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Excerpt from Sport and Adventures Among the North-American Indians
Leave England - Voyage and arrival at Quebec - Proceed to Toronto and then to St. Paul''s - Threatened rising of the Sioux. Its causes. The storm bursts. - We start for Fort Carlton. - Description of journey - Arrival at Fort Abercrombie. - Hostile Indians - Reach Georgetown. Attack on Fort Abercrombie. Barbarity of the Indians - Retreat in canoes - Awful storm. - Arrival at Pembina. - Arrival at Fort Garry - Our Guide and preparations to start. The early bird catches the worm. - A red-river cart. - Leave Fort Garry - Crossing the Saskatchawan. - Arrival at Fort Carlton. - Fight between bloodhound and wolf.-i astonish the Indians.
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Leave England - Voyage and arrival at Quebec - Proceed to Toronto and then to St. Paul''s - Threatened rising of the Sioux. Its causes. The storm bursts. - We start for Fort Carlton. - Description of journey - Arrival at Fort Abercrombie. - Hostile Indians - Reach Georgetown. Attack on Fort Abercrombie. Barbarity of the Indians - Retreat in canoes - Awful storm. - Arrival at Pembina. - Arrival at Fort Garry - Our Guide and preparations to start. The early bird catches the worm. - A red-river cart. - Leave Fort Garry - Crossing the Saskatchawan. - Arrival at Fort Carlton. - Fight between bloodhound and wolf.-i astonish the Indians.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Charles Alston Messiter
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266684985
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 386
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Contributors
Author
Charles Alston Messiter
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331394907
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 388
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