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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... road passes through their country , and the temptation which the emigration gives to their stealing propensities seems to afford their principal occupation . They are a wild , roving people , wholly careless of civilized arts . " I am ...
... road passes through their country , and the temptation which the emigration gives to their stealing propensities seems to afford their principal occupation . They are a wild , roving people , wholly careless of civilized arts . " I am ...
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... road for the Elkhorn , where we arrived ( thirty miles ) in good camp time , after passing over a most delight- ful country for nearly the whole distance . There is , how- ever , quite a scarcity of timber , which may only be found upon ...
... road for the Elkhorn , where we arrived ( thirty miles ) in good camp time , after passing over a most delight- ful country for nearly the whole distance . There is , how- ever , quite a scarcity of timber , which may only be found upon ...
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... road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole " divide " between the Kanzas ... roads now . followed become muddy and difficult of travel , but in this respect , says Major Cross , in his report , it ...
... road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole " divide " between the Kanzas ... roads now . followed become muddy and difficult of travel , but in this respect , says Major Cross , in his report , it ...
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... road in the whole country . The traders often prefer crossing it with their goods to the more circuit- ous and tedious route by boat up the Missouri river . The immediate valley of the Nebraska is a rich bottom soil . In 1842 , Col ...
... road in the whole country . The traders often prefer crossing it with their goods to the more circuit- ous and tedious route by boat up the Missouri river . The immediate valley of the Nebraska is a rich bottom soil . In 1842 , Col ...
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... road to Fort Laramie is wholly level . A gentle rolling country then begins . It is upon these sandy plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort ...
... road to Fort Laramie is wholly level . A gentle rolling country then begins . It is upon these sandy plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort ...
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