The heat this day had been excessive, and the country through which the troops marched exceedingly difficult, the strong pass of Trou auChien lying in their way.
Governor Clark started to his feet as one of the Prairie du Chien chiefs came striding through the door.
On such a visit as this he came from Prairie du Chien after hearing that Hamilton was taken, and was received with songs and cannonading: "Hail to great Wabashaw!
At the same time came reports of great commotion at Prairie du Chien where the northern tribes were divided by the British traders.
When Clark arrived at Prairie du Chien Wabasha refused to fight him.
Although on Missouri territory, Prairie du Chien was still occupied by Indians and traders to the exclusion of Americans.
With a war party from Prairie du Chien he was met by the news of peace.
In vain did the Ch`u general try to force a battle: day after day Wang Chien kept inside his walls and would not come out, but devoted his whole time and energy to winning the affection and confidence of his men.
Fu Ch`ai defeats Kou Chien in the great battle of Fu- | chaio, and enters the capital of Yueh.
When Wang Chien heard that they were engaged in these athletic pursuits, he knew that their spirits had been strung up to the required pitch and that they were now ready for fighting.
Carlos, who was standing close to it, responded by an eager "Chien es?
It was not necessary at Prairie du Chien to depend entirely on hunting for a living.
Two years before, he had been far to the south and east with Laidlaw, the Colony superintendent of farming, when the latter had gone to Prairie du Chien on the Mississippi River for seed grain.
At Prairie du Chien now, there the soil is rich and the crops grow well and ripen.
Prairie du Chien was in what was then Michigan Territory, but later became Wisconsin.
This hall was designed by the Emperor, Chien Lung, to complete the Confucius Temple, in which till then the classics had been expounded.
The magnificent white marble monument or pagoda was erected by Chien Lung over the grave of the Teshu Llama who died of small-pox while on a visit there.
Chien Lung repaired the western temple and changed it into a dwelling for Mongol princes, who arrived each year to pay their tribute.
He was let down over the wall by a rope, crept along the moat to the Chien Men, slept under the gate, and in the morning walked to the Yungting Men, passed through, and went to Machiapu station without being molested.
The man slept last night near the Chien Men, crawled along the moat, and entered the water-gate without challenge before daylight this morning.
They noted with satisfaction that a cessation of firing is agreed to on both sides, but suggest that as foreign soldiers here have been firing from the city wall east of the Chien Men, they should be removed from that position.
He, too, with Captain Wroublevsky, forced a way down the wall to the Chien Men, and let in the first Sikhs that came through the gate.
They also burned the great city gate, known as the Chien Men, an imposing structure of many stories high, which must have illuminated the surrounding country for miles.
He states that on the night of the 16th of June there was a fire in the neighborhood of the Chien Men, accompanied by pillage, and much alarm created.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
