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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... soon we may expect to see a continuous line of railroad con- necting the Atlantic with the Pacific . As the past recedes from us , and is seen only by the dim light of history , the events of border life , and the adventures of pioneer ...
... soon we may expect to see a continuous line of railroad con- necting the Atlantic with the Pacific . As the past recedes from us , and is seen only by the dim light of history , the events of border life , and the adventures of pioneer ...
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... 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 out- ermost Anglo - American post , and disembarking , they began to prepare for their long and ven ...
... 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 out- ermost Anglo - American post , and disembarking , they began to prepare for their long and ven ...
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... 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 opposite to you is my bitterest enemy . I was once going down alone from the ...
... 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 opposite to you is my bitterest enemy . I was once going down alone from the ...
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... soon out of sight . There must have been many thousands of them . Toward evening a large band of elk came on a full gallop , and passed very near the party . The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses ...
... soon out of sight . There must have been many thousands of them . Toward evening a large band of elk came on a full gallop , and passed very near the party . The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the horses ...
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... soon succeeded in diverting the attention of his pertinacious foe . After the bear had received the contents of all the guns , he fell , and was soon dispatched . The man rode in among his fellows , pale and haggard from overwrought ...
... soon succeeded in diverting the attention of his pertinacious foe . After the bear had received the contents of all the guns , he fell , and was soon dispatched . The man rode in among his fellows , pale and haggard from overwrought ...
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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