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 9
... seen only by the dim light of history , the events of border life , and the adventures of pioneer travelers , on the broad prairies , in the vast wilderness , and in the mountain gorges , increase in the intensity of their interest . A ...
... seen only by the dim light of history , the events of border life , and the adventures of pioneer travelers , on the broad prairies , in the vast wilderness , and in the mountain gorges , increase in the intensity of their interest . A ...
Side 12
... seen in Missouri , although somewhat touched with the awkward bashfulness and prudery which generally characterize the prairie maid- ens . They had lost their mother when young , and having no companions out of the domestic circle , and ...
... seen in Missouri , although somewhat touched with the awkward bashfulness and prudery which generally characterize the prairie maid- ens . They had lost their mother when young , and having no companions out of the domestic circle , and ...
Side 23
... seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less prairie , than with the ...
... seen a range of high bluffs , or sand - banks , stretching away to the south - east till lost in the far dis- tance . The travelers were not less struck with the solemn grandeur of the apparently - bound- less prairie , than with the ...
Side 24
... seen a number of little pools , of only a few inches in depth , scattered over the plain , the water of which was so bitter and pungent , that it seemed to penetrate into the tongue , and al- most to take the skin from the mouth . Next ...
... seen a number of little pools , of only a few inches in depth , scattered over the plain , the water of which was so bitter and pungent , that it seemed to penetrate into the tongue , and al- most to take the skin from the mouth . Next ...
Side 29
... seen . Shortly after encamping , the hunters brought in the choice parts of five that they had killed . Of the animals belonging to those vast herds which the hunters kill , only a small portion is taken for food . Mr. Townsend and two ...
... seen . Shortly after encamping , the hunters brought in the choice parts of five that they had killed . Of the animals belonging to those vast herds which the hunters kill , only a small portion is taken for food . Mr. Townsend and two ...
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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