 It appears that no article is spared by these unhappy men when a near relative dies ; their clothes and tents are cut to pieces, their guns broken, and every other weapon rendered useless, if some person do not remove these articles from their sight,...  The Conquest of Canada - Seite 242von George Warburton - 1849 - 508 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir John Franklin - 1988 - 502 Seiten
...token of their great grief for the loss of their relatives in the prevailing sickness. It appears that no article is spared by these unhappy men when a near...person do not remove these articles from their sight, which is seldom done. Mr. Back sketched one of the children. This delighted the father very much, who... | |
 | John Franklin - 2005 - 453 Seiten
...token of their great grief for the loss of their relatives in the prevailing sickness. It appears that no article is spared by these unhappy men when a near...person do not remove these articles from their sight, which is seldom done. Mr. Back sketched one of the children, which delighted the father very much,... | |
 | Lester Frank Ward - 1888 - 720 Seiten
...that his widow and children had to suffer great want. When, of the Chippewayans, we are told that ' no article is spared by these unhappy men when a near relative dies' — when we learn that among the Bagos, a chief's widows burn all their stores of food at his funeral... | |
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