 | Henry Trumbull - America - 1846 - 354 pages
...clouds. All things were still. I kindled a fire near a fountain of sweet water, and feasted on the loin of a buck which I had killed a few hours before. The...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick cane-brakes, to avoid the savages, who, I believe, frequently visited my camp, but, fortunately for... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - Indians of North America - 1846 - 348 pages
...hours before. The shades of night soon overspread the hemisphere, and the earth seemed to gasp afier the hovering moisture. At a distance I frequently...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick cane-brakes, to avoid the savages, who, I believe, frequently visited my camp, but, fortunately for... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - Indians of North America - 1854 - 348 pages
...clouds. All things were still. I kindled a fire near a fountain of sweet water, and feasted on the loin of a buck which I had killed a few hours before. The...which had not been disturbed in my absence. I did not confme my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick cane-brakes, to avoid the savages, who, I believe,... | |
 | William Henry Bogart - Biography & Autobiography - 1854 - 416 pages
...part of the country, each day equally pleased as the first. I returned to my old camp, which was not disturbed in my absence. I did not confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick cane-brakes, to avoid the savages, who I believe often visited my camp, but fortunately for me, in... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 574 pages
...anxiety on my account, would have disposed me to melancholy if I had further indulged the thought. part of the country, each day equally pleasing as...camp, which had not been disturbed in my absence. I could not confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick canebrakes to avoid the savages, who... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...chased away the night. I eont nued this tour, and in a few days explored a considerable part of tho country, each day equally pleasing as the first ;...after which I returned to my old camp, which had not heen disturbed in my absence. I could not confine my lodging to it, hut often reposed in thick canebrakes... | |
 | John Warner Barber - United States - 1856 - 514 pages
...tour, and in a few days explored a considerable part of the country; each day equally pleased as at first ; after which I returned to my old camp, which...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick canebrakes, to avoid the savages, who, I believe, often visited my camp, but, fortunately for me, in... | |
 | Oliver Hampton Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 658 pages
...hours before. The shades of night soon overspread the hemisphere, and the envth seemed to be gasping after the hovering moisture. At a distance I frequently...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick canebrakes to avoid the savages, who, I believe, frequently visited my camp, but fortunately for me,... | |
 | Oliver Hampton Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 654 pages
...overspread the hemisphere, nnd the earth seemed to be gasping after the hovering moisture. At a distance 1 frequently heard the hideous yells of savages. My...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick canebrakes to avoid the savages, who, I believe, frequently visited my camp, but fortunately for me,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - United States - 1860 - 478 pages
...tour, and in a few days explored a considerable part of the country; each day equally pleased as at first ; after which I returned to my old camp, which...confine my lodging to it, but often reposed in thick canebrakes, to avoid the savages, who, I believe, often visited my camp, but, fortunately for me, in... | |
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My excursion had fatigued my body and amused my mind. I laid me down to sleep, and awoke not until the sun had chased away the night. I continued this tour, and in a few days explored a considerable part of the country, each day equally pleasing as the... 
