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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Side 11
... sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGÓN . 11 .
... sight was as shocking to the feelings as it was grotesque ; for the cheeks of the vain being were covered with blood as she stood with fancied dignity in the midst of twenty others , who evidently envied her EXCURSION TO OREGÓN . 11 .
Side 22
... covered with snow , and the river was frozen solid . While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or five of the cowards jumped on me , mastered my rifle , and held my arms fast , while they ...
... covered with snow , and the river was frozen solid . While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or five of the cowards jumped on me , mastered my rifle , and held my arms fast , while they ...
Side 28
... covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the bluffs to the river- bank ...
... covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion , would certainly extend ten miles , and in the whole of this great space , including about eight miles in width from the bluffs to the river- bank ...
Side 32
... covered with snow of daz- zling whiteness . From the great hight above the level of the sea which the party had at- tained , the climate was found to be cold , even although in summer ; the plains were covered only by the scantiest ...
... covered with snow of daz- zling whiteness . From the great hight above the level of the sea which the party had at- tained , the climate was found to be cold , even although in summer ; the plains were covered only by the scantiest ...
Side 35
... covered the book ; and although I returned to the river , and searched assiduously till night , and offered large rewards to the men , it could not be found . " The loss of his journal , however , was not the only bad consequence of his ...
... covered the book ; and although I returned to the river , and searched assiduously till night , and offered large rewards to the men , it could not be found . " The loss of his journal , however , was not the only bad consequence of his ...
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