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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... passed through , an Eastern lady just arrived should have asked us next morning , " whether those were bushwhackers next door . " The hour of eight saw us embarked upon our ve- hicle , with all the baggage which it was absolutely ...
... passed through , an Eastern lady just arrived should have asked us next morning , " whether those were bushwhackers next door . " The hour of eight saw us embarked upon our ve- hicle , with all the baggage which it was absolutely ...
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... passing Fort Kearney , where the main herd makes its most frequent transit to the plains north of the Platte , some weeks before they crossed the road there . The Concord wagon rumbled out of Atchison , and we were fairly on " The ...
... passing Fort Kearney , where the main herd makes its most frequent transit to the plains north of the Platte , some weeks before they crossed the road there . The Concord wagon rumbled out of Atchison , and we were fairly on " The ...
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... passed one of the box- lanterns inside to be lighted , for the first time , by my comparatively dry companions . This effected , we opened the curtains sufficiently to let them escape ; with the assistance of the driver , got out of the ...
... passed one of the box- lanterns inside to be lighted , for the first time , by my comparatively dry companions . This effected , we opened the curtains sufficiently to let them escape ; with the assistance of the driver , got out of the ...
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... passed by few women whom I ever met at the East . It was a perpetual surprise to me to hear girls whose whole life had been spent on the Plains or in the back- woods , talk of Longfellow and Bryant , Dickens and Thackeray , Scott and ...
... passed by few women whom I ever met at the East . It was a perpetual surprise to me to hear girls whose whole life had been spent on the Plains or in the back- woods , talk of Longfellow and Bryant , Dickens and Thackeray , Scott and ...
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... passed the thrifty vegetable patch which supplied the Comstock table , and at once struck south over the trackless plain . The grass was tall and lux- uriant , but not so close as to impede our animals . In spite of the recent rain ...
... passed the thrifty vegetable patch which supplied the Comstock table , and at once struck south over the trackless plain . The grass was tall and lux- uriant , but not so close as to impede our animals . In spite of the recent rain ...
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