Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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He is a young man about twenty - five years of age , straight as a poplar , and with a noble countenance and bearing , but he appeared to me to be marvelously deficient ...
He is a young man about twenty - five years of age , straight as a poplar , and with a noble countenance and bearing , but he appeared to me to be marvelously deficient ...
Side 20
While discussing the affair at breakfast , three Indians , of a tribe called the Ottos , made their appearance . These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could ...
While discussing the affair at breakfast , three Indians , of a tribe called the Ottos , made their appearance . These visitors were suspected of being concerned in the loss of the three horses mentioned above ; but as the crime could ...
Side 23
... and long - billed curlews were stalking about in the shallows , searching for food . The prairie here is as level as a race - course , not the slightest undulation appearing throughout the whole extent of vision in a northerly and ...
... and long - billed curlews were stalking about in the shallows , searching for food . The prairie here is as level as a race - course , not the slightest undulation appearing throughout the whole extent of vision in a northerly and ...
Side 24
Next morning the party were alarmed with the appearance of two men on horseback , hovering on their path at a great distance . On looking at them with a telescope , they were discovered to be Indians , and on their approach it was found ...
Next morning the party were alarmed with the appearance of two men on horseback , hovering on their path at a great distance . On looking at them with a telescope , they were discovered to be Indians , and on their approach it was found ...
Side 25
The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses , all of which became restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several ...
The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses , all of which became restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several ...
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| Titel | Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record Fireside reading |
| Redaktør | Davis Wasgatt Clark |
| Udgiver | A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Chicago |
| Digitaliseret | 25. jan 2016 |
| Længde | 416 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |