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 13
... suitable description . " In about an hour and a half , " says Mr. Townsend , " we arrived at Fulton , a pretty little town , and saw the villagers in their holiday - clothes parading along to EXCURSION TO OREGON . 13.
... suitable description . " In about an hour and a half , " says Mr. Townsend , " we arrived at Fulton , a pretty little town , and saw the villagers in their holiday - clothes parading along to EXCURSION TO OREGON . 13.
Side 18
... half of the party were drenched crossing a wide creek full of black mud , which the men had to flounder through on horseback . The weather , too , was becoming intolerably warm . They had fre- quently been favored with fresh breezes ...
... half of the party were drenched crossing a wide creek full of black mud , which the men had to flounder through on horseback . The weather , too , was becoming intolerably warm . They had fre- quently been favored with fresh breezes ...
Side 25
... half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of his men went immediately in pursuit of them , and returned late at night , bringing the greater number . Two had ...
... half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of his men went immediately in pursuit of them , and returned late at night , bringing the greater number . Two had ...
Side 27
... fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
... fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , with- out noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is gener- ally delivered with such force , that at least half EXCURSION TO OREGON . 27.
Side 28
... half the shaft appears through the opposite side . The creature totters , and is about to fall , when the Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great ...
... half the shaft appears through the opposite side . The creature totters , and is about to fall , when the Indian glides around , and draws the arrow from the wound lest it should be broken . A single Indian is said to kill a great ...
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adventures afterward Alexander Selkirk allowed appeared arrived attempt Auldjo became Blackfeet boat bread brig brought buffalo called Captain Cinque Ports coast commanded companions crew Dampier danger death deck distance door endeavored escape father feet felt fire frigate gave governor grizzly bear hands heard hight hope horses Indians island Italy jailer Juan Fernandez land Lavalette length looked Maroncelli Medusa ment Milan miles mind Mont Blanc morning mountains mutineers natives never night Norfolk Island o'clock officers party passed Pellico person pinnace Pitcairn's Island poor prison provisions raft reached received remained returned river rope sail sailors says scarcely schooner secondini seemed seized Selkirk Senegal sent ship shore side sight Silvio Pellico situation soon Stradling suffered thing thought tion Tofoa took Townsend travelers Tude vessel voyage whole William Funnel wind wine wounded yawl