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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... head , and almost hard enough to resist a musket - ball . 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 them- selves by walking and hunting ...
... head , and almost hard enough to resist a musket - ball . 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 them- selves by walking and hunting ...
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... head , he seemed the embodied spirit of meekness and taciturnity . 66 The camp moved soon after , and I lost no time in overhauling Richardson , and asking an explanation of his singular conduct . Why , " said he , " that Injen that sat ...
... head , he seemed the embodied spirit of meekness and taciturnity . 66 The camp moved soon after , and I lost no time in overhauling Richardson , and asking an explanation of his singular conduct . Why , " said he , " that Injen that sat ...
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... head . " I should remark that his hair was so long that it fell in heavy masses on his shoulders . " But squirrels in winter , Richardson ! I never heard of squirrels in winter . " " Well , but there was plenty of them , though ; little ...
... head . " I should remark that his hair was so long that it fell in heavy masses on his shoulders . " But squirrels in winter , Richardson ! I never heard of squirrels in winter . " " Well , but there was plenty of them , though ; little ...
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... head furiously , and tearing up the ground with his feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like an aspen leaf , and fell on his knees , but recovering himself in an in- stant , started again as fast as before ...
... head furiously , and tearing up the ground with his feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like an aspen leaf , and fell on his knees , but recovering himself in an in- stant , started again as fast as before ...
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... head and legs left attached to it . The Indian envelops himself in this , and with his short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along ...
... head and legs left attached to it . The Indian envelops himself in this , and with his short bow and a brace of arrows ambles off into the very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along ...
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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