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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... tracts of country than the formative influences further west . As might be expected , the land gives evidence of more spasmodic and irregular disturbances the nearer we approach the great spinal mountain- chain of the Continent . The ...
... tracts of country than the formative influences further west . As might be expected , the land gives evidence of more spasmodic and irregular disturbances the nearer we approach the great spinal mountain- chain of the Continent . The ...
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... tracts of many miles square , for most of their subsistence , upon gleanings from the rick and stubble field . When found to any extent in perfectly wild regions , they occupy some secret spot far in the bosom of the Plains , where ...
... tracts of many miles square , for most of their subsistence , upon gleanings from the rick and stubble field . When found to any extent in perfectly wild regions , they occupy some secret spot far in the bosom of the Plains , where ...
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... tract which more perfectly represented Platitude and Inanity , re- duced to their geographical terms , than anything east of the Goshoot Desert . I dwell on this Thohu Va - vohu a little longer be- cause , if I can at all approach its ...
... tract which more perfectly represented Platitude and Inanity , re- duced to their geographical terms , than anything east of the Goshoot Desert . I dwell on this Thohu Va - vohu a little longer be- cause , if I can at all approach its ...
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... tracts where they might rea- sonably be looked for . That night the wind blew more violently , if possi- ble , than it had at Willow Island . The ranch - house rocked under it , and such tempests of sand came fly- ing with it , that ...
... tracts where they might rea- sonably be looked for . That night the wind blew more violently , if possi- ble , than it had at Willow Island . The ranch - house rocked under it , and such tempests of sand came fly- ing with it , that ...
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... the season , I should have enjoyed the new nature opening to study throughout this tract , with much zest and enthusiasm . From the time we left Junction till we struck the Platte again , we seemed to 132 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
... the season , I should have enjoyed the new nature opening to study throughout this tract , with much zest and enthusiasm . From the time we left Junction till we struck the Platte again , we seemed to 132 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
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