 The village presents no cheering prospect, as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their log or bark houses are low, filthy and disgusting,...  Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait - Page 27edited by - 1995 - 648 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1885 - 678 pages
...Long, of perpetual memory on Long's Peak, then spoke of the place as consisting of three log cabins, " inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely equal to the Indians from whom they had descended ; " their cabfns were " low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of... | |
 | William Barrows - Frontier and pioneer life - 1887 - 460 pages
...Long, of perpetual memory on Long's Peak, then spoke of the place as consisting of three log-cabins "inhabited by a miserable race of men scarcely equal to the Indians from whom they had descended ; " their cabins were " low, filthy, and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of... | |
 | Joseph Kirkland - Chicago (Ill.) - 1892 - 550 pages
...there. The village presents no cheering prospect, as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their log or bark houses are low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of comfort.... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - World's Columbian Exposition - 1893 - 788 pages
...city in the West. He said in his reports that Chicago presented no cheering prospects, and " contained but a few huts inhabited by a miserable race of men scarcely equal to the Indians from whom they had descended, while" their "houses were low, not the least trace of cornaffording no inducement to... | |
 | Lafayette Houghton Bunnell - Minnesota - 1897 - 720 pages
...The village presents 110 cheering prospects, as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended A fort is said to have formerly existed there. Mention is made of the place as having been visited... | |
 | James Wellington Norris - Chicago (Ill.) - 1902 - 134 pages
...visited the place that year, describes it " as presenting no cheering prospects, aud containing but few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely equal to the Indians, from whom they were descended—and their log or bark houses as low, filthy, ;md disgusting, displaying not the least... | |
 | Iroquois Theater (Chicago, Ill.) - Theater - 1903 - 108 pages
...vicinity. The village presents no cheering prospects, as notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men, scarcely...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their log houses are low. filthy, and disgusting. displaying not the least comfort. As a place of business... | |
 | History - 1908 - 616 pages
...upon it. "The village presents no cheering prospect as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but a few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their houses are low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of comfort. ... It is not... | |
 | William Vipond Pooley - Illinois - 1908 - 322 pages
...upon it. "The village presents no cheering prospect as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but a few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their houses are low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of comfort. ... It is not... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - School lands - 1908 - 628 pages
...upon it. "The village presents no cheering prospect as, notwithstanding its antiquity, it consists of but a few huts, inhabited by a miserable race of men...equal to the Indians from whom they are descended. Their houses are low, filthy and disgusting, displaying not the least trace of comfort. ... It is not... | |
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