Oregon and Eldorado: Or, Romance of the Rivers [Columbia and Amazon]J. E. Tilton and Company, 1866 - 464 pages |
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adventurers Amazon Amazon River Andoas animal antelope appearance arrived ascended baggage banks basaltic boat brigantine brought buffaloes called Cametá camp canoes Cape Disappointment Capt carried chief Clarke Clatsops coast Columbia Columbia River continued covered creek distance Drewyer eight Eldorado encamped expedition feet fire fish five forest formed Fort Clatsop four galiot gave grass head herd hills horses houses hundred and fifty hunters inches Indians inhabitants island Jefferson River journey labor land Lewis Madame Godin MAMELUCOS Mandans miles Missouri moccasons montaria morning mountains mouth natives navigable night Omaguas Orellana Pará party passed Peru plains pounds provisions Quito rain Raleigh rapid reached region river rocks roots round route seemed seen sent shore Shoshonees side skin soon Spaniards species stream tion took travellers trees tribe twelve twenty vessel village voyage Walla-walla Wappatoo Island whole women yards
Popular passages
Page 28 - The men shave the hair off their heads, except a small tuft on the top, which they suffer to grow and wear in plaits over the shoulders; to this they seem much attached, as the loss of it is the usual sacrifice at the death of near relations.
Page 242 - The soil of the top is five or six feet deep, of a good quality, and covered with short grass. The Indians have carved the figures of animals and other objects on the sides of the rock, and on the top are raised two piles of stones.
Page 45 - The whole religion of the Mandans consists in the belief of one great spirit presiding over their destinies. This being must be in the nature of a good genius since it is associated with the healing art, and the great spirit is synonymous with great medicine, a name also applied to every thing which they do not comprehend.
Page 9 - At eight, am, being a little to windward of the entrance of the Harbor, bore away, and run in eastnorth-east between the breakers, having from five to seven fathoms of water. When we were over the bar, we found this to be a large river of fresh water, up which we steered.
Page 41 - This being over, we proceeded to distribute the presents with great ceremony. One chief of each town was acknowledged by a gift of a flag, a medal with the likeness of the President of the United States, a uniform coat, hat, and feather. To the second chiefs we gave a medal representing some domestic animals, and a loom for weaving; to the third chiefs, medals with the impression of a farmer sowing grain.
Page 25 - After he had ceased, the great chief rose and delivered an harangue to the same effect: then with great solemnity he took some of the most delicate parts of the dog, which was cooked for the festival, and held it to the flag by way of sacrifice: this done, he held up the pipe of peace, and first pointed it towards the heavens, then to the four quarters of the globe, and then to the earth, made a short speech, lighted the pipe, and presented it to us.
Page 146 - On entering one of the houses he found it crowded with men, women, and children, who immediately provided a mat for him to sit on, and one of the party undertook to prepare something to eat.
Page 26 - Having arranged themselves in two columns, one on each side of the fire, as soon as the music began they danced towards each other till they met in the centre, when the rattles were shaken, and they all shouted and returned back to their places. They have no step, but shuffle along the ground ; nor does the music appear to be any thing more than a confusion of noises, distinguished only by hard or gentle blows upon the buffalo skin: the song is perfectly extemporaneous.
Page 246 - ... one, and as he had always performed his duty, and his services might be dispensed with, we agreed that he might go, provided none of the rest would ask or expect a similar indulgence. To this they cheerfully answered that they wished Colter every success, and would not apply for liberty to separate before we reached St. Louis. We therefore supplied him, as did his comrades also, with powder and lead, and a variety of articles which might be useful to him, and he left us the next day.
Page 83 - It is heard at diiferent periods of the day and night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without a cloud, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or six discharges in quick succession. It is loud, and resembles precisely the sound of a six-pound piece of ordnance at the distance of three miles.