 | Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock - 1860 - 358 Seiten
...particular flie dress confirmed our conjectures as to his rank or office in the late expedition,—the blue jacket with slashed sleeves and braided edging,...of the white man, if in any way useful to them. Dr. Rae obtained a piece of flannel, marked " F. D. -V., 1845," from the Esquimaux of Boothia or llepulse... | |
 | Sir John Leslie, Hugh Murray, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1860 - 696 Seiten
...walking, and to have fallen upon his face in the position in which we found him. It was a melancholy truth the old woman spoke when she said,' They fell down and died as they walked along.'" f ... , , „, , , , r , information M'Clintock had strong hope of finding some record in Cape Herthe... | |
 | Georg Ludwig Hartwig - 1869 - 614 Seiten
...his face in the position in which we found him. It was a melancholy truth that the old woman spake, when she said, "they fell down and died as they walked along." ' Meanwhile Lieutenant Hobson, who was exploring with another sledge party the north-western coast... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 Seiten
...his face in the position in which we found him. It was a melancholy truth that the old woman spake when she said, ' They fell down and died as they walked along.' " Meanwhile Lieutenant Hobson, who was exploring with another sledge party the north-western coast... | |
 | North - 1875 - 378 Seiten
...but a few detached sentences, in no way bearing on the fate of the expedition, has been made out. " It was a melancholy truth that the old woman spoke...' they fell down, and died as they walked along.' .... This poor man seems to have selected the bare ridge top, as affording the least tiresome walking,... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 364 Seiten
...to have selected the bare ridge-top as affording the least tiresome walking, and ti have fallen on his face in the position in which we found him. "...of the white man, if in any way useful to them. Dr. Rae obtained a piece of flannel marked ' FDV, 1845/ from the Esquimaux of Boothia or Repulse Bay ;... | |
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I do not think the Esquimaux had discovered this skeleton, or they would have carried off the brush and comb : superstition prevents them from disturbing their own dead, but would not keep them from appropriating the property of the white man if in any... 