Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
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generally with numbers vastly inferior , their indomitable courage and perseverance still urges them on to renewed attempts ; and if a single scalp is taken , it is considered equal to a great victory , and is hailed as a presage of ...
generally with numbers vastly inferior , their indomitable courage and perseverance still urges them on to renewed attempts ; and if a single scalp is taken , it is considered equal to a great victory , and is hailed as a presage of ...
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To lighten his horse , he immediately threw off the meat he carried , and then urged his animal to his utmost speed , in an attempt to distance his pursuers . He soon discovered , however , that the enemy was rapidly gaining upon him ...
To lighten his horse , he immediately threw off the meat he carried , and then urged his animal to his utmost speed , in an attempt to distance his pursuers . He soon discovered , however , that the enemy was rapidly gaining upon him ...
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Before he could attempt to fix himself firmly , he slid down the declivity till within a few feet of the frightful precipice . At the instant of his fall , he had the presence of mind to plant the rifle which he held in one hand ...
Before he could attempt to fix himself firmly , he slid down the declivity till within a few feet of the frightful precipice . At the instant of his fall , he had the presence of mind to plant the rifle which he held in one hand ...
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... suffering for several days with a lame foot , and am wholly incapable of such exertion . I soon discovered that an attempt to guide my horse over the most rugged and steepest ranges was than useless ; so I dropped the rein upon the ...
... suffering for several days with a lame foot , and am wholly incapable of such exertion . I soon discovered that an attempt to guide my horse over the most rugged and steepest ranges was than useless ; so I dropped the rein upon the ...
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