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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 25, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 24, 1806July 26, 1806July 25, 1806 Friday July 25th 1806. The weather still continues cold cloudy and rainy, the wind also has blown all day…

The Song of Hiawatha: Vocabulary

Vocabulary Adjidau'mo, the red squirrel Ahdeek', the reindeer Ahmeek', the beaver Annemee'kee, the thunder Apuk'wa. a bulrush Baim-wa'wa, the sound of the thunder Bemah'gut, the grape-…

1924 Olympics Shooting Medalists

Event   Score Free Rifle (Three positions) Morris Fisher, USA 95   Carl Osburn, USA 95   Niels Larsen, DEN 93 Free Rifle (Team) USA 676   France 646…

Film Awards

The events of the recent Academy Awards (in which actor Will Smith slapped host Chris Rock) show how film awards in 2022 can still throw up controversy after almost 100 years and create headlines…

Leviticus: 1

Leviticus Chapter 1 1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 17, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 16, 1806March 18, 1806March 17, 1806 Monday March 17th 1806. Catel and his family left us this morning. Old Delashelwilt and his women…

Brewer's: Heart

A variety of the word core. (Latin, cord', the heart; Greek, kard'; Sanskrit, herd'; Anglo-Saxon, heorte.) Heart (in Christian art), the attribute of St. Theresa. The flaming heart (in…

Brewer's: Venus

Love; the goddess of love; courtship. Copper was called Venus by the alchemists. (See Aphrodite) “Venus smiles not in a house of tears.” Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, iv.l. Venus is the…

Brewer's: Cooking

Terms belonging to cuisine applied to man under different circumstances: Sometimes he is well basted; he boils with rage, is baked with heat, and burns with love or jealousy. Sometimes he…