mountaineers

mountaineer Beside the Esquimaux, who are generally a diminutive race, and of peaceful habits, there is another tribe who inhabit the more northerly portions of the continent, and are often at war with the Esquimaux. They are called the mountaineers, or northern Indians. The northern Indians are rat...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
esquimaux
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40469
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/40469 2023-12-31T10:06:35+01:00 mountaineers image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40469 eng eng M 1839 TUCKER Five Months 126 128 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14483 M_14483_mountaineer http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40469 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z mountaineer Beside the Esquimaux, who are generally a diminutive race, and of peaceful habits, there is another tribe who inhabit the more northerly portions of the continent, and are often at war with the Esquimaux. They are called the mountaineers, or northern Indians. The northern Indians are rather above the middle stature, and well proportioned. Their foreheads are low, eyes small, noses aquiline, high cheek bones, their cheeks fleshy, and chins long and broad. Their complexion is of brown, inclining to a dingy copper color. . . .128:Among these Indians a plurality of wives is common. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DEC 15 1969 W. J. KIRWIN JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I Not used Manuscript esquimaux Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
mountaineers
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description mountaineer Beside the Esquimaux, who are generally a diminutive race, and of peaceful habits, there is another tribe who inhabit the more northerly portions of the continent, and are often at war with the Esquimaux. They are called the mountaineers, or northern Indians. The northern Indians are rather above the middle stature, and well proportioned. Their foreheads are low, eyes small, noses aquiline, high cheek bones, their cheeks fleshy, and chins long and broad. Their complexion is of brown, inclining to a dingy copper color. . . .128:Among these Indians a plurality of wives is common. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DEC 15 1969 W. J. KIRWIN JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I Not used
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title mountaineers
title_short mountaineers
title_full mountaineers
title_fullStr mountaineers
title_full_unstemmed mountaineers
title_sort mountaineers
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40469
genre esquimaux
Newfoundland
genre_facet esquimaux
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation M
1839 TUCKER Five Months 126
128
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14483
M_14483_mountaineer
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40469
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