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 страница |
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... bank . Thus , so intimate was the connection of each bank . with others , that , when one or two gave way , they all went down together in one common ruin . In 1804 , the year succeeding the purchase of Louisiana , Congress formed from ...
... bank . Thus , so intimate was the connection of each bank . with others , that , when one or two gave way , they all went down together in one common ruin . In 1804 , the year succeeding the purchase of Louisiana , Congress formed from ...
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... bank at intervals for half a mile or more , ) and we entertained a faint hope that we might slip by unperceived . But they discovered us when we had got about mid - way of their fires , and commanded us to come to . We were silent , for ...
... bank at intervals for half a mile or more , ) and we entertained a faint hope that we might slip by unperceived . But they discovered us when we had got about mid - way of their fires , and commanded us to come to . We were silent , for ...
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... bank of the Ohio , where they founded the town of Losantiville , which populate considerably . " It is a curious fact , and one of many in Western history that may i well tend to shake our faith in the learned EARLY HISTORY . 53.
... bank of the Ohio , where they founded the town of Losantiville , which populate considerably . " It is a curious fact , and one of many in Western history that may i well tend to shake our faith in the learned EARLY HISTORY . 53.
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... bank of the Beaver river , about a mile and a half from its mouth . . After the usual exultations and rejoicings at the capture of a noted enemy , and causing him to run the gauntlet , a fire was prepared , near which Brady was placed ...
... bank of the Beaver river , about a mile and a half from its mouth . . After the usual exultations and rejoicings at the capture of a noted enemy , and causing him to run the gauntlet , a fire was prepared , near which Brady was placed ...
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... bank above , in order to assist him . Another white man fol- lowed him closely , and seeing Adam in the river , covered with blood , and swimming rapidly from shore , mistook him for an Indian and fired upon him , wounding him ...
... bank above , in order to assist him . Another white man fol- lowed him closely , and seeing Adam in the river , covered with blood , and swimming rapidly from shore , mistook him for an Indian and fired upon him , wounding him ...
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