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... shy that day , and the few that I did shoot were taken on the wing . I was about making up my mind to return home , when I beheld a single canvass - back rise from the water in the distance , and , Q THE OLD INDIAN .
... shy that day , and the few that I did shoot were taken on the wing . I was about making up my mind to return home , when I beheld a single canvass - back rise from the water in the distance , and , Q THE OLD INDIAN .
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Charles Lanman. rise from the water in the distance , and , seem- ingly unconscious of my presence , fly directly over my head . I fired at it , and the feathers flew . Slowly but surely the bird descended , and at last fell upon an ...
Charles Lanman. rise from the water in the distance , and , seem- ingly unconscious of my presence , fly directly over my head . I fired at it , and the feathers flew . Slowly but surely the bird descended , and at last fell upon an ...
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... water , so clear and pure that the shells upon the bottom were distinctly seen at the depth of twenty feet or more . I never troubled myself about the origin of this old Indian . His name , to what nation he belong- ed , or his reasons ...
... water , so clear and pure that the shells upon the bottom were distinctly seen at the depth of twenty feet or more . I never troubled myself about the origin of this old Indian . His name , to what nation he belong- ed , or his reasons ...
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... waters of the ever murmuring Raisin were clasped in his icy chains . In a little time I lost sight of my old friend , for his island home was desolate , - he had departed , no one knew where . Spring came , and I was sent to an eastern ...
... waters of the ever murmuring Raisin were clasped in his icy chains . In a little time I lost sight of my old friend , for his island home was desolate , - he had departed , no one knew where . Spring came , and I was sent to an eastern ...
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... waters . I have mused on the holy character of God , and on my own insignificance ; and these thoughts have made me humble , though con- tented and happy . In these solitudes I pre- pared myself to meet with fortitude the trou- bles and ...
... waters . I have mused on the holy character of God , and on my own insignificance ; and these thoughts have made me humble , though con- tented and happy . In these solitudes I pre- pared myself to meet with fortitude the trou- bles and ...
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