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We had halted at the bottom of a wet-draw to water our horses. I went above the
place where they were drinking, to quench my thirst at a brown pool which
appeared a trifle less stagnant than their watering- place, and, lying down with
my face ...
We had halted at the bottom of a wet-draw to water our horses. I went above the
place where they were drinking, to quench my thirst at a brown pool which
appeared a trifle less stagnant than their watering- place, and, lying down with
my face ...
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We had not yet seen the Republican, nor the timber which marked its first bottom.
It became a question to us which way we should turn, east or west, as nothing
more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be
...
We had not yet seen the Republican, nor the timber which marked its first bottom.
It became a question to us which way we should turn, east or west, as nothing
more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be
...
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From the height where he sat on horseback, they were as invisible to any
ordinary eye as if they had been at the bottom of the sea ; and when • I did
discover them, they would have been as illegible to my understanding for any
pathfinding ...
From the height where he sat on horseback, they were as invisible to any
ordinary eye as if they had been at the bottom of the sea ; and when • I did
discover them, they would have been as illegible to my understanding for any
pathfinding ...
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... along the edge for nearly three miles further, before we found a draw running
back into the divide with sides sufficiently gradual to permit our descent to the
river's first bottom. But none of the time demanded by this detour was thrown
away.
... along the edge for nearly three miles further, before we found a draw running
back into the divide with sides sufficiently gradual to permit our descent to the
river's first bottom. But none of the time demanded by this detour was thrown
away.
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The river-bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie-dogs that we had to
drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid-leg deep at every step. I have
travelled for miles in Nebraska and Colorado through the villages of these ...
The river-bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie-dogs that we had to
drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid-leg deep at every step. I have
travelled for miles in Nebraska and Colorado through the villages of these ...
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| Titel | The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon Principle |
| Autor | Fitz Hugh Ludlow |
| Verlag | Hurd and Houghton, 1871 |
| Original von | Princeton University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Jan. 2009 |
| Länge | 568 Seiten |
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