Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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... directed again to the subject , and the publication seeming to be called for , he has revised and retrenched his material , and now presents the result in a series of five volumes , under the general title of " Fireside Reading .
... directed again to the subject , and the publication seeming to be called for , he has revised and retrenched his material , and now presents the result in a series of five volumes , under the general title of " Fireside Reading .
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... and showed himself every way suitable for his very important mission . In the company thero were also five missionaries , the principal of whom , Mr. Jason Lee , was a “ tall and powerful man EXCURSION TO OREGON . 15.
... and showed himself every way suitable for his very important mission . In the company thero were also five missionaries , the principal of whom , Mr. Jason Lee , was a “ tall and powerful man EXCURSION TO OREGON . 15.
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He is a young man about twenty - five years of age , straight as a poplar , and with a noble countenance and bearing , but he appeared to me to be marvelously deficient ...
He is a young man about twenty - five years of age , straight as a poplar , and with a noble countenance and bearing , but he appeared to me to be marvelously deficient ...
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On the afternoon of the next day , the party crossed a broad , Indian trail , bearing northerly , supposed to be about five days old , and to have been made by a war - party of Pawnees . Hoping to escape these formidable enemies of the ...
On the afternoon of the next day , the party crossed a broad , Indian trail , bearing northerly , supposed to be about five days old , and to have been made by a war - party of Pawnees . Hoping to escape these formidable enemies of the ...
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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 took from me my knife and tomahawk , my flint and steel ...
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 took from me my knife and tomahawk , my flint and steel ...
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