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Side 11
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 themselves by walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly ...
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 themselves by walking and hunting leisurely through that distance , which is composed chiefly ...
Side 12
... between leaves of paper ; but at last they began to perceive that probably there was some hidden > utility in these seemingly idle pursuits ; and the 12 FIRESIDE READING .
... between leaves of paper ; but at last they began to perceive that probably there was some hidden > utility in these seemingly idle pursuits ; and the 12 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 14
I felt that I was leaving the scenes of my childhood -- the spot which had witnessed all the happiness I ever knew , the home where all my affections were centered . I was entering a land of strangers , and would be compelled hereafter ...
I felt that I was leaving the scenes of my childhood -- the spot which had witnessed all the happiness I ever knew , the home where all my affections were centered . I was entering a land of strangers , and would be compelled hereafter ...
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The little streams are fringed with a thick growth of pretty trees and bushes , and the buds are now swelling , and the leaves expanding , and the grass is starting , to " welcome back the merry spring .
The little streams are fringed with a thick growth of pretty trees and bushes , and the buds are now swelling , and the leaves expanding , and the grass is starting , to " welcome back the merry spring .
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As the party , leaving the Pawnees and the buffalo behind , began to approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land ...
As the party , leaving the Pawnees and the buffalo behind , began to approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land ...
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