Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures: Or, Life in the West. To which is Added a View of the States and Territorial Regions of Our Western Empire: Embracing History, Statistics and Geography, and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the WestSegner & Condit, 1870 - 775 pages |
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... beautiful lakes near its origin , followed by the famous Indian legend of the Maiden's Rock ; a delineation of St. Anthony's and Brown's Falls , and of the Lower Mississippi , with Audubon's pleasant sketch of the Virginia squatter upon ...
... beautiful lakes near its origin , followed by the famous Indian legend of the Maiden's Rock ; a delineation of St. Anthony's and Brown's Falls , and of the Lower Mississippi , with Audubon's pleasant sketch of the Virginia squatter upon ...
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... beautiful lands of Kentucky . The plains and forests abounded with wild beasts of every kind ; deer and elk were common ; the buffalo were seen in herds , and the plains covered with the richest verdure . The glowing descriptions of ...
... beautiful lands of Kentucky . The plains and forests abounded with wild beasts of every kind ; deer and elk were common ; the buffalo were seen in herds , and the plains covered with the richest verdure . The glowing descriptions of ...
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... beautiful shades and colors is bleached , with the bitterness of approaching death , ' tis then man becomes desperate ; the most timid have then done deeds of daring which were almost incredible . I may say that hope had almost forsaken ...
... beautiful shades and colors is bleached , with the bitterness of approaching death , ' tis then man becomes desperate ; the most timid have then done deeds of daring which were almost incredible . I may say that hope had almost forsaken ...
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... Beautiful , ' abounding in fish of an enor- mous size ; magnificent forests of a tree from which sugar flows , and a shrub which yields candles ; vension in abundance ; without foxes , wolves , lions , or tigers ; no taxes to pay ; no ...
... Beautiful , ' abounding in fish of an enor- mous size ; magnificent forests of a tree from which sugar flows , and a shrub which yields candles ; vension in abundance ; without foxes , wolves , lions , or tigers ; no taxes to pay ; no ...
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... beautiful structure . It is generally in broken pieces , yet large enough to show the shape and curve of the circumference of the vessels of which those pieces were a part . In some cases , the beauty of the shape of the vessel was ...
... beautiful structure . It is generally in broken pieces , yet large enough to show the shape and curve of the circumference of the vessels of which those pieces were a part . In some cases , the beauty of the shape of the vessel was ...
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