I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand... Historical Dictionary of the British Empireаутор(и): - 1996 - 1254 страницаПриказ није доступан - О овој књизи
| 1920 - 642 страница
...mountains to the Pacific, where he wrote on the rock the memorable inscription, "Alexander McKenzie, from Canada by land, the twentysecond of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three". And farther up the Peace River we stood before old Fort Dunvegan, which the grim Scot,... | |
| Sir Charles G. D. Roberts - 1897 - 618 страница
...it with grease, and on the face of a cliff overlooking the waves inscribed the following words — " Alexander Mackenzie from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." About this time Captain George Vancouver, following the path which Captain Cook had... | |
| United States. General Land Office, Binger Hermann - 1898 - 130 страница
...he painted on a rocky cliff overhanging the seashore, in memory of his great exploit, these words: "Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land the twenty-second of July, one thousand .seven hundred and ninety-three." of 1790, wherein they claimed that Spain had acknowledged their right to joint occupancy... | |
| James P. Taylor - 1899 - 240 страница
...of 25. July 22, On the Pacific Coast, Mackenzie wrote in letters of red vermilion, on a bold rock, " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree." Aug. 27, Toronto became York, the change of name being proclaimed by the first royal... | |
| 1903 - 770 страница
...mouth of the Bellacoola River. He then journeyed up Cascade Canal and on a large rock painted: "Sir Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." There is no more interesting story in the history of colonization than this one of the... | |
| Jean Newton McIlwraith - 1899 - 274 страница
...peace along " the farflung fenceless prairie." BWTBH COLUMBIA CHAPTER XIX BRITISH COLUMBIA LEXANDER MACKENZIE from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three." That notice was painted up on a high cliff above the Pacific Ocean by an officer of... | |
| United States. General Land Office, Binger Hermann - 1900 - 134 страница
...he painted on a rocky cliff overhanging the seashore, in memory of his great exploit, these words: " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." of 1790, wherein they claimed that Spain had acknowledged their right to joint occupancy... | |
| George Bryce - 1900 - 600 страница
...inscribed in large -characters on the south-east face of the rock, on which they passed the night, "Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." After a short rest the well-repaid explorers began their homeward journey. To ascend... | |
| Washington (State) - 1901 - 336 страница
...Bellacoola river, just north of Vancouver island. Going up Cascade canal he painted on a large rock: "Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second...July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three." Lewis and Clark Expediiion. This most important and justly famous expedition had its real origin in... | |
| John Ormsby Miller - 1902 - 176 страница
...characters on the south-east face of the rock on which we had slept last night this brief memorial : ' Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.' " 20. Owing to a hostile demonstration on the part of the natives, who had suffered... | |
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