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... formed , and the necessary funds were raised to carry the proposed measure into effect . One of the most efficient persons in this association was Mr. Alfred Seton , who , when quite a youth , had accompanied one of the expe- ditions ...
... formed , and the necessary funds were raised to carry the proposed measure into effect . One of the most efficient persons in this association was Mr. Alfred Seton , who , when quite a youth , had accompanied one of the expe- ditions ...
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... formed the staple of the following work . I have occasionally interwoven facts and details , gathered from various sources , especially from the con- versations and journals of some of the captain's contem- poraries , who were actors in ...
... formed the staple of the following work . I have occasionally interwoven facts and details , gathered from various sources , especially from the con- versations and journals of some of the captain's contem- poraries , who were actors in ...
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... formed a vast barrier between them and the United States , and their stern and awful defiles , their rugged valleys , and the great western plains watered by their rivers , remained almost a terra incog- nita to the American trapper ...
... formed a vast barrier between them and the United States , and their stern and awful defiles , their rugged valleys , and the great western plains watered by their rivers , remained almost a terra incog- nita to the American trapper ...
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... forming rude boats . In these , they ferried their effects across the stream , which was six hundred yards wide , with a swift and strong current . Three men were in each boat , to manage it ; others waded across , pushing the barks ...
... forming rude boats . In these , they ferried their effects across the stream , which was six hundred yards wide , with a swift and strong current . Three men were in each boat , to manage it ; others waded across , pushing the barks ...
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... formed perpendicular walls and overhanging precipices . An air of sterility pre- vailed over these savage wastes . The valleys were des- titute of herbage , and scantily clothed with a stunted species of wormwood , generally known among ...
... formed perpendicular walls and overhanging precipices . An air of sterility pre- vailed over these savage wastes . The valleys were des- titute of herbage , and scantily clothed with a stunted species of wormwood , generally known among ...
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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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Página 352 - By the old Hall which may be mine no more. Leman's is fair; but think not I forsake The sweet remembrance of a dearer shore; Sad havoc Time must with my memory make, Ere that or thou can fade these eyes before; Though, like all things which I have loved, they are Resign'd for ever, or divided far.
Página 392 - With a convulsion — then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears. And he did calm himself, and fix his brow Into a kind of quiet : as he paused, The Lady of his love re-entered there ; She was serene and smiling then, and yet She knew she was by him beloved, — she knew, For quickly comes such knowledge...
Página 255 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Página 383 - t were the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape...
Página 392 - He rose, and with a cold and gentle grasp He took her hand; a moment o'er his face A tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced...
Página 303 - Down from that strength had spurred their horse, Their southern rapine to renew Far in the distant Cheviots blue, And, home returning, filled the hall With revel, wassail-rout, and brawl.
Página 402 - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others
Página 401 - Upon her face there was the tint of grief, The settled shadow of an inward strife, And an unquiet drooping of the eye As if its lid were charged with unshed tears.
Página 303 - It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled; But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green...
Página 389 - To live within himself ; she was his life, The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated all...