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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... wide , with a firm pebbly bottom . This stream rises in the Black Hills to the west , and falls into the north branch of the Nebraska , about half a mile below the fort . There is good grazing on the creek , and pine and cedar wood for ...
... wide , with a firm pebbly bottom . This stream rises in the Black Hills to the west , and falls into the north branch of the Nebraska , about half a mile below the fort . There is good grazing on the creek , and pine and cedar wood for ...
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... wide . The central portion was occupied by a broad belt of heavy timber , and nearer the hills the prairies were of the richest verdure . “ We reached the ford of the Kanzas late in the after- * Long's Expedition , vol . 1. , pp . 137 ...
... wide . The central portion was occupied by a broad belt of heavy timber , and nearer the hills the prairies were of the richest verdure . “ We reached the ford of the Kanzas late in the after- * Long's Expedition , vol . 1. , pp . 137 ...
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... wide , and commenced immediate preparations for crossing . I had expected to find the river fordable , but it had been swollen by the late rains , and was sweeping by with an angry current , yellow and turbid as the Missouri . Up to ...
... wide , and commenced immediate preparations for crossing . I had expected to find the river fordable , but it had been swollen by the late rains , and was sweeping by with an angry current , yellow and turbid as the Missouri . Up to ...
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... wide , called Sandy Creek , and sometimes , as the Ottoes winter there , the Ottoe Fork . The country has become very sandy , and the plants less varied and abundant , with the exception of the amorpha , which rivals the grass in ...
... wide , called Sandy Creek , and sometimes , as the Ottoes winter there , the Ottoe Fork . The country has become very sandy , and the plants less varied and abundant , with the exception of the amorpha , which rivals the grass in ...
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... wide sandy plains which make the second division of the country to one travelling in that direction . The next day he crossed the high prairie ridge , destitute of water , between the Blue and Nebraska rivers , and came to the head of ...
... wide sandy plains which make the second division of the country to one travelling in that direction . The next day he crossed the high prairie ridge , destitute of water , between the Blue and Nebraska rivers , and came to the head of ...
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