Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures, Or, Life in the West: To which is Added a View of the States of Our Western Empire ... and Descriptions of the Chief Cities of the WestSegner & Condit, 1868 - 775 страница |
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... Mexican Gulf ; and , as one of the links of the chain , Fort Chartres was built on the Mississippi , near Kaskaskia ; and in its vicinity soon flourished the villages of Cahokia and Prairie du Rocher . The Ohio at this time was but ...
... Mexican Gulf ; and , as one of the links of the chain , Fort Chartres was built on the Mississippi , near Kaskaskia ; and in its vicinity soon flourished the villages of Cahokia and Prairie du Rocher . The Ohio at this time was but ...
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... Mexican dominions , was the most important event to the nation which has oc- curred in this century . From that moment , the interests of the whole people of the Mississippi Valley became as one , and its vast natural re- sources began ...
... Mexican dominions , was the most important event to the nation which has oc- curred in this century . From that moment , the interests of the whole people of the Mississippi Valley became as one , and its vast natural re- sources began ...
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... Mexican villages . Just as I was beginning to weary of the comparatively idle life which we were leading , a friend informed me that Carson had arrived , and would shortly join our party at the mess - room . The name of this cele ...
... Mexican villages . Just as I was beginning to weary of the comparatively idle life which we were leading , a friend informed me that Carson had arrived , and would shortly join our party at the mess - room . The name of this cele ...
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... Mexican blankets serving me at once for mattress , sheets , and pillow - cases , while my saddle gave a rude , but never - failing pillow . Imagine me , then , fully equipped , and pre- pared to take up my abode under the first tree ...
... Mexican blankets serving me at once for mattress , sheets , and pillow - cases , while my saddle gave a rude , but never - failing pillow . Imagine me , then , fully equipped , and pre- pared to take up my abode under the first tree ...
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... Mexican rope made by twisting thongs of hide together ) to an iron picket - pin driven into the ground , was permitted to graze until sunset , when the drove were again watered and secured in the corral for the night . The habits of the ...
... Mexican rope made by twisting thongs of hide together ) to an iron picket - pin driven into the ground , was permitted to graze until sunset , when the drove were again watered and secured in the corral for the night . The habits of the ...
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