 | Meriwether Lewis - Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1861 - 392 pages
...impossible for the foremost to retreat, or even to stop : they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, which, seeing no danger but from the hunters, goad on those before them, till the whole are precipitated over the cliff, and the shore is strewed with their dead bodies. Sometimes, in this perilous seduction,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Literary Criticism - 1866 - 488 pages
...the brink of the precipice. It is then in vain for the foremost to retreat, or even to stop. They are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...those before them, till the whole are precipitated over the cliff, and the shore is covered with their dead bodies. Sometimes, in this perilous adventure,... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - Animals, Legends and stories of - 1885 - 350 pages
...the brink of the precipice. It is then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...them till the whole are precipitated, and the shore strewed with their dead bodies. Sometimes in this perilous seduction the Indian is himself either trodden... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1889 - 870 pages
...the brink of the precipice; it is then iu vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...shore is strewed with their dead bodies. Sometimes iu this perilous seduction the Indian is himself either trodden under foot by the rapid movements of... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1889 - 884 pages
...the brink of the precipice; it is then iu vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...them till the whole are precipitated and the shore js strewed with their dead bodies. Sometimes in this perilous seduction the Indian is himself either... | |
 | Adolphus Washington Greely - Authors autographs (Provenance) - 1893 - 396 pages
...then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost ranks, who, seeing no danger but from the hunters, goad on...bodies. Sometimes in this perilous seduction the Indian himself is either trodden under foot or, missing his footing in the cliff, is urged down the precipice... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, Elliott Coues - Columbia River - 1893 - 506 pages
...the foremost buffaloes to retreat or even to stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, which, seeing no danger but from the hunters, goad on those...till the whole are precipitated, and the shore is strewn with their dead bodies. Sometimes, in this perilous seduction, the Indian is himself either... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis - Columbia River - 1902 - 440 pages
...brink of the precipice : it is then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...perilous seduction the Indian is himself either trodden underfoot by the rapid movements of the buffalo, or missing his footing in the cliff is urged down... | |
 | Education - 1903 - 630 pages
...then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost ranks, who, seeing no danger but from the hunters, goad on...them till the whole are precipitated and the shore is strewn with their dead bodies. Sometimes in this perilous seduction the Indian himself is either trodden... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - Columbia River - 1906 - 474 pages
...brink of the precipice : it is then in vain for the foremost to retreat or even to stop ; they are pressed on by the hindmost rank, who, seeing no danger...perilous seduction the Indian is himself either trodden underfoot by the rapid movements of the buffalo, or missing his footing in the cliff is urged down... | |
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Indian or decoy, who leads them on at full speed towards the river, when suddenly securing himself in some crevice of the cliff which he had previously fixed on, the herd is left on the brink of the precipice: it is then in vain for the foremost to retreat... 
