The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . ay, and which without much skepticismwe may assert they never really i)0ssessed. Actions prompted only by the ca-price of a barbarous jjcople have been considered as the results of refined sen-timent; and savage cunning, seen through the false medium of jn-ejudice, as-sumed the nobler jjroportions of a far-sighted policy. But thougli the historyof the wars of the Indians among themselves and with the Europeans affordsbut few instances of heroism, it abounds in traits of revolting
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . ay, and which without much skepticismwe may assert they never really i)0ssessed. Actions prompted only by the ca-price of a barbarous jjcople have been considered as the results of refined sen-timent; and savage cunning, seen through the false medium of jn-ejudice, as-sumed the nobler jjroportions of a far-sighted policy. But thougli the historyof the wars of the Indians among themselves and with the Europeans affordsbut few instances of heroism, it abounds in traits of revolting cruelty, and inpictures of indescribable wretchedness, A large party of Blackfeet once made a successful foray in the territory ofthe Crees. But meanwhile the latter surprised the camp where the aggressorsIiad left their wives and children ; and thus, Avhen the Blackfeet returned totheir tents, they found desolation and death where they looked for a joyful wel-come. In their despair they cast away their arms and their booty, and retiredto the mountains, where for three days and nights they wailed and A UEKD OF BISON. THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK. 321
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