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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... ground , where we could watch their stampede for a longer period without obstruction ; and the study of their motion became a perfect de- light to the eye . They seldom or never leapt like deer , but ran with level backs , and in smooth ...
... ground , where we could watch their stampede for a longer period without obstruction ; and the study of their motion became a perfect de- light to the eye . They seldom or never leapt like deer , but ran with level backs , and in smooth ...
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... ground now began rising before us , and we came to a place where the divide forked . We had not yet seen the Republican , nor the timber which marked its first bottom . It became a question to us which way we should turn , east or west ...
... ground now began rising before us , and we came to a place where the divide forked . We had not yet seen the Republican , nor the timber which marked its first bottom . It became a question to us which way we should turn , east or west ...
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... ground ; and in the second , when one's shots did not go over or fall short , there was always enough life left in the little animal to tumble him down his hole beyond the risk of capture . So we soon abandoned the job . The people on ...
... ground ; and in the second , when one's shots did not go over or fall short , there was always enough life left in the little animal to tumble him down his hole beyond the risk of capture . So we soon abandoned the job . The people on ...
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... ground ; and although our numbers and armament were suf- ficiently formidable to warrant us presumably against any attack , in accordance with frontier habits we dis- posed ourselves between the river and our large wag- ons , and ...
... ground ; and although our numbers and armament were suf- ficiently formidable to warrant us presumably against any attack , in accordance with frontier habits we dis- posed ourselves between the river and our large wag- ons , and ...
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... ground , we found immense numbers of logs , varying from the full length of the trunk to three feet , lying near the severed stumps , awaiting deportation to some projected dam , or further truncation by the tools which had felled them ...
... ground , we found immense numbers of logs , varying from the full length of the trunk to three feet , lying near the severed stumps , awaiting deportation to some projected dam , or further truncation by the tools which had felled them ...
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