 Near the latitude of thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans since the days of De Soto. ' Now, ' thought Marquette, ' we must indeed ask the aid...  HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES - Seite 160von GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Bancroft - 1841 - 366 Seiten
...of thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans...of the trunks of hollow trees ; but, at the sight ofthe mysterious peacepipe held aloft, God touched the hearts of the old men, who checked the impetuosity... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 662 Seiten
...of thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans...with bows and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amid continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow... | |
 | James Dixon - 1849 - 522 Seiten
...latitude of 33 degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchinganua, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans...and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amidst continued whoops, the natives, bent on war, embarked in vast canoes, made out of the trunks of hollow... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - 1849 - 734 Seiten
...bank of the Mississippi. There, the natives assembled, armed for war, and threatened an .attack. " Now," thought MARQUETTE, "we must indeed ask the aid of the virgin;" but trusting rather to the potency of a peace-pipe, embellished with the head and neck of brilliant... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 478 Seiten
...of the Chickasas, the Indians had guns. " They reached the village of Mitchigamea,-in a region which had not been visited by Europeans since the days of...amidst continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but at the sight of the mysterious... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 486 Seiten
...of the Chickasas, the Indians had guns. " They reached the village of Mitchigamea, in a region which had not been visited by Europeans since the days of...amidst continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but at the sight of the mysterious... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 670 Seiten
...the Chickasaws, the Indians had guns. " They reached the village of Mitchigamea, in a region which had not been visited by Europeans since the days of...with bows and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amid continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1856 - 754 Seiten
...of thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans...with bows and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amid continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitohigamea, in the region that had not been visited by Europeans since...Virgin.'* Armed with bows and arrows, with clubs, ases, and bucklers, amidst continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 Seiten
...the latitude of 33 degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans since the days of Do Soto.* " Now," thought Marquette, " we must indeed ask the aid of the Virgin." Armed with bows and... | |
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