"Bacchanalia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at both ends to the under jaw of the animal, formed the bridle. When they had delivered their loads, they paraded the fort with an air of independence. It was not long however before they became clamorous for spiritous liquors; and the evening presented such a bacchanalia, including the women and the children, as I never before witnessed. Drinking made them quarrelsome, and one of the men became so infuriated, that he would have killed another with his bow, had not ...
— The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America • John West |
