent Teton thicket thing thought tion tomahawk tongue tribe turned Uncas venison Vespertilio voice warrior Weucha whole wild woman words yonder young youth
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Seite 88 - The situation of the fugitives would have still been hazardous had not the area enlarged as the flame encircled them. But by advancing to the spot where the trapper had kindled the grass, they avoided the heat, and in a very few moments the flames began to recede in every quarter, leaving them enveloped in a cloud of smoke, but perfectly safe from the torrent of fire that was still furiously rolling onwards.
Seite vi - Wilkins, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book- the right whereof they claim as proprietors in the words following, to wi — pMvras A-óyet* fapttafiiottt lJtiXOÏf LböAEy^hV^j, ХЯ? ' In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 87 - But is this not fatal !" cried the amazed Middleton; "are you not bringing the enemy nigher to us instead of avoiding it?" " Do you scorch so easily ? your gran'ther had a tougher skin. But we shall live to see; we shall all live to see.
Seite 88 - Old trapper," cried Paul, thrusting his fingers through his shaggy locks, "I have lined many a loaded bee into his hole, and know something of the nature of the woods, but this is robbing a hornet of his sting without touching the insect !"
Seite 82 - When they reached the place, however, the stinted grass itself announced the absence of that moisture which had fed the rank weeds of most of the plain, and furnished a clue to the evidence by which he had judged of the formation of the ground hidden beneath. Here a few minutes were lost in breaking down the tops of the surrounding herbage...
Seite 231 - And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Seite 81 - Whither?" demanded the trapper, motioning him with calmness and dignity, to arrest his steps. " In this wilderness of grass and reeds, you are like a vessel in the broad lakes without a compass. A single step on the wrong course might prove the destruction of us all. It is seldom danger is so pressing that there is not time enough for reason to do its work young officer, therefore let us await its biddings.
Seite 21 - No," interrupted the luxurious bee-hunter. "Ay, boy, you have tasted, and you feel the genuine reasoning of the thing! But the herd is heading a little thisaway, and it behooves us to make ready for their visit. If we hide ourselves altogether, the horned brutes will break through the place and trample us beneath their feet, like so many creeping worms; so we will just put the weak ones apart, and take post, as becomes men and hunters, in the van.
Seite 82 - ... had fed the rank weeds of most of the plain, and furnished a clue to the evidence by which he had judged of the formation of the ground hidden beneath. Here a few minutes were lost in breaking down the tops of the surrounding herbage, which, notwithstanding the advantage of their position, rose even above the heads of Middleton and Paul, and in obtaining a look-out that might command a view of the surrounding sea of fire. The frightful prospect added nothing to the hopes of those who had so fearful...
Seite 81 - See, Middleton," exclaimed Inez, in a sudden burst of youthful pleasure, that caused her for a moment to forget her situation, " how lovely is that sky ; surely it contains a promise of happier times !" " It is glorious !" returned her husband. " Glorious and heavenly is that streak of vivid red, and here is a still brighter crimson ; rarely have I seen a richer rising of the sun.