 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1815 - 466 lehte
...cross-bars, or round sticks, two or three inches in thickness, which are inserted through holes made just below the gunwale, and made fast with cords....seas, where other boats or seamen could not live an 407 instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement ; except when any large wave throws... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1817 - 678 lehte
...in the stern, and steers with a paddle, the others kneel in pairs in the bottom of the canoe, ar.d sitting on their heels, paddle over the gunwale next...concern in seas where other boats or seamen could not liye an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement, except •when any large wave... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 lehte
...the canoe, and sitting on their heels, paddle over the gunwale next to them. In this way they ride in perfect safety the highest waves, and venture without...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement; except when any large wave throws the boat on... | |
 | Ross Cox - 1831 - 400 lehte
...ingenuity, by inlaying and mortising, without a spike of any kind. The paddle is usually from four and a half to five feet in length ; the handle being...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement, except when any large wave throws the boat on... | |
 | Ross Cox - 1831 - 404 lehte
...ingenuity, by inlaying and mortising, without a spike of any kind. The paddle is usually from four and a half to five feet in length ; the handle being...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement, except when any large wave throws the boat on... | |
 | Ross Cox - 1832 - 334 lehte
...paddle is usually from four and a half to five feet in length ; the handle being thick for one third of its length, when it widens and is hollowed and...without the least concern in seas where other boats and seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement, except when... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1843 - 416 lehte
...paddle is usually from four feet and a half to five feet in length, the handle being thick for one third of its length, when it widens, and is hollowed and...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly, with no other movement but that required in paddling, except a large wave chances... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1844 - 456 lehte
...in> the bottom of the canoe, and, sitting on, their heels, paddle 'over the gunwafe next to them, {n this way they ride with perfect safety the highest...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly, with no other movement but that required in paddling, except a large wave chances... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - 1847 - 416 lehte
...paddle is usually from four feet and a half to five feet in length, the handle being thick for one third of its length, when it widens, and is hollowed and...where other boats or seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly, with no other movement but that required in paddling, except a large wave chances... | |
 | Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1853 - 732 lehte
...of a single trunk of a tree, which is generally white cedar, though the fir is sometimes used. * * When they embark, one Indian sits in the stern, and...without the least concern in seas where other boats and seamen could not live an instant. They sit quietly and paddle, with no other movement, except when... | |
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When they embark, one Indian sits in the stern and steers with a paddle, the others kneel in pairs in the bottom of the canoe, and sitting on their heels paddle over the gunwale next to them. In this way they ride with perfect safety the highest waves,... 
