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Excerpt from Les Bourgeois De La Compagnie Du Nord-Ouest: Récits De Voyages, Lettres Et Rapports Inédits Relatifs Au Nord-Ouest Canadien
He had great faith in his pocket pistols, and was very apt to resort to them as the readiest mode of settling his little controversies with his mates. Fortunately for him, while at Grand Portage, he happened to fall in with ''a burly N orth-west clerk, who, instead of yeild ing to his bad temper or accepting the judgment of the pocket pistols. Went for a bit of rope and threatened the ambitious young duellist with a good thrashing. This seems to have quieted him for some time.
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He had great faith in his pocket pistols, and was very apt to resort to them as the readiest mode of settling his little controversies with his mates. Fortunately for him, while at Grand Portage, he happened to fall in with ''a burly N orth-west clerk, who, instead of yeild ing to his bad temper or accepting the judgment of the pocket pistols. Went for a bit of rope and threatened the ambitious young duellist with a good thrashing. This seems to have quieted him for some time.
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
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Author
L. R. Masson
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ISBN - 9780331398298
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 509
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L. R. Masson
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ISBN - 9781332233465
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 511
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