Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... party . The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the 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 ...
... party . The appearance of these animals produced a singular effect upon the 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 ...
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... the most perfect coolness and precision . During the race the whole of which occurred in full view of the party - the men seemed wild with the excitement which it occasioned ; and when the animal 26 FIRESIDE READING .
... the most perfect coolness and precision . During the race the whole of which occurred in full view of the party - the men seemed wild with the excitement which it occasioned ; and when the animal 26 FIRESIDE READING .
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... party were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest among them . The whole plain , as far as the eye could dis- cern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion ...
... party were suddenly greeted by a sight which seemed to astonish even the oldest among them . The whole plain , as far as the eye could dis- cern , was covered by one enormous mass of buffalo . The scene , at the very least computa- tion ...
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... party , leaving the Pawnees and the buffalo behind , began to approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of ...
... party , leaving the Pawnees and the buffalo behind , began to approach the mountain district , the country altered its appearance greatly for the worse . They were now on a great sandy waste , forming a kind of upper table - land of ...
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... party . One afternoon , one of the men had a somewhat perilous adven- ture with a grizzly bear . He saw the animal crouching his huge frame among some willows which skirted the river , and , approaching on horseback to within twenty ...
... party . One afternoon , one of the men had a somewhat perilous adven- ture with a grizzly bear . He saw the animal crouching his huge frame among some willows which skirted the river , and , approaching on horseback to within twenty ...
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