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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... called God to witness had been cruelly murdered . These things are too horrible to dwell upon . We , at the East , are apt to think that the punishment of our old national transgressions is all condensed in the But I felt war which has ...
... called God to witness had been cruelly murdered . These things are too horrible to dwell upon . We , at the East , are apt to think that the punishment of our old national transgressions is all condensed in the But I felt war which has ...
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... called out , ' Hold hard ! ye needn't hang him . I'll give him ten bushel o ' corn . ' ' Is it shelled ? ' drawled the old man in his old , lazy . voice . ' No , - ' ta'nt , ' says the settler . ' Drive on with your wagon , ' says the ...
... called out , ' Hold hard ! ye needn't hang him . I'll give him ten bushel o ' corn . ' ' Is it shelled ? ' drawled the old man in his old , lazy . voice . ' No , - ' ta'nt , ' says the settler . ' Drive on with your wagon , ' says the ...
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... nape of the neck , I wondered whether this was not what people on shore called wanting to go to bed . The facilities for such a gratification were so amus- ? ingly scanty that I concluded I must be mistaken . THE SETTING OUT . 13.
... nape of the neck , I wondered whether this was not what people on shore called wanting to go to bed . The facilities for such a gratification were so amus- ? ingly scanty that I concluded I must be mistaken . THE SETTING OUT . 13.
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... called Marysville , we forded the Big Blue , one of the largest streams in this portion of Kansas - timbered with cot- ton - woods , sycamores , oaks , and occasional elms- and , a little after sunrise , stopped at " Seventeen Mile ...
... called Marysville , we forded the Big Blue , one of the largest streams in this portion of Kansas - timbered with cot- ton - woods , sycamores , oaks , and occasional elms- and , a little after sunrise , stopped at " Seventeen Mile ...
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... a high bridge without parapets over one of the numerous streams in this region , called Big or Little " Sandy ; " the leaders stopped , and began facing the pole , and we were in imminent danger of 2 THE SETTING OUT . 17.
... a high bridge without parapets over one of the numerous streams in this region , called Big or Little " Sandy ; " the leaders stopped , and began facing the pole , and we were in imminent danger of 2 THE SETTING OUT . 17.
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