The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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Page 170
... race , or from civilisation of any sort . Accordingly , it was common among the servants of the great Fur Companies to take a daughter of the land to wife , not only because few white women cared to take up their lot with the rovers of ...
... race , or from civilisation of any sort . Accordingly , it was common among the servants of the great Fur Companies to take a daughter of the land to wife , not only because few white women cared to take up their lot with the rovers of ...
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... races , and the home of a generous manly race , who are fast filling up all the solitary places of the great region they have invaded . Such , at a glance , is North - West America . To me the North - West has even a deeper and a more ...
... races , and the home of a generous manly race , who are fast filling up all the solitary places of the great region they have invaded . Such , at a glance , is North - West America . To me the North - West has even a deeper and a more ...
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... race innocent of sentiment as of science , and ignorant of the grand old past , are filling the places that a few years ago knew them not ; and though they may bring many of the advantages of civilisation , yet with them will depart ...
... race innocent of sentiment as of science , and ignorant of the grand old past , are filling the places that a few years ago knew them not ; and though they may bring many of the advantages of civilisation , yet with them will depart ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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