The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1870 - 568 Seiten |
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... human feet . When the fresh team started out with a plunge , and the fresh night - breath of the Plains began fanning my forehead , the fever of unsuccessful sleepiness left me , and I enjoyed myself as much as if I were not sure it ...
... human feet . When the fresh team started out with a plunge , and the fresh night - breath of the Plains began fanning my forehead , the fever of unsuccessful sleepiness left me , and I enjoyed myself as much as if I were not sure it ...
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... human occupation disappeared entirely , and with them the prairie - chick- ens became less and less abundant . These fowl , as may be known , flourish best in the neighborhood of settlements , sometimes , like quail , relying princi ...
... human occupation disappeared entirely , and with them the prairie - chick- ens became less and less abundant . These fowl , as may be known , flourish best in the neighborhood of settlements , sometimes , like quail , relying princi ...
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... human dis- honesty , we helped ourselves freely from their wood- pile , and in a few moments had a blazing camp - fire and a kettle singing pleasant prophecies of coffee . Before the water boiled , and while the antelope was dressing ...
... human dis- honesty , we helped ourselves freely from their wood- pile , and in a few moments had a blazing camp - fire and a kettle singing pleasant prophecies of coffee . Before the water boiled , and while the antelope was dressing ...
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... human goodness , but a well based faith in the most admirable strategic arrangement known to the gregarious tribes of the brute world . My first experience of antelope - steak , was a gastro- nomic sensation , surpassing all the ...
... human goodness , but a well based faith in the most admirable strategic arrangement known to the gregarious tribes of the brute world . My first experience of antelope - steak , was a gastro- nomic sensation , surpassing all the ...
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... human regret , " Ah ! I died too soon ! " After dinner , the artist opened his color - box , and began making a study of the antelope's head , which had been left entire for his purpose , while the two other gentlemen of our Overland ...
... human regret , " Ah ! I died too soon ! " After dinner , the artist opened his color - box , and began making a study of the antelope's head , which had been left entire for his purpose , while the two other gentlemen of our Overland ...
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