 Victoria, on crossing the ravine, two days afterwards, perceived the maize cakes, which the birds had fortunately not devoured. He had then been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread ; and he says, himself, that...  Mexico: The Country, History, and People - Page 1571863 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 510 pages
...been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread : and and he says himself, that he devoured the tortillas before the...had been left there by friend or foe ; but feeling sore, that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself near the place, in order... | |
 | Sir Henry George Ward - Mexico - 1828 - 646 pages
...been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread ; and he says, himself, that he devoured the tortillas before the...by friend, or foe ; but feeling sure that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself near the place, in order to observe his motions,... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American essays - 1828 - 564 pages
...finding them on this solitary spot, where he had never before seen any trace of a human being. He was not at a loss to determine whether they had been left...there by friend or foe ; but feeling sure that whoever had left them, intended to return, he concealed himself near the place, in order to observe his motions,... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 330 pages
...been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without eating bread, — and he says himself that he devoured the tortillas before the...there by friend or foe, but feeling sure that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself near the place in order to observe his motions... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1846 - 336 pages
...days without eating, and upwards of two years without eating bread, — and he says himself that ne devoured the tortillas before the cravings of his...there by friend or foe, but feeling sure that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself near the place in order to observe his motions... | |
 | Fayette Robinson - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1847 - 394 pages
...been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread ; and, he says himself, that he devoured the tortillas before the...intended to return, he concealed himself near the place, in order to observe his motions, and to take his own measures accordingly. Within a short time the... | |
 | Fayette Robinson - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1847 - 408 pages
...cravings of his appetite would allow him to reflect upon the singularity of finding them on this solitar} spot, where he had never before seen any trace of...intended to return, he concealed himself near the place, in order to observe his motions, and to take his own measures accordingly. Within a short time the... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - Mexico - 1847 - 314 pages
...of finding them on this solitary spot, where he had never before seen any trace of a human being. H& was at a loss to determine whether they had been left...there by friend or foe, but feeling sure that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself near the place in order to observe his motions... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...then been four whole days without eating, and upwards of two years without tasting bread ; and he says himself, that he devoured the tortillas before the...loss to determine whether they had been left there by a friend or a foe; but feeling sure that whoever had left them intended to return, he concealed himself... | |
 | 1854 - 400 pages
...concealed himself near the place in order to observe his motions, and to take his own measures accordingly. Within a short time, the Indian returned ; Victoria...concealment, in order to welcome his faithful follower; but the man, terrified at seeing a phantom, covered with hair, emaciated, and clothed only with an old... | |
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