Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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... became nearly unmanageable . Several balls were instantly fired into him , but they only seemed to increase his fury . After spending a moment in rending each wound - their invariable practice - he se- lected the person who happened to ...
... became nearly unmanageable . Several balls were instantly fired into him , but they only seemed to increase his fury . After spending a moment in rending each wound - their invariable practice - he se- lected the person who happened to ...
Side 40
... became bewildered ; he raised himself upon his hind - feet , standing al- most erect , his mouth partly open , and from his protruding tongue the blood fell fast in drops . While in this position he received about six more balls , each ...
... became bewildered ; he raised himself upon his hind - feet , standing al- most erect , his mouth partly open , and from his protruding tongue the blood fell fast in drops . While in this position he received about six more balls , each ...
Side 42
... became evident that they were approaching the western shore of the vast North American continent . Food , however , was becoming scarce , the stock of dried buffalo meat being nearly ex- hausted ; and therefore , while the majority of ...
... became evident that they were approaching the western shore of the vast North American continent . Food , however , was becoming scarce , the stock of dried buffalo meat being nearly ex- hausted ; and therefore , while the majority of ...
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... became talkative , and related their individual adventures for the general amusement . The best story was told by Richardson , of a meeting he once had with three Blackfeet Indians . He had been out alone hunting buffalo , and toward ...
... became talkative , and related their individual adventures for the general amusement . The best story was told by Richardson , of a meeting he once had with three Blackfeet Indians . He had been out alone hunting buffalo , and toward ...
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... became . Sometimes we mounted steep banks of intermingled flinty rock and friable slate , where our horses could scarcely obtain a footing , frequently sliding down several feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the ...
... became . Sometimes we mounted steep banks of intermingled flinty rock and friable slate , where our horses could scarcely obtain a footing , frequently sliding down several feet on the loose , broken stones . Again we passed along the ...
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