... amongst the wild Indians in this country there are no beggars — no drunkards — and every man, from a beautiful natural precept, studies to keep his body and mind in such a healthy shape and condition as will at all times enable him to use his... Curiosities of Savage Life - Page 329by James Greenwood - 1863 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Catlin - 1841 - 436 pages
...white people have made beggars of them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whiskey enough for one...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. 123 As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once,... | |
| George Catlin - 1842 - 442 pages
...white people have made beggars of them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whiskey enough for one...studies to keep his body and mind in such a healthy •hape and condition as will at all times enable him to use his weapons in self-defence, or struggle... | |
| George Catlin - 1845 - 432 pages
...white people have made beggars of them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whiskey enough for one...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. 123 As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and maay times not more than once,... | |
| George Catlin - 1850 - 448 pages
...white people have made beggars of them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whiskey enough for one...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. 123 As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once,... | |
| Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1856 - 742 pages
...and native dignity of the uncontaminated. "Amongst the wild Indians in this country," says Catlin, " there are no beggars — no drunkards — and every...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games." The usual custom of polygamy was universally practiced among the Mandans, by all whose rank, position... | |
| George Catlin - 1857 - 480 pages
...them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whisky enough for one feast and one carouse : but amongst...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once, and... | |
| George Catlin - 1857 - 474 pages
...them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whisky enough for one feast and one carouse ; but amongst...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once, and... | |
| Canada. Sauvages Commissaires pour S'Enquerir de Affaires des - 1858 - 806 pages
...them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whisky enough for one feast and one carouse ; but amongst...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. As I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once, and... | |
| George Catlin - 1859 - 886 pages
...them, and they have nothing to do but lie under a fence and beg a whole week to get meat and whisky enough for one feast and one carouse ; but amongst...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games. Aa I before observed, these men generally eat but twice a day, and many times not more than once, and... | |
| Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1860 - 736 pages
...and native dignity of the uncontaminated. " Amongst the wild Indians in this country," says Catlin, " there are no beggars — no drunkards — and every...self-defence, or struggle for the prize in their manly games." The usual custom of polygamy was universally practised among the Mandans, by all whose rank, position... | |
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