Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... distance , which is composed chiefly of wide , flat prairies , with few and remotely - situated hab- itations of the frontier settlers . One of the first indications of their approach to a wild country was the spectacle of a band of ...
... distance , which is composed chiefly of wide , flat prairies , with few and remotely - situated hab- itations of the frontier settlers . One of the first indications of their approach to a wild country was the spectacle of a band of ...
Side 16
... distance of several miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some weeks . For the first day and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell , which made the ground wet and ...
... distance of several miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some weeks . For the first day and night the journey was agreeable , but on the second day a heavy rain fell , which made the ground wet and ...
Side 21
... distance beyond us here - I fell in with about a dozen Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
... distance beyond us here - I fell in with about a dozen Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
Side 24
... distance . On looking at them with a telescope , they were discovered to be Indians , and on their approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about ...
... distance . On looking at them with a telescope , they were discovered to be Indians , and on their approach it was found they belonged to a large band of the Grand Pawnee tribe , who were on a war excursion , and encamped at about ...
Side 25
... north , and the computed distance from the Mis- souri settlements about three hundred and sixty miles . The day following , the party saw several small herds of buffalo on their side of the river . EXCURSION TO OREGON . 25.
... north , and the computed distance from the Mis- souri settlements about three hundred and sixty miles . The day following , the party saw several small herds of buffalo on their side of the river . EXCURSION TO OREGON . 25.
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