The Canadian North-west: Its History and Its Troubles, from the Early Days of the Fur-trade to the Era of the Railway and the SettlerRose Publishing Company, 1885 - 408 sider Includes appendix, The trial of Louis Riel: p.391-408. |
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The Canadian North-west: Its History and Its Troubles, from the Early Days ... Graeme Mercer Adam Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1885 |
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Side 187 - name— The prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo ! they stretch, In airy undulations, far away, As if the Ocean, in his gentlest swell, Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed, And motionless forever.
Side 59 - They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or any length of time, in this country, without their assistance. Women,' said he, again,' though they do everything, are maintained at a trifling expense; for as they always
Side 188 - Has left the blooming wilds he ranged so long, And nearer to the Rocky Mountains sought A wilder hunting-ground. The beaver builds No longer by these streams, but far away On waters whose blue surface ne'er gave back The white man's face.
Side 187 - seems A sacrilegious sound. I think of those Upon whose rest he tramples. Are they here— The dead of other days ? And did the dust Of these fair solitudes once stir with life And burn with passion
Side 37 - chanted in voices cracked and sharpened by the Northern blast, their merriment was echoed and prolonged by a mongrel legion of retainers, Canadian voyageurs, half-breeds, Indian hunters, and vagabond hangers-on, who feasted sumptuously without, on the crumbs from their table, and made the welkin ring with old French ditties, mingled with Indian yelps and yellings.
Side 71 - of neat and warm clothing for the winter. It is scarcely possible to conceive that a person in her forlorn situation could be so composed as to be capable of contriving, or executing, anything that was not absolutely necessary to her existence. But there was sufficient proof that she had extended her care much
Side 77 - gratification. But if their bad actions weigh down the balance, the stone canoe sinks at once, and leaves them up to their chins in the water, to behold and regret the reward enjoyed by the good, and eternally struggling, but with unavailing endeavours, to reach the blissful island, from which they are excluded for ever.
Side 87 - my voyages of discovery terminate. Their toils and their dangers, their solicitudes and sufferings, have not been exaggerated in my description. On the contrary, in many instances, language has failed me in the attempt to describe them. I received, however, the reward of my labours, for they were crowned with success.
Side 76 - wicked people, and had traversed a great lake, which was narrow, shallow, and full of islands, where they suffered great misery, it being always winter, with ice and deep snow. They believe, also, that in ancient times their ancestors lived till their feet were worn out with walking, and their throats with
Side 36 - and had a score of retainers at his command, felt like the chieftain of a' Highland clan, and was almost as important in the eyes of his dependants as of himself. To him a visit to the grand conference at Fort William was a most important event, and he repaired thither as to a meeting of Parliament.