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" I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand... "
Canoeing a Continent: On the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie - Page 1
by Max Finkelstein - 2002 - 298 pages
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Private Law Among the Romans: From the Pandects, Volume 1

John George Phillimore - Digesta - 1815 - 284 pages
...now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South East face of the rock, on •which we had slept last night, this brief memorial—Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, twenty second of July, one thousand, seven hundred...
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Recollections of Italy, England and America: With Essays on Various Subjects ...

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1816 - 380 pages
...now mixed up some yermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South East face of the rock, on which we had slept last night,...memorial — Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, twenty second of July, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety three." The discoveries, of this traveller...
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Recollections of Italy, England and America: With Essays on Various Subjects ...

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1816 - 372 pages
...now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in larg?. characters, on the South East face of the rock, on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial—Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, twenty second of July, one thousand, seven hundred...
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Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874, Issue 1

Sandford Fleming, Canadian Pacific Railway Company - Canada - 1874 - 328 pages
...20' 48" north latitude. f * * * * * I now mixed up some vermillion in melted grease, and inscribed in large characters, on the southeast face of the...memorial, — "ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, FROM CANADA, BY LAND, THE TWENTY-SECOND OF JULY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED iSD NINETY-THREE." * * * * tThls I found to be...
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A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, St. Gabriel Street, Montreal

Robert Campbell - Montréal (Québec) - 1887 - 894 pages
...might attract subsequent visitors : 101 " I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed in large characters, on the south-east face of the...which we had slept last night, this brief memorial : ' Alex'r Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand, seven hundred...
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History and Biographical Gazetteer of Montreal to the Year 1892

John Douglas Borthwick - Montréal (Québec) - 1892 - 660 pages
...now mixed up some vermillion in melted grease, and inscribed in large characters on the south-west face of the rock on which we had slept last night this brief memorial, 'Alex. McKenzie, from Canada, by land the 22nd July, 1793.'" When he returned he published an account...
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The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the ...

George Bryce - Fur - 1900 - 596 pages
...destination having been reached, the commander mixed up some vermilion in melted grease and inscribed in large characters on the south-east face of the rock, on which they passed the night, " Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land the twenty-second of July, one thousand...
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Heroes of the Northland: Being Brief Biographies Supplementing Canadian History

John Ormsby Miller - Biography - 1902 - 176 pages
...great cliff he wrote an inscription. " I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease and inscribed in large characters on the south-east face of the...memorial : ' Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.' " 20. Owing to a hostile demonstration...
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Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to ..., Volume 2

Sir Alexander Mackenzie - Fur trade - 1903 - 370 pages
...did not understand their language. I now mixed up some vermillion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the...memorial — "Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three." As I thought that we were...
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A Brief History of Rocky Mountain Exploration, with Especial Reference to ...

Reuben Gold Thwaites - Lewis and Clark Expedition - 1904 - 328 pages
...this triumphant entry in his record : " I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the...memorial — 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.' " The following day they set...
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