Life Amongst the Indians: A Book for YouthD. Appleton & Company, 1867 - 339 sider George Catlin's memories of various encounters with Indians in both North and South America during his life. |
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... hunting and fishing . My father and mother had great difficulty in turning my attention from these to books ; but when at the proper age , I commenced reading the law for a profession . I attended the law school of the celebrated Judges ...
... hunting and fishing . My father and mother had great difficulty in turning my attention from these to books ; but when at the proper age , I commenced reading the law for a profession . I attended the law school of the celebrated Judges ...
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... hunters to be very creditable to me . But I began now to feel a higher ambition - that of killing a deer , for which the rifles of my two elder brothers were the weapons requisite , and which ( they being absent , and pursuing their ...
... hunters to be very creditable to me . But I began now to feel a higher ambition - that of killing a deer , for which the rifles of my two elder brothers were the weapons requisite , and which ( they being absent , and pursuing their ...
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... hunters , which lie in wait for them . Stimulated by the proofs above named , and my recol- lections yet fresh , of the recitals of several of the neigh- bouring hunters of their great success in the " Old Saw- mill Lick , " I resolved ...
... hunters , which lie in wait for them . Stimulated by the proofs above named , and my recol- lections yet fresh , of the recitals of several of the neigh- bouring hunters of their great success in the " Old Saw- mill Lick , " I resolved ...
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... hunting , for which his success had gained him a great reputation in that vicinity . He often supplied my father with venison , and as he took a peculiar fancy to me for my hunting propensities , one can easily see how I became attached ...
... hunting , for which his success had gained him a great reputation in that vicinity . He often supplied my father with venison , and as he took a peculiar fancy to me for my hunting propensities , one can easily see how I became attached ...
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... hunter . " He laid his pipe down , and very deliberately climbing over the fence , stepped into the shade of the forest , where he had suspended it , and brought a small saddle of ... hunting grounds . 28 On - o - gong - way's Story .
... hunter . " He laid his pipe down , and very deliberately climbing over the fence , stepped into the shade of the forest , where he had suspended it , and brought a small saddle of ... hunting grounds . 28 On - o - gong - way's Story .
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