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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... horses in the corral , they had returned to the Missouri , con- verted the animals into cash , and , without the least attempt at absconding , began to enjoy their gains in speculation . Three days from the date of their crime they were ...
... horses in the corral , they had returned to the Missouri , con- verted the animals into cash , and , without the least attempt at absconding , began to enjoy their gains in speculation . Three days from the date of their crime they were ...
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... horses over a hard piece of road by walking ourselves . The Overland Mail vehicle is of that description known as the Concord wagon , a stout oblong box on springs , painted red , with heavy wheels and axles , having a flat arched roof ...
... horses over a hard piece of road by walking ourselves . The Overland Mail vehicle is of that description known as the Concord wagon , a stout oblong box on springs , painted red , with heavy wheels and axles , having a flat arched roof ...
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... horses , so close to us , in- deed , that , had we chosen , we might have bagged the whole party's supper from the wagon as we rode . The common plover were only less plenty , dodging about in the grass with their peculiar culprit ...
... horses , so close to us , in- deed , that , had we chosen , we might have bagged the whole party's supper from the wagon as we rode . The common plover were only less plenty , dodging about in the grass with their peculiar culprit ...
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... horses , and I took advantage of the halt to climb to the box . Here I rode the rest of the night , convinced that I could not surrender to Sleep until he had made a more protracted siege around the outworks . I felt convinced that my ...
... horses , and I took advantage of the halt to climb to the box . Here I rode the rest of the night , convinced that I could not surrender to Sleep until he had made a more protracted siege around the outworks . I felt convinced that my ...
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... horses were run- ning fetlock - deep , with the road still hard under their hoofs , for the soil had not yet had time to dissolve into mud . Torrents were flowing down every incline ; where the plain basined , the water stood in broad ...
... horses were run- ning fetlock - deep , with the road still hard under their hoofs , for the soil had not yet had time to dissolve into mud . Torrents were flowing down every incline ; where the plain basined , the water stood in broad ...
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