 we must, indeed, ask the aid of the Virgin." Armed with bows and arrows, with clubs, axes, and bucklers, amidst continual whoops, the natives, bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but, at the sight of the mysterious...  History of the Colonization of the United States - Page 159by George Bancroft - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 526 pages
...only speak by an interpreter. He held, however, aloft, the peace-pipe given him by the Illinois, and " God touched the hearts of the old men, who checked...impetuosity of the young ;" and throwing their bows and arrows into. their canoes, as a token of peace, prepared for the discoverers a hospitable reception.... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Authors - 1845 - 662 pages
...bent on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but, at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...containing ten men, escorted the discoverers, for ejght or ten leagues, to the village of Akansea, the limit of their voyage. They had left the region... | |
 | Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 744 pages
...neck by the chieftain upon the Des Moines, he raised it aloft At the sight of the mysterious emblem, " God touched the hearts of the old men, who checked...of peace, they prepared a hospitable welcome."* The tribe of Illinois, that inhabited its bank, entreated MARQUETTE to come and reside among them. One... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - Cuba - 1853 - 670 pages
...bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees; but at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...token of peace, they prepared a hospitable welcome.' " Thus had the travelers descended below the entrance of the Arkansas to the genial climes which have... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - Cuba - 1853 - 478 pages
...bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...token of peace, they prepared a hospitable welcome.' *' Thus had the travellers descended below the entrance of the Arkansas to the genial climes which... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - Cuba - 1853 - 486 pages
...bent on war, embarked in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees ; but at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...impetuosity of the young ; and throwing their bows and bears his name. Near its mouth the canoe-men dug his grave in the sand. Ever after, the forest-rangers,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...made out of the trunks ol hollow trees; but, at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held alolt, God touched the hearts of the old men, who checked...canoes, as a token of peace, they prepared a hospitable weleome. The next day. a long, wooden canoe, containing ten men, escorted the discoverers, for eight... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1859 - 460 pages
...natives, bent on war, eame to meet them in vart eanoes made out of hollow trees; but at sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the hearts of the old men, who cheeked the impetuosity of the young, and throwing their bows and quivers into the eanoes, as a token... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - United States - 1860 - 458 pages
...natives, bent on war, came to meet them in vast canoes made out of hollow trees ; but at sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...and quivers into the canoes, as a token of peace, prepared a hospitable welcome. " The next day, a long wooden canoe, containing ten men, escorted the... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 506 pages
...benl on war, embark in vast canoes made out of the trunks of hollow trees; but, at the sight of the mysterious peace-pipe held aloft, God touched the...checked the impetuosity of the young , and, throwing thfeir bows and quivers into the canoes, as a token of peace, they prepared a hospitable welcome. The... | |
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