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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... Platte ; but after we had got the team loose , and were standing by their heads , while the inside passengers used up half a box of matches in getting the lanterns lighted , the stage heavy with mails , seven inside passengers , and all ...
... Platte ; but after we had got the team loose , and were standing by their heads , while the inside passengers used up half a box of matches in getting the lanterns lighted , the stage heavy with mails , seven inside passengers , and all ...
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... Platte River is formed by the junction of its north and south forks . In the neighborhood of the confluence , the land be- gins rising westward perceptibly . About ten miles ' from Cottonwood , I got my first sensation of ascent toward ...
... Platte River is formed by the junction of its north and south forks . In the neighborhood of the confluence , the land be- gins rising westward perceptibly . About ten miles ' from Cottonwood , I got my first sensation of ascent toward ...
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... Platte , and thenceforward to Denver , a distance of 274 miles , were hardly ever out of its sight . We stopped here to change horses , and take delicious draughts from the finest spring between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountain ...
... Platte , and thenceforward to Denver , a distance of 274 miles , were hardly ever out of its sight . We stopped here to change horses , and take delicious draughts from the finest spring between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountain ...
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... Platte . The Platte it- self is not alkaline ; yet where the trail runs at any distance from it , emigrant cattle often suffer so much from thirst , that unless great watchfulness is used , they temporarily satiate themselves at the ...
... Platte . The Platte it- self is not alkaline ; yet where the trail runs at any distance from it , emigrant cattle often suffer so much from thirst , that unless great watchfulness is used , they temporarily satiate themselves at the ...
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... Platte , canned fruit , the sourer the better , is an absolutely indispensable portion of his outfit . The use of that word " outfit , " is curiously broad upon the Plains . It means as many things as the Ital- ian " roba , " or the ...
... Platte , canned fruit , the sourer the better , is an absolutely indispensable portion of his outfit . The use of that word " outfit , " is curiously broad upon the Plains . It means as many things as the Ital- ian " roba , " or the ...
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