Category: Travel Writing
THE MAP GEORGEVILLE A FOREST SCENE CANOE-BUILDING AT PAPPER’S ISLAND VIEW ACROSS THE BOUNDARY LINE, FROM THE SUGAR LOAF THE SQUAW’S GRAVE PORT HOPE THE WHIRLPOOL ON THE NIAGARA AYLMER, UPPER CANADA LONG SAULT RAPID, ON THE ST. LAWRENCE QUEBEC, FROM THE OPPOSITE SHORE OF THE ST...
“This journey, instead of satisfying, only served to excite my curiosity. Our old men, for several years, had told me that the _ancient speech_ informed them that the Red-men of...
5. Part 5It has been made a question whether the Indian can be justly charged with cannibalism. It is certain that all the terms by which they designate their inhuman mode of putting a p...
12. Part 12The standard of insurrection having been thus openly raised, it became necessary to act with the utmost promptitude. Information was received that Papineau, Brown, and Neilson w...
14. Part 14The society in Upper Canada, with the exception of the small French settlement at Detroit, presents a very different aspect. A great majority of the inhabitants consists of emig...
6. Part 6[1] We have to acknowledge our obligations for most valuable information in the following pages, first, to our distinguished friend Col. Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery, long r...
10. Part 10In 1825, the government, during his lordship’s temporary absence, was administered by Sir Francis Burton. This officer, anxious to conciliate the Lower House, yielded nearly all...
1. Part 1THE MAP GEORGEVILLE A FOREST SCENE CANOE-BUILDING AT PAPPER’S ISLAND VIEW ACROSS THE BOUNDARY LINE, FROM THE SUGAR LOAF THE SQUAW’S GRAVE PORT HOPE THE WHIRLPOOL ON THE NIAGARA...
17. Part 17“As we approached Quebec, snow lay to the depth of six feet; from the heights of Abraham, the eye rested upon what seemed an immense lake of milk; all smaller irregularities of...
4. Part 4Under the head of religious rites we may include medicine, which is almost entirely within the domain of superstition. The great warmth of affection which, amid their apparent a...
16. Part 16“‘The Mississippi is turbid, in many parts to muddiness; the St. Lawrence unusually limpid. One river is composed of almost an unbroken chain of lakes; the other, in all its vas...
2. Part 2Of the animals usually tamed and rendered subservient to useful purposes, the Americans have only the dog, that faithful friend to man. Though his services in hunting are valuab...
11. Part 11The Legislative Council returned an answer, which, in all respects, was extremely moderate. They generally concurred in the sentiments of the speech, deprecated the idea that di...
7. Part 7The renewal of the war between Great Britain and France in May, 1702, soon led to acrimony and hostility in America; and the cruel persecutions of the Protestants in France caus...
9. Part 9The next enterprise was still more important, being directed against Fort George, near Newark, at the entrance of the Niagara channel, considered the chief military position in...
3. Part 3Other faculties of a higher order are developed by the scenes amid which the life of savages is spent. They are divided into a number of little communities, between which are ac...
13. Part 13On the 29th of May, 1838, his lordship arrived at Quebec, where he was received in the most cordial manner, for all parties seemed to unite in expecting from him a settlement of...
15. Part 15The Indians, as formerly observed, retain in general their original fashion of dress; but instead of composing it entirely of the skins of wild animals, they have adopted, as mo...