Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record |
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Side 3
SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
SOME YOME eight or ten years since , the editor of this series suggested to the then Book Agent at New York the propriety and usefulness of attempting to supply , in some measure , at least , a sort of general literature for fireside ...
Side 17
... at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these lofty and dignified attributes are more apt to exist in the fertile brain 2 B EXCURSI 17 N TO OREGON .
... at least of such Indian chiefs as we read of in our popular books . I begin to suspect , in truth , that these lofty and dignified attributes are more apt to exist in the fertile brain 2 B EXCURSI 17 N TO OREGON .
Side 21
I felt certain that hereby hung a tale , and I watched for a corresponding expression , or at least a look of consciousness , in the face of my opposite neighbor ; but expression there was none . His large features were settled in a ...
I felt certain that hereby hung a tale , and I watched for a corresponding expression , or at least a look of consciousness , in the face of my opposite neighbor ; but expression there was none . His large features were settled in a ...
Side 27
... that at least half. very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , without noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is ...
... that at least half. very midst of a herd . When he has selected such animal as suits his fancy , he comes close along side of it , and , without noise , passes an arrow through its heart . One arrow is always sufficient , and it is ...
Side 28
ally delivered with such force , that at least 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 ...
ally delivered with such force , that at least 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 ...
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