Life on the Lakes; Being Tales and Sketches Collected During a Trip to the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior Volume 2 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... war chief--the victorous Cheamick--now in the very height of his fame, was not to be rejected. Mozojeed expressed a glad assent to the change of parties in the proposed alliance: "Cheamick is a great Chief--Opeetah will be happy in his lodge." His words were echoed by all the council. While the head men were expressing each in his turn their assent, Cheamick kept his eye fixed upon his nephew; the Twin Bird tried more than once to meet that frowning glance with a look of fearless pride; but the habits of a life are not to be overcome in a moment. His eye, despite his utmost efforts, quailed under the commanding glance of his uncle; and when it came to his turn to speak, though he tried to utter something, yet the warrior who sat next him pronounced his " Cheamick wise" in a tone so loud that the words of Neez-Opinais were unheard, if indeed he spake any. The marriage treaty was immediately concluded, and the council broke up. Neez-Opinais passed from the lodge to his own. He spoke to no one, either remonstrance or complaint; but entering in silence, he collected a few of his most valuable articles of dress; and taking his rifle, his knife, and his tomahawk, he went out. As he crossed the open space round which the lodges were built, he heard a wild shriek in the well-known voice of Opeetah; yet he paused not--he did not even turn his head to the sound--but walking slowly to the wood, passed into it, and was seen no more. The wedding feast of Cheamick was celebrated the next day, and on the following morning he returned to his lodge on the Point. Three months passed away, and yet nothing was heard of the Twin Bird, he had never been seen since, the day he left his lodge at the Marais. Opeetah was miserable, nor was her husband much less so. That...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... war chief--the victorous Cheamick--now in the very height of his fame, was not to be rejected. Mozojeed expressed a glad assent to the change of parties in the proposed alliance: "Cheamick is a great Chief--Opeetah will be happy in his lodge." His words were echoed by all the council. While the head men were expressing each in his turn their assent, Cheamick kept his eye fixed upon his nephew; the Twin Bird tried more than once to meet that frowning glance with a look of fearless pride; but the habits of a life are not to be overcome in a moment. His eye, despite his utmost efforts, quailed under the commanding glance of his uncle; and when it came to his turn to speak, though he tried to utter something, yet the warrior who sat next him pronounced his " Cheamick wise" in a tone so loud that the words of Neez-Opinais were unheard, if indeed he spake any. The marriage treaty was immediately concluded, and the council broke up. Neez-Opinais passed from the lodge to his own. He spoke to no one, either remonstrance or complaint; but entering in silence, he collected a few of his most valuable articles of dress; and taking his rifle, his knife, and his tomahawk, he went out. As he crossed the open space round which the lodges were built, he heard a wild shriek in the well-known voice of Opeetah; yet he paused not--he did not even turn his head to the sound--but walking slowly to the wood, passed into it, and was seen no more. The wedding feast of Cheamick was celebrated the next day, and on the following morning he returned to his lodge on the Point. Three months passed away, and yet nothing was heard of the Twin Bird, he had never been seen since, the day he left his lodge at the Marais. Opeetah was miserable, nor was her husband much less so. That...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

Release date

July 2012

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July 2012

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

46

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978-0-217-60192-4

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9780217601924

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0-217-60192-8



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