 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1852 - 364 pages
...they have wooden beds, and much other furniture, and even ornaments in their temples, where they inter the bones of their chiefs. They are dressed in white...however, full of confidence and marks of friendship. large and good. They have also many other kinds of fruittrees which I never saw in Europe ; but the... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1853 - 366 pages
...other Taensa address him with respect and ceremony. The sieur de la Salle being fatigued and nnable to go into the town, sent in the sieur de Tonty and...however, full of confidence and marks of friendship. The whole country is covered with palm-trees, laurels of two kinds, plums, peaches, mulberry, apple,... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - Mississippi River - 1852 - 368 pages
...Tonty and myself with presents. The chief of this nation not content with sending him provis- ; ions and other presents, wished also to see him, and accordingly,...grave demeanor during this visit, which was, however, ft,]} of eoi&dence and marks of friendship. The whole oonntr,. J8 c . large and good. They have also... | |
 | JOHN GILMARY SHEA - 1853 - 360 pages
...prepare a place, and cover it with a delicately-worked cane-mat. The chief who came some time after-was dressed in a fine white cloth, or blanket. He was...however, full of confidence and marks of friendship. The whole country is covered with palrn-trees, laurels of two kinds, plums, peaches, mulberry, apple,... | |
 | Chrestien Le Clercq - Canada - 1882 - 424 pages
...see him, and accordingly two hours before the time a master of ceremonies came, followed by six other men ; he made them clear the way he was to pass, prepare...carrying fans of white feathers. A third carried a copper blade and a round plate of the same metal, both highly x polished. He maintained an extremely grave... | |
 | Chrestien Le Clercq - Canada - 1882 - 386 pages
...; he made them clear the way he was to pass, prepare a place, and cover it with a delicatelyworked cane-mat. The chief, who came some time after, was...carrying fans of white feathers. A third carried a copper blade and a round plate of the same metal, both highly polished. He maintained an extremely grave demeanor... | |
 | Lucien Carr - Indians of North America - 1897 - 84 pages
...white cloth or blanket, and was preceded by two men carrying fans of white feathers, and a third who carried "a copper plate, and a round one of the same metal, both highly polished." Shifting, now, our field of observation to Canada, we are told by Cartier,2 who was on the St. Lawrence... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Electronic journals - 1898 - 574 pages
...white cloth or blanket, and was preceded by two men carrying fans of white feathers, and a third who carried "a copper plate, and a round one of the same metal, both highly polished." Shifting, now, our field of observation to Canada, we are told by Cartier,2 who was on the St. Lawrence... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - Louisiana Purchase - 1904 - 696 pages
...the way he [the chief] was to pass, prepare a place, and cover it with a delicately worked cane mat. The chief, who came some time after, was dressed in...polished. He maintained a very grave demeanor during the visit, which was, however, full of confidence and marks of friendship."2 Such regal dignity on... | |
 | Isaac Joslin Cox - Explorers - 1905 - 338 pages
...establish identity. They call themselves Oguapas, and never use the term "Arkansas."— (Nuttal. ) ter the bones of their chiefs. They are dressed in...however, full of confidence and marks of friendship. The whole country is covered with palmtrees, laurels of two kinds, plums, peaches, mulberry, apple,... | |
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Tonty and myself with presents. The chief of this nation, not content with sending him provisions and other presents, wished also to see him, and accordingly, two hours before the time a master of ceremonies came, followed by six men ; he made them clear... 
