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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... short distance beyond us here I fell in with about a dozen . Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
... short distance beyond us here I fell in with about a dozen . Ottos . They were known to be a friendly tribe , and I therefore felt no fear of them . I dis- mounted from my horse , and sat with them on EXCURSION TO OREGON . 21.
Side 22
... horse , and sat with them on the ground . It was in the depth of winter ; the ground was covered with snow , and the river was frozen solid . While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or ...
... horse , and sat with them on the ground . It was in the depth of winter ; the ground was covered with snow , and the river was frozen solid . While I was thinking of nothing but my dinner , which I was then about preparing , four or ...
Side 23
... horse also ? " " To be sure they did , and my blankets , and every thing I had , except my clothes . " " But how did you subsist till you reached the set- tlements ? You had a long journey before you . " " Why , set to trappin ' prairie ...
... horse also ? " " To be sure they did , and my blankets , and every thing I had , except my clothes . " " But how did you subsist till you reached the set- tlements ? You had a long journey before you . " " Why , set to trappin ' prairie ...
Side 25
... horses , all of which be- came restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of his men went immediately in pursuit of them , and returned late ...
... horses , all of which be- came restive , and about half of the loose ones broke away , and scoured over the plain in full chase after the elk . Captain Wyeth and several of his men went immediately in pursuit of them , and returned late ...
Side 26
... horses . Away went the buffalo , and away went the men , as hard as they could dash ; now the hunters gained upon him , and pressed him hard ; again the enormous crea- ture had the advantage , plunging with all his might , his terrific ...
... horses . Away went the buffalo , and away went the men , as hard as they could dash ; now the hunters gained upon him , and pressed him hard ; again the enormous crea- ture had the advantage , plunging with all his might , his terrific ...
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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