 | George Catlin - 1842 - 490 Seiten
...the water's edge, and having steppe J into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her p&Ad\e forward, and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side. In referring to PLATE 240, letter c, page 138, the reader will see several drawings of these seemingly... | |
 | Man - 1849 - 124 Seiten
...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 of the Mississippi, abound with vast herds of buffaloes, which... | |
 | George Catlin - 1857 - 452 Seiten
...wigwam to the water's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward, and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side. How far these extraordinary facts may go in the estimation of the reader, with numerous others which... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - 1861 - 546 Seiten
...wigwam to the water's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side.' t See Vol. 1 of the Archseologia Americana, p. 805. is absurd to suppose that they were Welsh. Welsh... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - 1900 - 1018 Seiten
...wigwam to the water's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side." " How far these extraordinary facts may go in the estimation of the reader, with numerous others which... | |
 | Peter De Roo - 1900 - 658 Seiten
...wigwam to the water's edge, and, having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side." 2 The peculiarity of their physical appearance was such that, when he first saw them, he was under... | |
 | Reuben Thomas Durrett - 1908 - 264 Seiten
...wigwam to the water's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward and drawing it to her instead of paddling by the side. How far these extraordinary facts may go in the estimation of the reader, with numerous others I have... | |
 | George Catlin - 2001 - 458 Seiten
...wigwam to the mater's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels it by dipping her paddle forward, and drawing it to her, instead of paddling by the side. In referring to 'Fig. 240, letter c, page 158, the reader will see several drawings of these seemingly... | |
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... the skins of buffaloes, stretched underneath a frame made of willow or other boughs, and shaped nearly round, like a tub ; which the woman carries on her head from her wigwam to the water's edge, and having stepped into it, stands in front, and propels... 