Esquimaux Dogs and Sledge Tactics Described in Detail
The article surveys Esquimaux dependence on dogs for transport and hunting, detailing dog harnesses, team organization, leader selection, and driver technique. It then recounts Tyrolean valor during Napoleon's 1809 invasion, including a mass rockslide ambush, Tyrolean counterattacks, and the fierce mountain warfare witnessed by an escaped officer.
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Esquimaux
Icainyeblie
Mittee
Parry
Tyrol
Brenner
Stephen
Duke of Dantzic
Dogs Help Inuit Hunt and Travel in Harsh Arctic Winters
A historic account highlights how the Eskimo use dogs to overcome icy barriers in Baffin Bay regions. It notes the dogs’ scent, courage, and speed as essential to chasing reindeer seals and bears, enabling transportation and hunting through long winters and short summers.
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Esquimaux
Baffin’s Bay
Narrow escape after brutal bayonet assault
An eyewitness recalls a fierce melee where attackers charged with bare hands, killing many including French Bavarians and Saxons. He and 300 men survived after heavy casualties, then the Tyrolese offered prayers of thanks as the scene closed on the battlefield.
Third Volume of the Augusta Washingtonian Appeals for Support
The Augusta Washingtonian invites temperance supporters to fund its continued weekly publication. After a costly year with low subscription payments and a near $600 loss, the publisher seeks steady rates: one year 3 dollars, six copies 10 dollars, eight copies 20 dollars, with postmasters and agents earning 20 percent. Subscriptions due by June 1, first issue of Vol III on the first Saturday in July.
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Friends OF Temperance
Wasurverantan
Friends of the Cause
Temperance Sociey
Paper
Morning-Star of Temperance
Savannah
David H. Galloway
John N. Gow
Mpue
Nts
Fibenstinsamuel Dickson
First Temce Society
The
Temperance Society
J. H. Lumpkin
Carolina
Emperance Advocate
Bachman
Curtis
Temperance
South
Southern Quarterly Review
Charleston
Burnap
Davezac
Upshur
Custi*t
Tucker
Simms
Cartwrighott
Garntt
Thornwell
Grayson
Holmes
Everett
Breck*bridge
Brantley
King
Stevens
Daniel K. Whitaker
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Charles E. Grenville & CO
Broad-street
Seta
W. M. Russec
Forsyth
Rose Bad
Prospectus
John B. Murphy
Augusta
Philotoken
Columbia
M. Antony
WM. Haines, Jr
E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broadst
Berrien & Coulter
Rome
Floyd County
J. Ww
NM. Bergin
Antrep B. Coutsr
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