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Chapter Eight.
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Stirring Events Described.
The proverbial slip ’twixt the cup and the lip, and the well-known uncertainty1 of all human affairs, received striking illustration in the person and prospects3 of our hero, Daniel Davidson, not long after the events narrated4 in the last chapter.
Up to this period the unfortunate colonists5 of the Red River Settlement had led a life chiefly of disappointment and disaster. Although everything had been done for them by their patron the Earl of Selkirk with the best intentions, the carrying out of his plans had been frustrated6 by the feuds7 of the rival fur companies, the misunderstandings and the jealousies8 of Indians and half-breeds, and, to some extent, by the severity of the climate. An open rupture9 took place between them and the North-westers. Encounters between the contending parties occurred, in which several on both sides were killed, and at last the North-Westers, attacking the settlers in force, drove them from the colony and burnt their dwellings10 and homesteads.
Retreating to the north end of Lake Winnipeg, the colonists found refuge at Jack12 River—three hundred miles distant. From this place they were ultimately recalled by the Hudson’s Bay Company, which took them under its protection. Returning to Red River, the unfortunate but persevering13 people proceeded to resume their farming operations. But the
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prospects
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rupture
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dwellings
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persevering
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a.坚忍不拔的 | |
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proceedings
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culminate
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v.到绝顶,达于极点,达到高潮 | |
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retired
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advent
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prosecute
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scotch
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highlander
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n.高地的人,苏格兰高地地区的人 | |
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dispersed
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precarious
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livelihood
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proprietor
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n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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wan
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promising
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Christian
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adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊,使大吃一惊astound的现在分词) | |
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adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式 | |
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adj.狂乱的,错乱的,激昂的 | |
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v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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grizzly
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adj.略为灰色的,呈灰色的;n.灰色大熊 | |
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parlance
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conciliation
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judgment
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consultation
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