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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Side 41
... escaped being attacked by these dreaded Indians ; and on the 14th , having reached the banks of the fine large Shoshone or Snake , also called Lewis river , they came to a halt for the purpose of erecting a fort , according to their ...
... escaped being attacked by these dreaded Indians ; and on the 14th , having reached the banks of the fine large Shoshone or Snake , also called Lewis river , they came to a halt for the purpose of erecting a fort , according to their ...
Side 43
... escape . At that instant the ball from the second barrel penetrated his vitals , and he measured his huge length upon the ground . In a few seconds he was dead . Upon examining the head , and cutting away the enormous mass of matted ...
... escape . At that instant the ball from the second barrel penetrated his vitals , and he measured his huge length upon the ground . In a few seconds he was dead . Upon examining the head , and cutting away the enormous mass of matted ...
Side 55
... escape from being dashed to pieces during the excursion . He was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in a perpendicular precipice of a thousand or twelve ...
... escape from being dashed to pieces during the excursion . He was walking on a ridge which sloped from the top at an angle of about forty degrees , and terminated at its lower part in a perpendicular precipice of a thousand or twelve ...
Side 64
... escape to a purer and more wholesome at- mosphere . " The party again toiled on , every day's march bringing them sensibly nearer the end of their journey . " About noon of the 3d of September we struck the Walla Walla river , a pretty ...
... escape to a purer and more wholesome at- mosphere . " The party again toiled on , every day's march bringing them sensibly nearer the end of their journey . " About noon of the 3d of September we struck the Walla Walla river , a pretty ...
Side 82
... escape , the fall of the bridge might have precipitated them into the gulf beneath . Yet no such idea ever en- tered the imagination of my thoughtless but brave guides , who sat at their meal singing and laughing , either unconscious or ...
... escape , the fall of the bridge might have precipitated them into the gulf beneath . Yet no such idea ever en- tered the imagination of my thoughtless but brave guides , who sat at their meal singing and laughing , either unconscious or ...
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