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Article THE OLD BOATMAN. ← Page 3 of 3 Article RELATION OF A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA.* Page 1 of 12 →
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The Old Boatman.
the darkness of night , he hath hailed a ship , and the next tttttJ the sharks have followed yawning for corpses ' « J tl t ™ , 1 u r- lnted g 0 ld - He §' lanced towa « ls his foot , and he saw the metal melted into a mass , the skull of a dead man eng raven in assuSl hiST . vT ^ , ° ? ,, 8 ainattheboat i f ° rheb d assured himself of a life of fulness-of palacesof bowing crowds and
, glorious feasts !_ he looked-and he was alone l -shrouded and n his coffin , drifting on an eternal sea ! "And still it drifts-and still the spirit of Pedro , doomed bv the Old Boatman , calls , m the dead of night , to sinners on the deep !" 0 ? " ked Jabez
" Y « - " heluU ° rt ?• - f f , > with a fallen face , les , he would hft his withered hands-and the tears would roll -Sit m ^ eekS-and he ^ ^ ** «** ™ ce oft ot « n "J ° Hj YE PEDROS ! HI ? ™ EXULTING WITH THE EVIL THAT YE DO UPON YOUR BRETHREN ! - _» THE FULNESS OF YOUR WEALTH-i ™ GIDDINESS OF YOUR TRIUMPH-TinNK OF THE OLD BOATMAN ' "
Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
RELATION OF A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA . *
MAJOR GLADWIN of the 60 th regiment , commanding officer of Fort Detooi , being d ^ irous to know whether the lakes and rivers between that place and Michehmakenac were navi gable for vessels of greater burden than the small batteaux then made ^ se of to carry proSns and military stores to the dependant posts , he ordered Lieutenant Charles Robson of the 77 th regiment , who had the command of the kings vessels on Lake Erie , with a party of six soldiers and two sailors to proceed in a large batteau with the
necessary implements , to take soundings ofthe lakes and rivers . _ Sir Robert Davers who had passed that winter at Detroit and its vicinity , having a curiosty to see farther into the country , which indeed was the motive that induced him to advance so far as Detroit accom panied Captain Robson in the expedition . Both toZft viting me to also I joyfullaccepted the invitation
go y , whkh h ? d then all the appearance of a party of pleasure , as we promised ourselves exaSnot ^ n Z f T r Water-fo ^ with whi <* that district abounds , and not m the least dreading any interruption from the savages , who had but a little before renewed in full council their professions of frienddt abkamoun " ' and had received from ^ em presents to a const Wei accordingly set out on the 2 nd of May , 1763 . Captain Robson myselfand the partunder him in the batteau
, y , were ; Sir Robert Davers , with a panee , or Indian slave , was in a little wooden canoe which is better for going into shallow water after game , and so easilv managed that he and his boy were sufficient to crots the lakes with it and go up the creeks among the Indian villages . ' May 4 . th . —We overtook a canoe with an Indian family in if exchanged our bread and tobacco with them , and parted very good friends .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Old Boatman.
the darkness of night , he hath hailed a ship , and the next tttttJ the sharks have followed yawning for corpses ' « J tl t ™ , 1 u r- lnted g 0 ld - He §' lanced towa « ls his foot , and he saw the metal melted into a mass , the skull of a dead man eng raven in assuSl hiST . vT ^ , ° ? ,, 8 ainattheboat i f ° rheb d assured himself of a life of fulness-of palacesof bowing crowds and
, glorious feasts !_ he looked-and he was alone l -shrouded and n his coffin , drifting on an eternal sea ! "And still it drifts-and still the spirit of Pedro , doomed bv the Old Boatman , calls , m the dead of night , to sinners on the deep !" 0 ? " ked Jabez
" Y « - " heluU ° rt ?• - f f , > with a fallen face , les , he would hft his withered hands-and the tears would roll -Sit m ^ eekS-and he ^ ^ ** «** ™ ce oft ot « n "J ° Hj YE PEDROS ! HI ? ™ EXULTING WITH THE EVIL THAT YE DO UPON YOUR BRETHREN ! - _» THE FULNESS OF YOUR WEALTH-i ™ GIDDINESS OF YOUR TRIUMPH-TinNK OF THE OLD BOATMAN ' "
Relation Of A Captivity Among The Indians Of North America.*
RELATION OF A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA . *
MAJOR GLADWIN of the 60 th regiment , commanding officer of Fort Detooi , being d ^ irous to know whether the lakes and rivers between that place and Michehmakenac were navi gable for vessels of greater burden than the small batteaux then made ^ se of to carry proSns and military stores to the dependant posts , he ordered Lieutenant Charles Robson of the 77 th regiment , who had the command of the kings vessels on Lake Erie , with a party of six soldiers and two sailors to proceed in a large batteau with the
necessary implements , to take soundings ofthe lakes and rivers . _ Sir Robert Davers who had passed that winter at Detroit and its vicinity , having a curiosty to see farther into the country , which indeed was the motive that induced him to advance so far as Detroit accom panied Captain Robson in the expedition . Both toZft viting me to also I joyfullaccepted the invitation
go y , whkh h ? d then all the appearance of a party of pleasure , as we promised ourselves exaSnot ^ n Z f T r Water-fo ^ with whi <* that district abounds , and not m the least dreading any interruption from the savages , who had but a little before renewed in full council their professions of frienddt abkamoun " ' and had received from ^ em presents to a const Wei accordingly set out on the 2 nd of May , 1763 . Captain Robson myselfand the partunder him in the batteau
, y , were ; Sir Robert Davers , with a panee , or Indian slave , was in a little wooden canoe which is better for going into shallow water after game , and so easilv managed that he and his boy were sufficient to crots the lakes with it and go up the creeks among the Indian villages . ' May 4 . th . —We overtook a canoe with an Indian family in if exchanged our bread and tobacco with them , and parted very good friends .