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Leaving their baggage to come on with the steamer , about three hundred miles
up the Missouri , Mr. Townsend and his friend set off to amuse themselves by
walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly of
...
Leaving their baggage to come on with the steamer , about three hundred miles
up the Missouri , Mr. Townsend and his friend set off to amuse themselves by
walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly of
...
Side 16
... constantly echoed along the line of the cavalcade . The road lay over a fast
rolling prairie , with occasional small spots of timber at the distance of several
miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some
weeks .
... constantly echoed along the line of the cavalcade . The road lay over a fast
rolling prairie , with occasional small spots of timber at the distance of several
miles apart , and this was expected to be the complexion of the track for some
weeks .
Side 21
I was once going down alone from the rendezvous with letters from St. Louis ,
and when I arrived on the lower part of the Platte river - just a short distance
beyond us here — I fell in with about a dozen Ottos . They were known to be a
friendly ...
I was once going down alone from the rendezvous with letters from St. Louis ,
and when I arrived on the lower part of the Platte river - just a short distance
beyond us here — I fell in with about a dozen Ottos . They were known to be a
friendly ...
Side 23
... direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was
seen & range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east
till lost in the far distance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn ...
... direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was
seen & range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east
till lost in the far distance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn ...
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 they ...
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 they ...
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able afterward allowed appeared approach arrived attempt became boat body brought called Captain cause close commanded companions conduct continued course covered crew danger death direction distance effect entered escape expected eyes feelings feet felt fire five formed four gave give ground half hands head heard hope horses hundred immediately Indians island Italy kind land least leave length less lived looked means miles mind minutes months morning natives never night officers once party passed person poor present prison raft reached received remained returned river sail sailors saved says scarcely seemed seen seized Selkirk sent served ship shore short side sight situation soon suffered taken thing thought till tion took travelers turned vessel whole wind young
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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 |