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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Seite 37
... called " White Ash Draw , " be- tween our original divide and the next further south , when we saw our first antelope . He was a mere glanc- ing spot on the sunny side of a slope two miles off , and disappeared too soon to be resolved ...
... called " White Ash Draw , " be- tween our original divide and the next further south , when we saw our first antelope . He was a mere glanc- ing spot on the sunny side of a slope two miles off , and disappeared too soon to be resolved ...
Seite 42
... should turn , east or west , as nothing more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be imagined . John Gilbert was called upon to decide , while the 42 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
... should turn , east or west , as nothing more entirely without landmarks than the Plains out of sight of timber can well be imagined . John Gilbert was called upon to decide , while the 42 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
Seite 43
... called upon to decide , while the party halted . He rode about in the tall grass for a few moments without any particular appearance of scrutiny , and finally remarked , - - " We'll keep to the eastward , I reckon . Some fel- low's gone ...
... called upon to decide , while the party halted . He rode about in the tall grass for a few moments without any particular appearance of scrutiny , and finally remarked , - - " We'll keep to the eastward , I reckon . Some fel- low's gone ...
Seite 46
... fearlessly as a . house - bred puppy . Though called dogs , they have of course no right to the name , belonging to the rodents , and resembling in all respects the Eastern woodchuck more closely 46 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
... fearlessly as a . house - bred puppy . Though called dogs , they have of course no right to the name , belonging to the rodents , and resembling in all respects the Eastern woodchuck more closely 46 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
Seite 57
... called spicy and balmy by hyperbole straining vainly for an adequate name . Our fire leaped up gladly , as if it tasted the young original oxygen with our own human relish ; and across its faint , vanishing edges came spectral glimpses ...
... called spicy and balmy by hyperbole straining vainly for an adequate name . Our fire leaped up gladly , as if it tasted the young original oxygen with our own human relish ; and across its faint , vanishing edges came spectral glimpses ...
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