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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... standing fire . I whirled my carbine round from my back , and dropping the reins let drive for the back of the foreshoulder . Good inten- tion ! The slug went harmlessly far over my old monster's neck , as the plunge of my horse threw ...
... standing fire . I whirled my carbine round from my back , and dropping the reins let drive for the back of the foreshoulder . Good inten- tion ! The slug went harmlessly far over my old monster's neck , as the plunge of my horse threw ...
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... standing on a desert island , in a sea of billowing backs , flowed around on either side by a half - mile current of crazy buffaloes . Here was abundant opportunity to shoot , but not the slightest anxiety for doing so . I was safe ; I ...
... standing on a desert island , in a sea of billowing backs , flowed around on either side by a half - mile current of crazy buffaloes . Here was abundant opportunity to shoot , but not the slightest anxiety for doing so . I was safe ; I ...
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... standing - room for a single pair of hoofs at the base of the bluff across the ditch . I accordingly built myself a bridge . In the first place , I flung lumps of clay from the springy side into the fissure , until I had a surface ...
... standing - room for a single pair of hoofs at the base of the bluff across the ditch . I accordingly built myself a bridge . In the first place , I flung lumps of clay from the springy side into the fissure , until I had a surface ...
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... standing the crotched sticks on which they hung their pots . I had no anxiety to meet Sioux ; and as the hope of encountering my companions seemed increasingly slight in this direction , I turned and began retracing my steps , leading ...
... standing the crotched sticks on which they hung their pots . I had no anxiety to meet Sioux ; and as the hope of encountering my companions seemed increasingly slight in this direction , I turned and began retracing my steps , leading ...
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... standing by their heads , while the inside passengers used up half a box of matches in getting the lanterns lighted , the stage heavy with mails , seven inside passengers , and all their baggage , was forcibly blown back by the wind a ...
... standing by their heads , while the inside passengers used up half a box of matches in getting the lanterns lighted , the stage heavy with mails , seven inside passengers , and all their baggage , was forcibly blown back by the wind a ...
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