Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... says , " was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had 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 ...
... says , " was quietly and unsuspiciously cropping the herbage , and I had 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 ...
Side 47
... 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 as our mules swung their little EXCURSION TO OREGON . 47.
... 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 as our mules swung their little EXCURSION TO OREGON . 47.
Side 48
... in his " Astoria . " Mr. Townsend gives an interesting description of this company and its captain . " On the evening of the 26th , " he says , " Captain Wyeth , Mr. Nuttall , and myself , supped with Mr. M'- 48 FIRESIDE READING .
... in his " Astoria . " Mr. Townsend gives an interesting description of this company and its captain . " On the evening of the 26th , " he says , " Captain Wyeth , Mr. Nuttall , and myself , supped with Mr. M'- 48 FIRESIDE READING .
Side 52
... say nothing of the salutary effect which I sin- cerely hope it may produce . " ments . After having completed the fort , and raised the American flag upon it , the party on the 6th of August recommenced their journey west- ward ...
... say nothing of the salutary effect which I sin- cerely hope it may produce . " ments . After having completed the fort , and raised the American flag upon it , the party on the 6th of August recommenced their journey west- ward ...
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... says , " I strolled into the Snake camp . It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams , formed generally of branches of trees tied together in conic summit , and covered with buffalo , deer , or elk skins . Men and little children ...
... says , " I strolled into the Snake camp . It consists of about thirty lodges or wigwams , formed generally of branches of trees tied together in conic summit , and covered with buffalo , deer , or elk skins . Men and little children ...
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