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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... Ocean . This is what we denominate in this work " Our Western Empire . " But in fact it constitutes the great body of our nation's vast domain . Without it , how insignificant in territorial extent , and in natural resources , would ...
... Ocean . This is what we denominate in this work " Our Western Empire . " But in fact it constitutes the great body of our nation's vast domain . Without it , how insignificant in territorial extent , and in natural resources , would ...
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... Ocean . These reports are replete with interesting details and descriptions , which every one should read who desires an intimate acquaintance with the vast regions which these expeditions traverse . The second part of our work gives a ...
... Ocean . These reports are replete with interesting details and descriptions , which every one should read who desires an intimate acquaintance with the vast regions which these expeditions traverse . The second part of our work gives a ...
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... ocean . In May 1787 , a convention was assembled at Danville to remonstrate with Congress against the proposition of ceding the navigation of the Mississippi to Spain ; but it having been ascertained that 24 HISTORICAL SKETCH .
... ocean . In May 1787 , a convention was assembled at Danville to remonstrate with Congress against the proposition of ceding the navigation of the Mississippi to Spain ; but it having been ascertained that 24 HISTORICAL SKETCH .
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... ocean . The Indians between this line and the Mississippi were to be considered independent ; but France was to retain Canada , and her settlements on the Illinois and Wabash . Had this offer been accepted , there is little doubt , from ...
... ocean . The Indians between this line and the Mississippi were to be considered independent ; but France was to retain Canada , and her settlements on the Illinois and Wabash . Had this offer been accepted , there is little doubt , from ...
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... ocean . " When my wife , my eldest son ( then an infant ) , and myself , were returning from Pennsylvania to Kentucky , we found it expedient , the waters being unusually low , to provide ourselves with a skiff , to enable us to proceed ...
... ocean . " When my wife , my eldest son ( then an infant ) , and myself , were returning from Pennsylvania to Kentucky , we found it expedient , the waters being unusually low , to provide ourselves with a skiff , to enable us to proceed ...
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