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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... whole series together , at the option of the purchaser . The labor of preparing the work for publication has been considerable , much more than the editor imagined it would be or he would scarcely have undertaken it amidst the laborious ...
... whole series together , at the option of the purchaser . The labor of preparing the work for publication has been considerable , much more than the editor imagined it would be or he would scarcely have undertaken it amidst the laborious ...
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... whole , to have been very favorable speci- mens of the American aboriginals . The men had many of them fine countenances , but the women were very homely . The following is a description of one of their chiefs : " In the even- ing the ...
... whole , to have been very favorable speci- mens of the American aboriginals . The men had many of them fine countenances , but the women were very homely . The following is a description of one of their chiefs : " In the even- ing the ...
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... whole night , and even when the labor of the chase was over , three were irrecov- erably lost ; at another time half of the party were drenched crossing a wide creek full of black mud , which the men had to flounder through on horseback ...
... whole night , and even when the labor of the chase was over , three were irrecov- erably lost ; at another time half of the party were drenched crossing a wide creek full of black mud , which the men had to flounder through on horseback ...
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... whole extent of vision in a northerly and westerly direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the ...
... whole extent of vision in a northerly and westerly direction ; but to the eastward of the river , and about eight miles from it , was seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the ...
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... whole day , and so got quite clear of the Grand Pawnees . The travelers were now proceeding across one of the large central prairies of North America , and were , as they reckoned , within three days ' journey of the buffalo region ...
... whole day , and so got quite clear of the Grand Pawnees . The travelers were now proceeding across one of the large central prairies of North America , and were , as they reckoned , within three days ' journey of the buffalo region ...
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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