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 WestStegner & Condit, 1867 - 763 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... Fire Winter Scene - Oak - openings - Rolling Prairie - Table Lands - Flint Knobs - Salt Plains - Perpendicular Rocks- Region of the Buffalo Salt Licks - Habits of the Bison - Hunting - Indian Method - Hunting Wild Horses - The Prairie ...
... Fire Winter Scene - Oak - openings - Rolling Prairie - Table Lands - Flint Knobs - Salt Plains - Perpendicular Rocks- Region of the Buffalo Salt Licks - Habits of the Bison - Hunting - Indian Method - Hunting Wild Horses - The Prairie ...
Page 15
... fire and sword , finishing the work by also suspending some of the corpses of his enemies from trees , with the inscription , " Not as Spaniards , but as murderers . " Unable to hold possession of the country , De Gourges retired to his ...
... fire and sword , finishing the work by also suspending some of the corpses of his enemies from trees , with the inscription , " Not as Spaniards , but as murderers . " Unable to hold possession of the country , De Gourges retired to his ...
Page 21
... fire was maintained by appointed guardians . Near the temple , on an artificial mound , stood the dwelling of their chief , called the Great Sun , who was supposed to be descended from that luminary , and all around were grouped the ...
... fire was maintained by appointed guardians . Near the temple , on an artificial mound , stood the dwelling of their chief , called the Great Sun , who was supposed to be descended from that luminary , and all around were grouped the ...
Page 32
... fire . The town occupied only about two acres , completely covered with buildings and combustible materials , excepting the narrow intervals of fourteen or fifteen feet used as streets or lanes , and the whole was environed with a very ...
... fire . The town occupied only about two acres , completely covered with buildings and combustible materials , excepting the narrow intervals of fourteen or fifteen feet used as streets or lanes , and the whole was environed with a very ...
Page 35
... fire of hickory bark to frighten off the wolf ; where the rattlesnake infused his deadly poison into the foot of the rash in- truders on his ancient domain ; where , in the deep grass , they laid prostrate and breathless , while the ...
... fire of hickory bark to frighten off the wolf ; where the rattlesnake infused his deadly poison into the foot of the rash in- truders on his ancient domain ; where , in the deep grass , they laid prostrate and breathless , while the ...
Contents
9 | |
15 | |
35 | |
48 | |
69 | |
81 | |
104 | |
112 | |
536 | |
559 | |
573 | |
597 | |
623 | |
636 | |
655 | |
662 | |
172 | |
236 | |
258 | |
268 | |
276 | |
322 | |
375 | |
418 | |
510 | |
669 | |
677 | |
684 | |
704 | |
727 | |
735 | |
741 | |
749 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abundant acres animals appearance Arkansas Arkansas River bank beautiful bluffs boat buffalo California camp Carson City coast Colorado Columbia Columbia River Comstock Lode COUNTY TOWNS Creek crossed distance district dollars east elevation emigrants encamped feet fire forest fork formed Frémont grass hills horses Hudson Bay Company Illinois Indians journey Kansas Lake Michigan Lake Superior land latitude limestone longitude Louis Mexican Mexico Michigan mineral mines Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River Mormon mouth mules navigable nearly Nevada night Ohio Oregon Pacific party passed plains Platte population portion pounds prairie Railroad reached region rich ridge rifle river road rock Rocky Mountains route Salt Lake sand Santa Fé settlement shore side Sierra Sierra Nevada snow soil spring square miles steamboats stream Territory thousand timber tion trees tribe United valley western whole wood
Popular passages
Page 742 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 746 - In every case, after the choice of the president, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them by ballot the vice-president.]* The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 749 - Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 754 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disability, SEC.
Page 453 - ... from the lakes to the gulf, and from the Atlantic to the far interior.
Page 748 - ... claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. SEC. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.
Page 43 - no colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that which has first commenced at the Muskingum. Information, property, and strength will be its characteristics. I know many of the settlers personally, and there never were men better calculated to promote the welfare of such a community.
Page 750 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll. VIRGINIA — John Blair, James Madison, Jr. NORTH CAROLINA — William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson. SOUTH CAROLINA — John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler. GEORGIA — William Few, Abraham Baldwin. Attest: William Jackson, Secretary. AMENDMENTS...
Page 395 - ... distended with air, and with pasted seams. Although the day was very calm, there was a considerable swell on the lake; and there were white patches of foam on the surface, which were slowly moving to the southward, indicating the set of a current in that direction, and recalling the recollection of the whirlpool stories. The water continued to deepen as we advanced; the lake becoming almost transparently clear, of an extremely beautiful...
Page 521 - Courts. Municipal Courts are also established in Detroit and other cities. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, with a Reporter.