Prairie and Rocky Mountain AdventuresGilmore & Segner, 1866 - 649 էջ |
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... rich and inviting territory , and a vast flood of emigration poured its tributary waters into its bosom , till the Alleganies no longer formed an obstruction . Over their rough battlements this flood found INTRODUCTORY . 9.
... rich and inviting territory , and a vast flood of emigration poured its tributary waters into its bosom , till the Alleganies no longer formed an obstruction . Over their rough battlements this flood found INTRODUCTORY . 9.
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... rich country the Mississippi , Missouri and Ohio rivers roll their majestic currents , re- ceiving the contributions of a thousand other streams of less magnitude , but many of them navigable for large vessels . It 10 INTRODUCTORY .
... rich country the Mississippi , Missouri and Ohio rivers roll their majestic currents , re- ceiving the contributions of a thousand other streams of less magnitude , but many of them navigable for large vessels . It 10 INTRODUCTORY .
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... rich lands of Kentucky , then called by the Indians " the Dark and Bloody Ground . " Finlay , re- turning to North Carolina , fired the curiosity of his neighbors by the reports of the discoveries he had made . In consequence of this ...
... rich lands of Kentucky , then called by the Indians " the Dark and Bloody Ground . " Finlay , re- turning to North Carolina , fired the curiosity of his neighbors by the reports of the discoveries he had made . In consequence of this ...
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... rich lands of Kentucky were in the market . As a consequence of the passage of these laws , a vast number of emigrants crossed the mountains into Kentucky to locate land warrants ; and in the the years 1779 , 1780 , and 1781 , the great ...
... rich lands of Kentucky were in the market . As a consequence of the passage of these laws , a vast number of emigrants crossed the mountains into Kentucky to locate land warrants ; and in the the years 1779 , 1780 , and 1781 , the great ...
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... rich in events and objects for the historical painter . As a great number of those who first threaded the lonely and silent labyrinths of our primitive woods , were men of intelligence , the story of their perils and exploits , has a ...
... rich in events and objects for the historical painter . As a great number of those who first threaded the lonely and silent labyrinths of our primitive woods , were men of intelligence , the story of their perils and exploits , has a ...
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Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which Will ... John C. Van Tramp Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1860 |
Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which Will ... John C. Van Tramp Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1866 |
Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which Will ... John C. Van Tramp Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1866 |
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Էջ 10 - I beheld, too, in that vision, All the secrets of the future, Of the distant days that shall be. I beheld the westward marches Of the unknown, crowded nations. All the land was full of people, Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, Speaking many tongues, yet feeling But one heart-beat in their bosoms. In the woodlands rang their axes, Smoked their towns in all the valleys, Over all the lakes and rivers Rushed their great canoes of thunder...
Էջ 332 - Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of those blessings, do ordain and establish a free and independent government, by the name of the STATE OF IOWA...
Էջ 416 - ... at every step. The water here was still fresh, with only an, insipid and disagreeable taste, probably derived from the bed of fetid mud. After proceeding in this way about a mile, we came to a small black ridge on the bottom, beyond which the water became suddenly salt, beginning gradually to deepen, and the bottom was sandy and firm. It was a remarkable division, separating the fresh water of the rivers from the briny water of the lake, which was entirely saturated with common salt.
Էջ 382 - Having now made what observations our means afforded, we proceeded to descend. We had accomplished an object of laudable ambition, and beyond the strict order of our instructions. We had climbed the loftiest peak of the Rocky Mountains, and looked down upon the snow a thousand feet below, and, standing where never human foot had stood before, felt the exultation of first explorers.
Էջ 381 - N. 51° E. As soon as I had gratified the first feelings of curiosity I descended, and each man ascended in his turn ; for I would only allow one at a time to mount the unstable and precarious slab, which it seemed a breath would hurl into the abyss below.
Էջ 131 - They disposed of their burden, and asking for whisky, helped themselves freely to it. Observing me and the wounded Indian, they asked who I was, and why the devil that rascal (meaning the Indian, who, they knew, understood not a word of English) was in the house? The mother, for so she proved to be, bade them speak less loudly, made mention...
Էջ 449 - The meat train did not arrive this evening, and I gave Godey leave to kill our little dog, (Tlamath,) which he prepared in Indian fashion ; scorching off the hair, and washing the skin with soap and snow, and then cutting it up into pieces which were laid on the snow. Shortly afterwards, the sleigh arrived with a supply of horse-meat ; and we had to-night an extraordinary dinner — pea-soup, mule and dog.
Էջ 192 - The time, place, object, and numbers considered, this expedition of Carson and Godey may be considered among the boldest and most disinterested which the annals of western adventure, so full of daring deeds, can present.
Էջ 281 - In pursuance of your instructions, to connect the reconnoissance of 1842, which I had the honor to conduct, with the surveys of Commander Wilkes on the coast of the Pacific ocean, so as to give a connected survey of the interior of our continent...
Էջ 123 - The great heavens Seem to stoop down upon the scene in love, — A nearer vault, and of a tenderer blue, Than that which bends above our eastern hills.