the place we had come from; meaning, to the lower part of it. Atlanta Falcons Tröjor On asking them by signs, if the creek continued beyond the plains, they shook their heads, and again put their extended hand on the ground, pointing to the plain. They could give us no account of the ranges to which I proposed going, any more than others we had asked. On inquiring, if there was any water to the north-west a long discussion took place, and it was ultimately decided that there was not. I could understand, that several of them mentioned the names of places where they supposed there might be water, but it was evidently the general opinion that there was none. Neither did they appear to know of any large waters, on which the natives had canoes, in confirmation of the old man’s actions. On this interesting and important point they were wholly ignorant.
The smallness of the water-hole, on which these people depended, was quite a matter of surprise to me, and I hardly liked to let the horses drink at it, in consequence. At sunset all the natives left us (as is their wont at that hour), and went to their own encampment; nor did one approach us afterwards, but they sat up to a late hour at their own camp, the women being employed beating the seed for cakes, between two stones, and the noise they made was exactly like the working of a loom factory. The whole encampment, with the long line of fires, Halpa Miehet Scythe Takki looked exceedingly pretty, and the dusky figures of the natives standing by them, or moving from one hut to the other, had the effect of a fine scene in a play. At 11 all was still, and you would not have Maillot Hongrie Pas CHer known that you were in such close contiguity to so large an assemblage of Montreal Canadiens Drakter people.
When I laid down, I revolved in my own mind what course I should pursue in the morning. If the account of the natives was correct, it was clear that my further progress Scarpe Nike Free 5.0 Donna eastward, was at an end. My horses, indeed, were now reduced to Memphis Depay Tröja such a state, that I foresaw my labours were drawing to a close. Mack, too, was so ill, that Maillot Suède Pas CHer he could hardly sit his animal, and al |
