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... give these estimates on the authority of a trader of long experience , and a foreigner by birth . " I consider one American , ' said he , " equal to three Canadians in point of sagacity , aptness at resources , self - dependence , and ...
... give these estimates on the authority of a trader of long experience , and a foreigner by birth . " I consider one American , ' said he , " equal to three Canadians in point of sagacity , aptness at resources , self - dependence , and ...
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... River ; twenty - five miles below the head of the Great Island . The low banks of this river give it an appearance of great width . Captain Bon- neville measured it in one place , and found it 56 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
... River ; twenty - five miles below the head of the Great Island . The low banks of this river give it an appearance of great width . Captain Bon- neville measured it in one place , and found it 56 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
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... issue forth limpid streams , which , augmenting as they descend , become main tribu- taries , of the Missouri on the one side , and the Columbia on the other ; and give rise to the Seeds 78 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
... issue forth limpid streams , which , augmenting as they descend , become main tribu- taries , of the Missouri on the one side , and the Columbia on the other ; and give rise to the Seeds 78 BONNEVILLE'S ADVENTURES .
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Washington Irving. on the other ; and give rise to the Seeds - ke - dee Agie , or Green River , the great Colorado of the West , that emp- ties its current into the Gulf of California . The Wind River Mountains are notorious in hunters ...
Washington Irving. on the other ; and give rise to the Seeds - ke - dee Agie , or Green River , the great Colorado of the West , that emp- ties its current into the Gulf of California . The Wind River Mountains are notorious in hunters ...
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Washington Irving. of the thing , and the consequence which success gives them among their people . They are capital horsemen , and are generally well mounted on short , stout horses , similar to the prairie ponies , to be met with at St ...
Washington Irving. of the thing , and the consequence which success gives them among their people . They are capital horsemen , and are generally well mounted on short , stout horses , similar to the prairie ponies , to be met with at St ...
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adventures American Fur Company animal Astoria band banks Bannecks Beatte beautiful beaver Bighorn Blackfeet Blackfoot boat braves buffalo bull boat caches camp Captain Bonne Captain Bonneville Captain Bonneville's companions comrades course Crow country Crow nation danger deep deer defile distance encamped enemy expedition feet fire Fort Cass free trappers Fur Company Green River Valley half-breed halt hand head heart hills Hudson's Bay Hudson's Bay Company hunters hunting Indian journey kind lodge Malade River miles morning mounted neighborhood Nez Percés night old chief Osage party passed Pawnees plain Portneuf prairies ravine reached region rendezvous rifle Rocky Mountains round saddle salmon Salmon River savage scene Shoshonie skins smoke Snake River snow soon spirit stream Sublette tain thickets Tonish took trade trail trap travellers trees tribe turned village warriors wild horse wilderness Wind River Wind River Mountains winter Wyeth
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Page 389 - To live within himself ; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated all...