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Side 11
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 ...
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 ...
Side 16
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 .
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
“ Why , ' said he , “ that Injen that sat opposite to you 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 ...
“ Why , ' said he , “ that Injen that sat opposite to you 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 ...
Side 23
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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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 door effect entered escape expected eyes father 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 months morning natives never night officers once party passed perhaps 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 tion took travelers turned vessel whole wind young
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| 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 |