 | William Ingraham Kip - Indians of North America - 1846 - 356 pages
...delicacy of his constitution placing it entirely out of nis power to sustain the fatigues inseparable from these long journeys. .Nevertheless, in spite of his...is the soul of this mission. It is his virtue, his mildness, his touching instructions, and the singular talent he has of winning the respect and friendship... | |
 | Edward Gay Mason - Fort Chartres (Ill.) - 1881 - 84 pages
...the delicacy of his constitution placing it entirely out of his power to sustain the fatigues of the long journeys. Nevertheless, in spite of his feeble...health, I can say that he is the soul of this mission. For myself, who am so constituted that I can run on the snow with the rapidity with which a paddle... | |
 | Michigan - 1884 - 634 pages
...the delicacy of his constitution placing it entirely out of his power to sustain the fatigues of the long journeys. Nevertheless, in spite of his feeble...health, I can say that he is the soul of this mission. For myself, who am so constituted that I can run on the snow with the rapidity with which a paddle... | |
 | Catholics - 1918 - 638 pages
...delicacy of his constitution placing it entirely out of his power to sustain the fatigues inseparable from these long journeys. Nevertheless, in spite of his...is the soul of this Mission. It is his virtue, his mildness, his touching instructions, and the singular talent he has of winning the respect and friendship... | |
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Marest, with whom he was happily associated for many years. The latter, writing of their life at Kaskaskia, says: "Mermet remains at the village for the instruction of the Indians who stay there, the delicacy of his constitution placing it entirely out... 