We follow the sun through the Thousand Islands, where it touched each evergreen crest with glory to make a crown of isles for the great pirate king, Bill Johnston, who had a trick of posing, blunderbuss in hand, ready for attack; to the homes of the Bay of Quinte, where the descendants of Rogers’ Rangers were ready for defence; to the winter rainbows of the Niagara and the opaline ripples in La Traverse of the St. Clair.
— from Humours of '37, Grave, Gay and Grim: Rebellion Times in the Canadas by Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars

It is too true, frightfully, miserably true, that there is not the same reverence for parents as there was a generation back;—that the children break loose from their parents, spend their parents’ money, choose their own road in life, their own politics, their own religion, alas!
— from Sermons for the Times by Charles Kingsley

The societies of animals greatly resemble those of men; and that of rooks is like those of men in a savage state, such as the communities of the North American Indians.
— from Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened by John Aikin

INTRODUCTION , i The Author sets out from Boston on his Travels , 17 Description of Fort Michillimackinac , 18 Description of Fort Le Bay , 21 Description of the Green Bay , 26 Description of Lake Michigan , 28 Arrives at the Town of the Winnebagoes , 32 Excursion of the Winnebagoes towards the Spanish Settlements , 35 Description of the Winnebago Lake , 37 Instance of Resolution of an Indian Woman , 40 Description of the Fox River , 41 Remarkable Story of a Rattle Snake , 43 The great Town of the Saukies , 46 Upper Town of the Ottagaumies , 48 Description of the Ouisconsin River , ib. Lower Town of the Ottagaumies, or La Prairie Le Chien , 50 An Attack by some Indian Plunderers , 51 Description of the Mississippi from the Mouth of the Ouisconsin to Lake Pepin , 54 Description of Lake Pepin , 55 Remarkable Ruins of an ancient Fortification , 57 The River Bands of the Naudowessie Indians , 59 Adventure with a Party of these, and some of the Chipéways , 60 Description of a remarkable Cave , 63 Uncommon Behaviour of the Prince of the Winnebagoes at the Falls of St. Anthony , 66 Description of the Falls , 69 Extent of the Author’s Travels , 71 Description of the River St. Pierre , 74 Sources of the Four great Rivers of North America , 76 Reflections on their Affinity , 77 The Naudowessies of the Plains, with whom the Author wintered in the Year 1766 , 80 The Author returns to the Mouth of the River St. Pierre , 84 Account of a violent Thunder-storm , 85 Speech made by the Author in a Council held by the Naudowessies at the great Cave , 86 Adventure with a Party of Indians near Lake Pepin , 95 Description of the Country adjacent to the River St. Pierre , 100 Account of different Clays found near the Marble River , 101 Description of the Chipéway River , 102 Extraordinary Effects of a Hurricane , 103 The Author arrives at the Grand Portage on the North-west Borders of Lake Superior , 107 Account of the Lakes lying farther to the North-west: Lake Bourbon, Lake Winnepeek, Lake Du Bois, Lake La Pluye, Red Lake, &c. ib. Account of a Nation of Indians supposed to have been tributary to the Mexican Kings , 118 Account of the shining Mountains , 121 A singular Prediction of the Chief Priest of the Killistinoes verified , 123 Description of Lake Superior , 132 Story of the two Chipéways landing on the Island of Mauropas , 135 Account of great Quantities of Copper Ore , 139 Description of the Falls of St. Marie , 142 Account of Lake Huron , 144 Account of Saganaum and Thunder Bays , 145 Extraordinary Phænomenon in the Straights of Michillimackinac , 146 Description of Lake St. Claire , 150 Description of the River, Town, and Fort of Detroit , 153 Remarkable Rain at Detroit , 153 Attack of Fort Detroit by Pontiac , 154 Description of Lake Erie , 166 Description of the River and Falls of Niagara , 169 Description of Lake Ontario , 170 Description of the Oniada Lake, Lake Champlain, and Lake George , 172 Account of a Tract of Land granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and Captain John Mason , 173 The Author’s Motives for undertaking his Travels , 177 CHAP.
— from Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768 by Jonathan Carver

It reminds us that our relationship is like that of the ancient Israel,—that we are in a covenant, as they were, but that the carcases of many of them fell in the wilderness; although God had taken them for a people, and was to them a God, and said, “Israel is My son, even My firstborn.”
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. (George Alexander) Chadwick

Mr. Tucker moved to strike out the words "and shall have resided within the United States for one whole year;" because he conceived it the policy of America to enable foreigners to hold lands, in their own right, in less than one year; he had no objection to extending the term, entitling them to hold an office under Government, to three years.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress