"We had high and boisterous winds last night……" — Meriwether Lewis
"We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repairs with grain of different kinds."
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Meriwether Lewis
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14 Quotes by Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis has 14 quotes on this site.
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I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.
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A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained…
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On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early…
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The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an…
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The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two…
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Great numbers of the Indians pass our camp on their hunting excursions: the day was clear and pleasant, but last…
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Captain Clarke who had gone out yesterday with eighteen men to bring in the meat we had killed the day…
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A woman brought her child with an abscess in the lower part of the back, and offered as much corn…
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We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians…
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The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the…
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We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers…
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The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small…
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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle,…
— Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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I will go forward... I will smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride fearlessly and triumphantly across the…
— Eliza R. Snow
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Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear…
— Henry David Thoreau
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"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into…
— Calvin Miller
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In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather:…
— William Bligh
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On you and me and everything, I bestow my ripe blessings and boisterous bliss...
— Rob Brezsny
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show…
— Jean de La Fontaine
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the…
— John Foxe
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but…
— Thomas Jefferson
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It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our…
— Henri Nouwen
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For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however…
— John F. Kennedy
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