Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics, and Political Position of These Terretories : an Account of the Emigrant Aid Companies, and Directions to EmigrantsPhillips, Sampson, 1854 - 256 Seiten |
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... covered with an interminable green , fading to blue as they recede into the far distance . On an extensive plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise ...
... covered with an interminable green , fading to blue as they recede into the far distance . On an extensive plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise ...
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... covered with a close matting of willow boughs to protect it from the thick incrustation of earth and clay with which the lodge is covered to the depth of two or three feet . This , by long use , becomes hardened , and is quite ...
... covered with a close matting of willow boughs to protect it from the thick incrustation of earth and clay with which the lodge is covered to the depth of two or three feet . This , by long use , becomes hardened , and is quite ...
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... covering of buffalo or elk skins , placed over the flame - like curtains , leaving a hole in front , for the occupant to pass in or out . Some of these cover- ings are exceedingly beautiful , being cut tastefully into fringe , and ...
... covering of buffalo or elk skins , placed over the flame - like curtains , leaving a hole in front , for the occupant to pass in or out . Some of these cover- ings are exceedingly beautiful , being cut tastefully into fringe , and ...
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... covered with mats , made out of the flag that grows in the swamp lands of their prairies . Their land , except along the streams , is generally poor . The low lands are subject to annual inundations . Besides these tribes , which have ...
... covered with mats , made out of the flag that grows in the swamp lands of their prairies . Their land , except along the streams , is generally poor . The low lands are subject to annual inundations . Besides these tribes , which have ...
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... covered with herds of buffaloes , with elk , antelopes , mountain goats and sneaking wolves . A thou- In general , the country of the lower part of this valley lacks wood for useful purposes . The immediate shores of the river , however ...
... covered with herds of buffaloes , with elk , antelopes , mountain goats and sneaking wolves . A thou- In general , the country of the lower part of this valley lacks wood for useful purposes . The immediate shores of the river , however ...
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appointed Arkansas river beautiful Bent's Fort bill bluffs boundary Bridger's Pass buffalo Capt Congress cotton-wood court Creek crossed Dahcotah described district dollars east eastern Eli Thayer Emigrant Aid Company encamped fertile Fort Kearney Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley Fremont further enacted governor grass groves hills House hundred and fifty hundred miles Indian tribes Iowa Kanzas and Nebraska Kanzas river Kearney land Laramie latitude Leavenworth legislative assembly limestone Mandans Mississippi Missouri Compromise Missouri river mouth Nebraska and Kanzas Nebraska river northern officers Osage Osage river Pacific Pawnees pines plains Platte prairie railroad region ridge road Rocky Mountains route sandy Santa Fé Senate settlement settlers Shawnees side slavery slaves soil souri southern stream summit territory of Kanzas territory of Nebraska thence thousand three hundred timber tion treaties tributaries United valley village vote western westward wood Wyandots