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90 overcoats , and white wool hats with Found crowns , fitting tightly to the 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 ...
90 overcoats , and white wool hats with Found crowns , fitting tightly to the 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 ...
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His large features were settled in a tranquillity which nothing could disturb , and as he puffed the smoke in huge volumes from his mouth , and the fragrant vapor wreathed and curled around his head , he seemed the embodied spirit of ...
His large features were settled in a tranquillity which nothing could disturb , and as he puffed the smoke in huge volumes from his mouth , and the fragrant vapor wreathed and curled around his head , he seemed the embodied spirit of ...
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“ Why , set to trappin ' prairie squirrels with little nooses made out of the hairs of my head . ” I should remark that his hair was so long that it fell in heavy masses on his shoulders . “ But squirrels in winter , Richardson !
“ Why , set to trappin ' prairie squirrels with little nooses made out of the hairs of my head . ” I should remark that his hair was so long that it fell in heavy masses on his shoulders . “ But squirrels in winter , Richardson !
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At length the poor animal came to bay , and made some unequivocal demonstrations of combat , raising and tossing his head furiously , and tearing up the ground with his feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like ...
At length the poor animal came to bay , and made some unequivocal demonstrations of combat , raising and tossing his head furiously , and tearing up the ground with his feet . At this moment a shot was fired . The victim trembled like ...
Side 27
The skin of a calf is properly dressed , with the 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 ally delivered with such ...
The skin of a calf is properly dressed , with the 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 ally delivered with such ...
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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