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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... stage- route . I began to wonder whether , if we stayed a lit- tle longer in Atchison , we should not see a soldier tried for desertion in a justice court , or a church- member turned out of the fold for heresy by a surrogate . The ...
... stage- route . I began to wonder whether , if we stayed a lit- tle longer in Atchison , we should not see a soldier tried for desertion in a justice court , or a church- member turned out of the fold for heresy by a surrogate . The ...
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... stage - coach . Six persons can ride comfortably inside , if they are only used to sleeping in an upright position ; but the great pressure of travel to Den- ver often at that day compelled passengers to ride three on a seat , an ...
... stage - coach . Six persons can ride comfortably inside , if they are only used to sleeping in an upright position ; but the great pressure of travel to Den- ver often at that day compelled passengers to ride three on a seat , an ...
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... stage of sensation in which a stage - floor seems piled with 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 ...
... stage of sensation in which a stage - floor seems piled with 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 ...
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... stage " hasn't brought up the last order . The station - keepers charge variously from fifty cents in Kansas to a dollar in Nebraska , and westward , for every meal , without regard to qual ity . Their charges upon the passengers they ...
... stage " hasn't brought up the last order . The station - keepers charge variously from fifty cents in Kansas to a dollar in Nebraska , and westward , for every meal , without regard to qual ity . Their charges upon the passengers they ...
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... stages for miles to pick up the droppings . Though the prai- rie - fowl diminished , the plovers and doves were still abundant . At Virginia City , one hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ...
... stages for miles to pick up the droppings . Though the prai- rie - fowl diminished , the plovers and doves were still abundant . At Virginia City , one hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ...
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