The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... Eastern man's notions still more com- pletely topsy - turvy on the subject of tribunals and government , as we went down to the coach - office to arrange for our places overland , we met an agent , whom we had expected to transact with ...
... Eastern man's notions still more com- pletely topsy - turvy on the subject of tribunals and government , as we went down to the coach - office to arrange for our places overland , we met an agent , whom we had expected to transact with ...
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... Eastern lady just arrived should have asked us next morning , " whether those were bushwhackers next door . " The hour of eight saw us embarked upon our ve- hicle , with all the baggage which it was absolutely necessary to carry : our ...
... Eastern lady just arrived should have asked us next morning , " whether those were bushwhackers next door . " The hour of eight saw us embarked upon our ve- hicle , with all the baggage which it was absolutely necessary to carry : our ...
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... Eastern city . Many of them , on principle , or from a sense of their responsibility , would not drink at all . Between Big Sandy and Comstock's we got our first experience of a thunder - storm on the Plains . At sun- set the clouds ...
... Eastern city . Many of them , on principle , or from a sense of their responsibility , would not drink at all . Between Big Sandy and Comstock's we got our first experience of a thunder - storm on the Plains . At sun- set the clouds ...
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... Eastern weakness , and let us sleep late , which , in Nebraska , means the sybaritic hour of eight A. M. It was still raining when we arose ; but it was only a trickle compared with the night before . A Euphu- ist , indefatigable in ...
... Eastern weakness , and let us sleep late , which , in Nebraska , means the sybaritic hour of eight A. M. It was still raining when we arose ; but it was only a trickle compared with the night before . A Euphu- ist , indefatigable in ...
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... Eastern necessity of leav- ing home to push one's fortune . There is plenty of pushing to be done in home's immediate neighbor- hood , - plenty of room to push , where a family is surrounded everywhere by league on league of the most ...
... Eastern necessity of leav- ing home to push one's fortune . There is plenty of pushing to be done in home's immediate neighbor- hood , - plenty of room to push , where a family is surrounded everywhere by league on league of the most ...
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