Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... arrival , nor did I even sus- pect that Indians were in our neighborhood , so could not control the alarm which their sudden appearance occasioned me . These Indians , " continues Mr. Townsend , " were the finest look- ing of any I had ...
... arrival , nor did I even sus- pect that Indians were in our neighborhood , so could not control the alarm which their sudden appearance occasioned me . These Indians , " continues Mr. Townsend , " were the finest look- ing of any I had ...
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... arrived on the Green river , or Colorado of the west , which they forded , and encamped upon a spot which was to form a rendezvous for all the mountain companies who left the states in spring , and also the trappers who come from ...
... arrived on the Green river , or Colorado of the west , which they forded , and encamped upon a spot which was to form a rendezvous for all the mountain companies who left the states in spring , and also the trappers who come from ...
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... arrived at the rendezvous where the caravans always make some stay before proceeding on the re- mainder of their journey . Still , according to Mr. Townsend's account of the encampment , it was scarcely the best hospital for an invalid ...
... arrived at the rendezvous where the caravans always make some stay before proceeding on the re- mainder of their journey . Still , according to Mr. Townsend's account of the encampment , it was scarcely the best hospital for an invalid ...
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... arrived within ten feet of him , when a sudden flashing of the eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must ...
... arrived within ten feet of him , when a sudden flashing of the eye , and an impatient motion , told me that I was observed . He raised his enormous head and looked around him , and so truly terrible and grand did he appear , that I must ...
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... arrived there on the 25th , after nine days ' absence . Their return had been anxiously expected , and " I could well perceive , " says Mr. Townsend , " many a long- ing and eager gaze cast upon the well - filled bales of buffalo meat ...
... arrived there on the 25th , after nine days ' absence . Their return had been anxiously expected , and " I could well perceive , " says Mr. Townsend , " many a long- ing and eager gaze cast upon the well - filled bales of buffalo meat ...
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