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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... hundred and eleven miles from Atchison , and the last station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables attached , and a large ...
... hundred and eleven miles from Atchison , and the last station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables attached , and a large ...
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... hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ; but our recollections of a station breakfast were not sufficiently fascinating to tempt us into sitting down at table . We now had occasion to ...
... hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ; but our recollections of a station breakfast were not sufficiently fascinating to tempt us into sitting down at table . We now had occasion to ...
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... hundred miles east of Denver , and much regretted my inability to close the bargain in consequence of unwillingness to hamper myself with pets all the way to California . We found the Republican a clear stream , about fif- teen rods in ...
... hundred miles east of Denver , and much regretted my inability to close the bargain in consequence of unwillingness to hamper myself with pets all the way to California . We found the Republican a clear stream , about fif- teen rods in ...
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... hundred and fifty yards , and without apparent inconvenience shamble away on a leisurely cow - trot , up the draw toward his comrade . " Cuss his tough hide ! " ejaculated John Gilbert . " Why didn't we shoot for him in the first place ...
... hundred and fifty yards , and without apparent inconvenience shamble away on a leisurely cow - trot , up the draw toward his comrade . " Cuss his tough hide ! " ejaculated John Gilbert . " Why didn't we shoot for him in the first place ...
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... hundred yards , though I have killed an antelope with it at six hundred . I was sure I might rely on it at my present distance , if the buffalo - fever could only be held in check . I took deliberate aim , and succeeded in hitting a ...
... hundred yards , though I have killed an antelope with it at six hundred . I was sure I might rely on it at my present distance , if the buffalo - fever could only be held in check . I took deliberate aim , and succeeded in hitting a ...
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