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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... bull that ever ran . " • Comstock is a widower , with a large family of chil- dren , most of them living with him , and two of them having children of their own under his roof . On the Plains there is none of our Eastern necessity of ...
... bull that ever ran . " • Comstock is a widower , with a large family of chil- dren , most of them living with him , and two of them having children of their own under his roof . On the Plains there is none of our Eastern necessity of ...
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... bull , motionless , as if carven in bronze , noting our every gesture with red , inevitable eyes . We determined to hide in the cover of some low scrubby bushes , and wait until one of these senti- nels came down from his post to drink ...
... bull , motionless , as if carven in bronze , noting our every gesture with red , inevitable eyes . We determined to hide in the cover of some low scrubby bushes , and wait until one of these senti- nels came down from his post to drink ...
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... bull , as large and wary as the sentry off duty . We were out - maneuvered , after all ; and in revenge for our calloused knee - pans , I regret to say that we poured one simultaneous volley into the buf falo at the puddle . But even an ...
... bull , as large and wary as the sentry off duty . We were out - maneuvered , after all ; and in revenge for our calloused knee - pans , I regret to say that we poured one simultaneous volley into the buf falo at the puddle . But even an ...
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... bulls , able to fight and shift pretty well for themselves , but not yet to be trusted with state secrets , or the ... bull , carrying in his hip the ten - years ' souvenir of an ounce ball , or an arrow - head , can limp back from a ...
... bulls , able to fight and shift pretty well for themselves , but not yet to be trusted with state secrets , or the ... bull , carrying in his hip the ten - years ' souvenir of an ounce ball , or an arrow - head , can limp back from a ...
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... bull , though the ball went too low for his final settlement , and he walked away laboriously to lie down where I could not follow him . Just at that mo- ment a pair of rifles spoke in quick succession lower down the bluff . Two old bulls ...
... bull , though the ball went too low for his final settlement , and he walked away laboriously to lie down where I could not follow him . Just at that mo- ment a pair of rifles spoke in quick succession lower down the bluff . Two old bulls ...
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