A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions, Constitution and Government; and Presenting a View of the Republic Generally, and of the Individual States; Together with a Condensed History of the Land. The Biography of the Leading Men; a Description of the Principal Cities and Towns, with Statistical TablesGrenville Mellen G.C. Smith, 1839 - 824 страница |
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... Missouri and Mississippi , from those which flow west into the Pacific Ocean , and are a continuation of the Cordilleras of Mexico . Their longitude is about one hundred and twelve west , and they terminate in about seventy north ...
... Missouri and Mississippi , from those which flow west into the Pacific Ocean , and are a continuation of the Cordilleras of Mexico . Their longitude is about one hundred and twelve west , and they terminate in about seventy north ...
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... Missouri and its powerful auxiliary streams . In endeavoring to explore these Alpine heights , and the sources of the Red and Arkansaw rivers , Captain Pike and his party were bewildered amidst snows , and torrents , and precipices ...
... Missouri and its powerful auxiliary streams . In endeavoring to explore these Alpine heights , and the sources of the Red and Arkansaw rivers , Captain Pike and his party were bewildered amidst snows , and torrents , and precipices ...
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... Missouri river , strikes the river Platte , a short distance above its junction with the Missouri ; then pursues the waters of the Platte to their sources , and , in continuation , crosses the head - waters of what Gen- eral Ashley ...
... Missouri river , strikes the river Platte , a short distance above its junction with the Missouri ; then pursues the waters of the Platte to their sources , and , in continuation , crosses the head - waters of what Gen- eral Ashley ...
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... Missouri enters the plains , is the most eastern projection ; and from where the Jaune leaves the snowy range , there is a lateral range , running more than two hundred miles south - east , which is intersected by the Bighorn river . As ...
... Missouri enters the plains , is the most eastern projection ; and from where the Jaune leaves the snowy range , there is a lateral range , running more than two hundred miles south - east , which is intersected by the Bighorn river . As ...
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... Missouri , where they passed several very high bluffs on the south side , one of which had been lately a burning volcano , as the pumice stones lay very thick around it , and emitted a strong sulphureous smell . Similar appearances are ...
... Missouri , where they passed several very high bluffs on the south side , one of which had been lately a burning volcano , as the pumice stones lay very thick around it , and emitted a strong sulphureous smell . Similar appearances are ...
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