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Side 9
A great variety of incidents now lies within reach of the historian - much of it not only well calculated to awaken a transient interest , -but also to illustrate the rapid spread of 9 EXCURSION TO OREGON IN 1834 9 I.
A great variety of incidents now lies within reach of the historian - much of it not only well calculated to awaken a transient interest , -but also to illustrate the rapid spread of 9 EXCURSION TO OREGON IN 1834 9 I.
Side 14
The steamer arrived on the 9th of April , and the two pedestrians having gone on board , it was soon puffing up the river at the rate of seven miles an hour . In four days they reached the small town of Independence , then the outermost ...
The steamer arrived on the 9th of April , and the two pedestrians having gone on board , it was soon puffing up the river at the rate of seven miles an hour . In four days they reached the small town of Independence , then the outermost ...
Side 22
I begged them , for the love of God , to give me my rifle and a few loads of ammunition , or I should starve before I could reach the settlements . No ; I should have nothing ; and if I did not start off immediately , they would throw ...
I begged them , for the love of God , to give me my rifle and a few loads of ammunition , or I should starve before I could reach the settlements . No ; I should have nothing ; and if I did not start off immediately , they would throw ...
Side 23
“ But how did you subsist till you reached the settlements ? You had a long journey before you . ” “ 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 ...
“ But how did you subsist till you reached the settlements ? You had a long journey before you . ” “ 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 ...
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manner : minutes were entirely beyond the reach of their guns , but were still so near that their enormous horns , and long , shaggy beards were very distinctly seen . Shortly after encamping , the hunters brought in the choice parts of ...
manner : minutes were entirely beyond the reach of their guns , but were still so near that their enormous horns , and long , shaggy beards were very distinctly seen . Shortly after encamping , the hunters brought in the choice parts of ...
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