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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... stations between the Missouri and the Pa- cific . Our guns hung in their cases by the straps of the wagon - top ; our blankets were folded under us to supplement the cushions . To guard against any emer- gency , we were dressed exactly ...
... stations between the Missouri and the Pa- cific . Our guns hung in their cases by the straps of the wagon - top ; our blankets were folded under us to supplement the cushions . To guard against any emer- gency , we were dressed exactly ...
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... station , sixty miles from Atchison . Here we took tea in quite an ambitious frame tavern , and our eyes lay lingeringly on the shingle of Civili- zation's last justice of the peace . There was a tin- shop in Seneca ; I think a lawyer's ...
... station , sixty miles from Atchison . Here we took tea in quite an ambitious frame tavern , and our eyes lay lingeringly on the shingle of Civili- zation's last justice of the peace . There was a tin- shop in Seneca ; I think a lawyer's ...
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... station famous among such passengers as have reached there in proper season for delicious suppers , we to - night ... station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist ...
... station famous among such passengers as have reached there in proper season for delicious suppers , we to - night ... station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist ...
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... station - keepers cultivate several acres of land adjoining , in which case the traveller is de- lighted by the entrance of fresh vegetables into a bill of fare , which is elsewhere unqualified pork and greasy potatoes . Occasionally ...
... station - keepers cultivate several acres of land adjoining , in which case the traveller is de- lighted by the entrance of fresh vegetables into a bill of fare , which is elsewhere unqualified pork and greasy potatoes . Occasionally ...
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... station- house with the charge in my gun , yet with pleasant sensations of willingness to be charged myself , due to more than a mile's tramp through the rich grass of the breezy divide . Just beyond the breakfast - place we entered Ne ...
... station- house with the charge in my gun , yet with pleasant sensations of willingness to be charged myself , due to more than a mile's tramp through the rich grass of the breezy divide . Just beyond the breakfast - place we entered Ne ...
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