| English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...Indian tailed not to notice— and alter his pantomimic eloquence had been completely thrown away, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted...out of the house with the speed of an antelope. The alarmed parents instantly followed, supplicating and imprecating at the top of their voices; — but... | |
| 1832 - 548 pages
...the Indian failed not to notice ; and after his pantomimic eloquence had been completely thrown away, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted...out of the house with the speed of an antelope. The alarmed parents instantly followed, supplicating and implicating at the top of their voices : but the... | |
| English periodicals - 1832 - 526 pages
...Indian failed not to notice — and after his pantomimic eloquence had been completely thrown away, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted out of the house with the speed of an .Tl6 3I7 antelope. The alarmed parents instantly followed, supplicating and imprecating at the top... | |
| Gerorge Turner (judge of the Western Territory.) - Indians of North America - 1836 - 206 pages
...old — a fact the Indian failed not to notice. After his pantomimic eloquence had been thrown away, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted...out of the house with the speed of an antelope. The alarmed parents instantly followed, supplicating and imploring, at the top of their voices. But the... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1838 - 444 pages
...to notice — and after hi» pantomimic eloquence had been completely thrown away, he approached tho cradle, seized the child, and darted out of the house with the speed of an antelope. The alarmed parent» instantly followed, supplicating and imprecating at tho top of their voices ; but... | |
| John Frost - Indian captivities - 1849 - 478 pages
...clothes. Three days after he returned, and endeavoured, partly by signs, and partly in broken English, to induce farmer M'Dougal to follow him into the forest...no such intention. He led them on, now slower, now 25 R faster, and occasionally turning towards them, laughing, and holding up the child to their view.... | |
| John Frost - Indian captivities - 1851 - 480 pages
...returned, and endeavoured, partly by signs, and partly in broken English, to induce farmer M'Dougai to follow him into the forest; but he refused. Time...no such intention. He led them on, now slower, now u R faster, aiid occasionally turning towards them, laughing, and holding up the child to their view.... | |
| John Frost - Indians of North America - 1860 - 416 pages
...fellow looked grieved and disappointed ; but a moment after, a sudden thought struck him. Mrs. M'Dougall had a young child, which the Indian's quick eye had not failed to notice; and finding that words and gestures would not persuade his Scotch friend, he approached the cradle, seized the child,... | |
| John Lauris Blake, Alexander Vietts Blake - Indians of North America - 1861 - 298 pages
...ANECDOTES. 235 the Indian failed not to notice. After his pantomimic eloquence had been thrown away, he approached the cradle, seized the child, and darted...out of the house with the speed of an antelope. The alarmed parents instantly followed, supplicating and imploring, at the top of their voices. But the... | |
| Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming - Bourbon County (Ky.) - 1869 - 310 pages
...clothes. Three days after, he returned and endeavored, partly by signs, and partly by broken English, to induce Farmer M'Dougal to follow him into the forest;...antelope. The father and mother instantly followed, calling loudly on him to return ; but he had no such intention. He led them on, now slower, now faster,... | |
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