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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... portion assigned the army had been drawn for , for public securities ; the sale to commence upon the twenty - first of the following September , and the price not to be less than one dollar per acre . Before this public disposition of ...
... portion assigned the army had been drawn for , for public securities ; the sale to commence upon the twenty - first of the following September , and the price not to be less than one dollar per acre . Before this public disposition of ...
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... portion of the frontiers , and this doubtless arose from the slaughter at Braddock's defeat , and the numerous murders and attacks on defenseless families that for many years followed that disaster . Brady was also a very successful ...
... portion of the frontiers , and this doubtless arose from the slaughter at Braddock's defeat , and the numerous murders and attacks on defenseless families that for many years followed that disaster . Brady was also a very successful ...
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... portion of our Union , instead of being in a state of nature , is now more or less covered with villages , farms , and towns , where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard ; that the woods are fast disappearing under the ...
... portion of our Union , instead of being in a state of nature , is now more or less covered with villages , farms , and towns , where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard ; that the woods are fast disappearing under the ...
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... portions of this mighty Republic , has not already induced a greater number of our citi- zens to worship Nature at this her shrine , than which , perhaps , there is no other portion of our continent more emphatically deserving of the ...
... portions of this mighty Republic , has not already induced a greater number of our citi- zens to worship Nature at this her shrine , than which , perhaps , there is no other portion of our continent more emphatically deserving of the ...
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... portion of the common channel . After quitting La Belle Riviere , as the French first designated the Ohio , one feels as if he has made an exchange for the worse . The scenery of the Mississippi is even less varied than that of the Ohio ...
... portion of the common channel . After quitting La Belle Riviere , as the French first designated the Ohio , one feels as if he has made an exchange for the worse . The scenery of the Mississippi is even less varied than that of the Ohio ...
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