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Page xi
... Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri - Reception at Fort Osage - Arrival at St. Louis -- -- CHAP . XXI . - Agreement Between Mr. Astor and the Russian Fur Company - War Between the United States and Great Britain - Instruc- tions to ...
... Voyage Down the Platte and the Missouri - Reception at Fort Osage - Arrival at St. Louis -- -- CHAP . XXI . - Agreement Between Mr. Astor and the Russian Fur Company - War Between the United States and Great Britain - Instruc- tions to ...
Page xiii
... Voyage of the Beaver to New Archangel - A Russian Governor - Roystering Rule - The Tyranny of the Table - Hard Drinking Bargains - Voyage to Kamtschatka -Seal - catching Establishment at St. Paul's— Storms at Sea - Mr . Hunt Left at the ...
... Voyage of the Beaver to New Archangel - A Russian Governor - Roystering Rule - The Tyranny of the Table - Hard Drinking Bargains - Voyage to Kamtschatka -Seal - catching Establishment at St. Paul's— Storms at Sea - Mr . Hunt Left at the ...
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... voyage down the river , Mr. Hunt , who still entertained doubts of its practicability , despatched an exploring party , consisting of John Reed , the clerk , John Day , Trappers Detached 3 the hunter , and Pierre Dorion , Astoria.
... voyage down the river , Mr. Hunt , who still entertained doubts of its practicability , despatched an exploring party , consisting of John Reed , the clerk , John Day , Trappers Detached 3 the hunter , and Pierre Dorion , Astoria.
Page 66
... voyages . Being badly made , it was taken apart and put to- gether again , by the light of the fire . The night was cold ; the men were weary and dis- heartened with such varied and incessant toil and hardship . They crouched , dull and ...
... voyages . Being badly made , it was taken apart and put to- gether again , by the light of the fire . The night was cold ; the men were weary and dis- heartened with such varied and incessant toil and hardship . They crouched , dull and ...
Page 128
... voyage along the southern shore . No sooner had they departed , than the In- dians returned to the scene of action , bore off their two comrades who had been shot , one of whom was still living , and returned to their village . Here ...
... voyage along the southern shore . No sooner had they departed , than the In- dians returned to the scene of action , bore off their two comrades who had been shot , one of whom was still living , and returned to their village . Here ...
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