Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement, Band 3Reuben Gold Thwaites A. H. Clark Company, 1904 |
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... covering the first two years ( 1785-87 ) , which were lost in the shipwreck on the coast of Holland . The value of these journals has long been known to scientists ; their larger interest , as revealing both political and social ...
... covering the first two years ( 1785-87 ) , which were lost in the shipwreck on the coast of Holland . The value of these journals has long been known to scientists ; their larger interest , as revealing both political and social ...
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... covered 28 Miles . The 16th at 7 o'clock in the morning we crossed the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Virginia . The line is marked by cutting down the trees on a width of about feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle ...
... covered 28 Miles . The 16th at 7 o'clock in the morning we crossed the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Virginia . The line is marked by cutting down the trees on a width of about feet on the right and left of the Ohio or Belle ...
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... covering an area of over six acres of ground near the road.51 At this season when the Frost had produced ice from 3 to 4 lines thick , this plant was not at all injured by it . In this territory are two places , one called Flat lick and ...
... covering an area of over six acres of ground near the road.51 At this season when the Frost had produced ice from 3 to 4 lines thick , this plant was not at all injured by it . In this territory are two places , one called Flat lick and ...
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... covered 10 miles . The Travelers consisted of 15 armed men and more than thirty women and children . Sunday 7th of June crossed the Mountains called Cum- berland Mountains , 22 Miles . The 8th continued our march in the Mountains 23 ...
... covered 10 miles . The Travelers consisted of 15 armed men and more than thirty women and children . Sunday 7th of June crossed the Mountains called Cum- berland Mountains , 22 Miles . The 8th continued our march in the Mountains 23 ...
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... covered with snow , the Roads rough and my horse fell lame . I was obliged to walk . I made 12 miles . I was unable to light a fire because the trees and wood were all frosted . I spent the night nearly frozen . About 2 o'clock the Moon ...
... covered with snow , the Roads rough and my horse fell lame . I was obliged to walk . I made 12 miles . I was unable to light a fire because the trees and wood were all frosted . I spent the night nearly frozen . About 2 o'clock the Moon ...
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