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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... bottom of a wet - draw to water our horses . I went above the place where they were drinking , to quench my thirst at a brown pool which appeared a trifle less stagnant than their watering- place , and , lying down with my face over the ...
... bottom of a wet - draw to water our horses . I went above the place where they were drinking , to quench my thirst at a brown pool which appeared a trifle less stagnant than their watering- place , and , lying down with my face over the ...
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... bottom . It became a question to us which way we should turn , east or west , as nothing more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be imagined . John Gilbert was called upon to decide , while the 42 ...
... bottom . It became a question to us which way we should turn , east or west , as nothing more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be imagined . John Gilbert was called upon to decide , while the 42 ...
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... any ordinary eye as if they had been at the bottom of the sea ; and when · I did discover them , they would have been as illegible to my understanding for any pathfinding purposes as if they COMSTOCK'S . 43 - A BUFFALO HUNT .
... any ordinary eye as if they had been at the bottom of the sea ; and when · I did discover them , they would have been as illegible to my understanding for any pathfinding purposes as if they COMSTOCK'S . 43 - A BUFFALO HUNT .
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... bottom . But none of the time demanded by this detour was thrown away . The view from the brink was one of the loveliest in nature . Broad level sun- shine flooded the green plain below us , and drifting cloud - shadows brought out the ...
... bottom . But none of the time demanded by this detour was thrown away . The view from the brink was one of the loveliest in nature . Broad level sun- shine flooded the green plain below us , and drifting cloud - shadows brought out the ...
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... bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie - dogs that we had to drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid - leg deep at every step . I have travelled for miles in Nebraska and Colorado through the villages of these ...
... bottom was so riddled by the burrows of the prairie - dogs that we had to drive cautiously lest our horses should sink mid - leg deep at every step . I have travelled for miles in Nebraska and Colorado through the villages of these ...
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