...Islands, on the Northwest Coast of America, in Kamtschatka, Siberia, or Egypt, remarks of this sort escape him continually. He seems to have had in his...a club on the top of the head ; they fill it, when dresssed, with oil, paint, and the down of birds. They also paint their faces with red, blue, and white...

...had no sooner beheld these Americans," observes the enterprising Ledyard of the natives of Nootka, "than I set them down for the same kind of people,...copper-colored, and of an athletic make; they have long black hair."f " I have been forcibly struck," says Mr. Flint, " with the general resemblance in the countenance,...

...a Western Sea, and this idea seems to have flourished widely at mid-century. 9. John Ledyard wrote, "I had no sooner beheld these Americans than I set...that inhabit the opposite side of the continent." In her Passage to Glory Helen Augur comments with admiration on his recognition. By 1778 what other...

...happy." Ledyard immediately found that the Mowachaht reminded him of his Indian classmates at Dartmouth. "I had no sooner beheld these Americans than I set...that inhabit the opposite side of the continent." Even more interesting was their possession of trade goods from the east coast. He noted that their...

...and entertained. Corporal Ledyard spoke out directly to the men, saying loudly, "Mr. Cook, gentlemen, I set them down for the same kind of people that inhabit the opposite side of this continent." The ship's crewmen laughed and then commenced to trade priceless furs, beaver, bear,...

...and entertained. Corporal Ledyard spoke out directly to the men, saying loudly, "Mr. Cook, gentlemen, I set them down for the same kind of people that inhabit the opposite side of this continent." The ship's crewmen laughed and then commenced to trade priceless furs, beaver, bear,...