George Bird Grinnell eBooks
eBooks di George Bird Grinnell editi da Forgotten Books
Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters and Fur-Traders. E-book. Formato PDF George Bird Grinnell - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
To-day the vast territory lying between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean is occupied by many millions of people. Fifty years ago, except on the Pacific slope, it had few white inhabitants. Then it was the Far West, be yond the frontier, the Indian country — the unknown. A journey into it was believed to be full of peril. In the minds of the general public it was as far away as Central China is to — day. Beyond the great river which bounded it on the east was a fringe of settlements. Scattered through the more distant country were the trading-posts to which the trapper brought his furs. Forts Garry, Benton, Union, Laramie, Bridger, and Bent were some of these. There were a few army posts, and as time went on others were established.
Blackfeet Indian Stories. E-book. Formato PDF George Bird Grinnell - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, and lived in tents covered by hides. Dogs, their only tame animals, were used as beasts of burden to carry small packs and drag light loads.
American Duck Shooting. E-book. Formato PDF George Bird Grinnell - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
This Volume Deals With duck shooting, past as well as present, and with different ways in which the sport has been and is practiced. It tells of an abundance of fowl in the land, not to be seen to-day, nor perhaps ever again. It contains accounts of shooting, often by unwise methods, often to unnecessary excess; of shooting which has reduced the multitudes of our fowl from what they were to what they are. Such accounts may well serve as warnings to us, teaching us now the exercise of a moderation we were too thoughtless to deem necessary in the old days.Since the several methods of duck shooting necessarily grade into one another, there will often be in one account repetition of what has been said in another. This seems inevitable, however, if a clear idea is to be given of each variety of the sport.