Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... head - dress of plumes , taken from the eagle or the raven ; and over all stood forth , in full relief , the fierce - looking head and horns of the buffalo , which was , by a universal regulation among the Mandans , possessed by every ...
... head - dress of plumes , taken from the eagle or the raven ; and over all stood forth , in full relief , the fierce - looking head and horns of the buffalo , which was , by a universal regulation among the Mandans , possessed by every ...
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... head to foot . Then , other robes are soaked in water till quite soft , and these are also bandaged round the body with great care and exactness , so as entirely to exclude the action of the air . There is then a separate scaffold ...
... head to foot . Then , other robes are soaked in water till quite soft , and these are also bandaged round the body with great care and exactness , so as entirely to exclude the action of the air . There is then a separate scaffold ...
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... head of age , but a colour which appears from earliest youth . From these and other circumstances , Mr. Catlin was induced to believe that the Mandan Indians were a foreign race , introduced into the far West of North America at a ...
... head of age , but a colour which appears from earliest youth . From these and other circumstances , Mr. Catlin was induced to believe that the Mandan Indians were a foreign race , introduced into the far West of North America at a ...
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... head from her wigwam to the water's edge , and having stepped into the coracle , stand in front , and propel it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her , instead of paddling by the side . The prairies of North America , west ...
... head from her wigwam to the water's edge , and having stepped into the coracle , stand in front , and propel it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her , instead of paddling by the side . The prairies of North America , west ...
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... head over his own shoulders , and , armed with the short , sinewy bow , and a handful of arrows , crawls towards the herd on his hands and knees , until he approaches within a few rods of the unsuspecting group , and easily shoots down ...
... head over his own shoulders , and , armed with the short , sinewy bow , and a handful of arrows , crawls towards the herd on his hands and knees , until he approaches within a few rods of the unsuspecting group , and easily shoots down ...
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abound animals appear arctic ASHANTEE CHIEF beast beneath bird-nester birds boats body BOOTHIA FELIX buffalo Captain Harris Captain Ross carcase catching Catlin China Chinese civilized climate coast colour comfort Confucius coracle courage covered deer dogs dressed duction earth eggs eider-duck elephant engraving Esquimaux European feet forests frozen Fury Beach gannet grass Greenland habits hair Hebrides herd Hindoo hundred Indian inhabited jungle king land Laplander length lichen living lodges MANDAN INDIANS Mandans manner miles monante Moselekatse nation natives nests night North America northern Norway once parsee passed perish Polar Sea poor pounds weight reach regions reindeer rivers robes rock rope round sachems sail sea-fowl seemed ship shore side Sir Felix Booth skin sledges snow soon spear spot stick summer thousand tiger Tiriksiu trees tribe vessel Victory village visited voyage wigwam wild winter wolf wolves wood