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... still she had on board Ned Land, the prince of harpooners. Ned Land was a Canadian, with an uncommon quick- ness of hand, and who knew no equal in hi... ...is look, which gave a singular ex- pression to his face. Who calls himself Canadian calls himself French; and, little communicative as Ned Land was, I... ...r me to hear, that old language of Rabelais, which is still in use in some Canadian provinces. The harpooner’s family was originally from Quebec, and ... ...s recital took the form of an epic poem, and I seemed to be listening to a Canadian Homer singing the Iliad of the regions of the North. I am portrayi... ...pierced through and through.” “Wooden ships—that is possible,” replied the Canadian, “but I have never seen it done; and, until further proof, I deny ... ...ks, like those of Neptune’s old shepherds, graze fearlessly in the immense prairies of the ocean. I have a vast property there, which I cultivate myse... ...he waters of the Pacific Ocean. Here, there was no fine sand, no submarine prairies, no sea-forest. I immediately recognised that mar- vellous region ...

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...mbers to have been present at an interview between two chiefs of the Great Prairies west of the Mississippi, and when an interpreter was in attendance... ...ot have my confidence, and least of all at this moment. He is said to be a Canadian too; and yet he served with our friends the Mohawks, who, as you k... ...their guide, in order to diminish the marks of their trail, if, haply, the Canadian savages should be lurking so * In the state of Rhode Island there ... ...es? Where is ‘Le Gros Serpent’?” Duncan, who perceived by the use of these Canadian ap- pellations, that his late companions were much better known to... ...t Magua kept the sun in his face long enough to escape all danger from the Canadians?” he asked, as though no longer doubtful of the good intelligence... ...rounds and happy villages, to come and battle against the enemies of their Canadian fathers. He enumerated the warriors of the party; their several me...

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... South America at the time of their Discovery – Forests of North America – Prairies -Wandering T ribes of Natives – Their out- ward appearance, manner... ...of the great river, the woods almost disappeared; in their stead were seen prairies of immense extent. Whether Nature in her infinite variety had deni... ... South America at the time of their Discovery – Forests of North America – Prairies -Wandering T ribes of Natives – Their out- ward appearance, manner... ...of the great river, the woods almost disappeared; in their stead were seen prairies of immense extent. Whether Nature in her infinite variety had deni... ...ing seems to be more prejudicial to society than these virtues. The French Canadians, who have faithfully preserved the traditions of their pristine m... ...ons of Christianity and of freedom on the banks of the Missouri, or in the prairies of Illinois. Thus religious zeal is perpetually stimulated in the ... ...chased an extensive estate with the earnings of a short term of labor, the Canadian paid as much for land as he would have done in France. Nature offe... ...iking, that the English are the masters of commerce and manufacture in the Canadian 383 Tocqueville country, that they spread on all sides, and confi...

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...nd the place where he believed them to have taken refuge below. Should the Canadian Indians return on their own trail, and discover that made by the P... ...eir language, as a matter of course, and got his name from the Indians and Canadians, who are fond of calling men by their qualities, as it might be.”... ...n the other. North and west, they tell me, there is nothing but forest and prairies for a thou- sand miles.” “Thank God! then, there can be no French....

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...t openings. The herbage is rich, and the soil, though not fertile like the prairies of Illinois, or the river bottoms of the Mississippi and its tribu... ...ey have been carried hither and thither, through primeval forests and over prairies, with small hope of other traffic than that which they themselves ... ...tween us and them, it would depend mainly, I think, on the feelings of the Canadians. Neither could they annex Canada without the good-will of the Can...

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...splayed its superscription, and I could read the name of Smethurst, and the designation of ‘Canadian Felt Hat Manufacturers.’ There was no more hope o... ...the hat manufactory, Smethurst himself was standing in the garden gate. He was brushing one Canadian felt hat, and several others had been put to awai... ...nental railroad of America must remember the joy with which he perceived, after the tedious prairies of Nebraska and across the vast and dismal moorla...

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...wild, but oppressive in its barren monotony. I felt that in traversing the Prairies, I could never abandon myself to the scene, forgetful of all else;... ...ch the changing rain bows made! I never stirred in all that time from the Canadian side, whither I had gone at first. I never crossed the river again... ... secret despatches for the self styled Patriots on Navy Island, during the Canadian Insurrec tion: sometimes dressing as a girl, and carrying them in... ... height and water, which lies stretched out before the view, with miles of Canadian villages, glancing in long white streaks, like veins along the lan...

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...e shepherd’s eye were fixed upon the magic stream before him. Go visit the Prairies in June, when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee-deep amo... ...our Western annals and Indian traditions is that of the White Steed of the Prairies; a magnificent milk- white charger, large-eyed, small-headed, bluf... ...ing, goring bison herds are as present as to the deserted wild foal of the prairies, which this instant they may be trampling into dust. Thus, then, t... ...oned frosts of mountains; the desolate shiftings of the windrowed snows of prairies; all these, to Ishmael, are as the shaking of that buffalo robe to... ...f buffalo, which, not forty years ago, overspread by tens of thousands the prairies of Illinois and Missouri, and shook their iron manes and scowled w... ...ast they carry home the oil of forty fish. Whereas, in the days of the old Canadian and Indian hunt- ers and trappers of the West, when the far west (...

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...he shepherd’s eye were fixed upon the magic stream before him. Go visit the Prairies in June, when for scores on scores of miles you wade knee deep amo... ...our Western annals and Indian traditions is that of the White Steed of the Prairies; a magnificent milk white charger, large eyed, small headed, bluff ... ...ing, goring bison herds are as present as to the deserted wild foal of the prairies, which this instant they may be trampling into dust. Thus, then, t... ...oned frosts of mountains; the desolate shiftings of the windrowed snows of prairies; all these, to Ishmael, are as the shaking of that buffalo robe to... ...f buffalo, which, not forty years ago, overspread by tens of thousands the prairies of Illinois and Missouri, and shook their iron manes and scowled w... ...last they carry home the oil of forty fish. Whereas, in the days of the old Canadian and Indian hunters and trappers of the West, when the far west (in...

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... come. “At length the buffalo began to appear, grazing in herds on the great prairies which then bordered the river; and Marquette describes the fierc... ...y Mountains—a region of savannas and forests, sun cracked deserts and grassy prairies, watered by a thousand rivers, ranged by a thousand warlike trib... ... have a picture that will stay with you. And above Winona you’ll have lovely prairies; and then come the Thousand Islands, too beautiful for anything;... ...ch St. Paul now occupies, in June 1837. Yes, at that date, Pierre Parrant, a Canadian, built the first cabin, uncorked his jug, and began to sell whis...

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...ers, and imag- ine himself riding mustangs as fleet as the wind across the prairies of Western America, or coming as a conquering and adored white man... ...ing, land- ing and time-keeping for the hirers of two rowing boats and one Canadian canoe, baling out the said vessels and conceal- ing their leaks an...

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... in a series of scenes such as the taming of wild ponies upon the American prairies, or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a black promon... ... it all, that center which was constantly in the minds of people in remote Canadian forests and on the plains of India, when their thoughts turned to ...

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...oyalty. If the Canadas were to rebel now, I should be for putting down the Canadians with a strong hand; but not the less have I an idea that it will ... ...ot obliged to reach that place via Montreal. Quebec is the present seat of Canadian government, its 52 North America V ol. 1 turn for that honor havi... ... a separation shall ever take place, I trust that it may be caused, not by Canadian violence, but by British generosity. Such a separation, however, n... ...es from a richer to a poorer country. When I have said so, I have heard no Canadian absolutely deny it; though in refraining from denying it, they hav... ... staff in Canada than in the States. “I do not know that we are richer,” a Canadian says, “but on the whole we are doing better and are happier.” Now,... ...usion in which it is grown here, we do not know much. Better land than the prairies of Illinois for cereal crops the world’s surface prob- ably cannot... ... necessity for the long previous labor of banishing the forest. Enor- mous prairies stretch across the State, into which the plow can be put at once. ... ...State of New York to supply the wants of those who had immigrated into the prairies; and now we find that it will be the destiny of those prairies to ...

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...rub oak plateau to which the opposite shore arose, stretched away toward the prairies of the West and the steppes of Tartary, affording ample room for... ...he says, for he is above that, but to “keep himself in practice,” he being a Canadian by birth; and when I ask him what he considers the best thing he... ...on the other. But for the most part it is as solitary where I live as on the prairies. It is as much Asia Solitude 81 or Africa as New England. I hav... ...ad so suitable and poetic a name that I am sorry I cannot print it here, — a Canadian, a wood chopper and post maker, who can hole fifty posts in a day... ...uld greet me with a laugh of inexpressible satisfaction, and a salutation in Canadian French, though he spoke English as well. When I approached him h... ...t the world to be changed; but he answered with a chuckle of surprise in his Canadian accent, not knowing that the question had ever been entertained ... ... We are wont to forget that the sun looks on our cultivated fields and on the prairies and forests without distinction. They all reflect and absorb his ...

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...ub oak plateau to which the opposite shore arose stretched away toward the prairies of the West and the steppes of Tartary, affording ample room for a... ... says, for he is above that, but to “keep himself in practice,” he being a Canadian by birth; and when I ask him what he considers the best thing he c... ...he other. But for the most part it is as soli tary where I live as on the prairies. It is as much Asia or Africa as New England. I have, as it were, ... ...ad so suitable and poetic a name that I am sorry I cannot print it here a Canadian, a woodchopper and post maker, who can hole fifty posts in a day, ... ...d greet me with a laugh of inexpressible satisfaction, and a salutation in Canadian French, though he spoke English as well. When I approached him he ... ...re wont to forget that the sun looks on our cul tivated fields and on the prairies and forests without distinction. They all reflect and absorb his r...