Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 4C. Sherman, 1849 |
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Strana 46
... distance over the adjoining plain . This being made quite smooth , and having dry grass laid on it , they were precipitated with great velocity down it , and , it is said , were frequently carried a half , and sometimes a whole mile ...
... distance over the adjoining plain . This being made quite smooth , and having dry grass laid on it , they were precipitated with great velocity down it , and , it is said , were frequently carried a half , and sometimes a whole mile ...
Strana 55
... distance to which this could be thrown or rolled , which was said to be sometimes upwards of a mile . In some places they had trenches dug for this game upwards of a mile in length , about three feet wide and two deep , with the bottom ...
... distance to which this could be thrown or rolled , which was said to be sometimes upwards of a mile . In some places they had trenches dug for this game upwards of a mile in length , about three feet wide and two deep , with the bottom ...
Strana 56
... distance of fifteen or twenty paces from three or four others , who endeavoured to hit him . He evaded the spears by throwing his body on one side , stooping , and dodging , in a very graceful manner . After this they were ordered to ...
... distance of fifteen or twenty paces from three or four others , who endeavoured to hit him . He evaded the spears by throwing his body on one side , stooping , and dodging , in a very graceful manner . After this they were ordered to ...
Strana 58
... distance . A road for wheel - car- riages might be constructed from one end of the island to the other without difficulty , and with little expense ; and this is the only island of the group where it would be practicable from end to end ...
... distance . A road for wheel - car- riages might be constructed from one end of the island to the other without difficulty , and with little expense ; and this is the only island of the group where it would be practicable from end to end ...
Strana 60
... distance between Koloa and Waimea was found to be a series of sunburnt hills and barren plains , sloping gradually from the base of the mountains to the ocean , and now and then intersected with ravines , or , as they are called in the ...
... distance between Koloa and Waimea was found to be a series of sunburnt hills and barren plains , sloping gradually from the base of the mountains to the ocean , and now and then intersected with ravines , or , as they are called in the ...
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appearance arrival banks black ledge boats canoes Captain cattle CHARLES WILKES chiefs coast Columbia Columbia river consequence covered Cowlitz crater cultivation difficulty distance district Drayton duties encamped Engraved falls fifty fish formed Fort Colville harbour Hawaii Hawaiian height hills Hilo Honolulu horses hour Hudson Bay Company hundred feet Indians island Judd Kaahumanu Kamehameha III Kauai Kilauea kind king labour Lahaina lake land latter lava Lieutenant Budd Lieutenant Johnson longitude Maui Mauna Kea Mauna Loa Messrs miles mission missionaries morning mountain natives night Nisqually o'clock Oahu observations obtained officers party passed plain Porpoise prairie quantities reached river rock route salmon scoria seemed seen ship shore side snow soil station stream summit supply survey thing thousand tion took trees tribe twenty Vancouver vessels Vincennes Wallawalla whole Willamette wind wood