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 Emigrants |
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Page 37
... appearance , history and forms , it is one of the strangest and most interesting objects to be described in the vicinity of this peculiar race . When a person dies in the Mandan village , and the cus- tomary honors have been paid to his ...
... appearance , history and forms , it is one of the strangest and most interesting objects to be described in the vicinity of this peculiar race . When a person dies in the Mandan village , and the cus- tomary honors have been paid to his ...
Page 63
... appearances to the voyager . They are sometimes entirely bare , but generally clothed with verdure . Thou- sands of different forms may be made out , sometimes assum- ing the aspect of artificial works - domes , ramparts , terraces ...
... appearances to the voyager . They are sometimes entirely bare , but generally clothed with verdure . Thou- sands of different forms may be made out , sometimes assum- ing the aspect of artificial works - domes , ramparts , terraces ...
Page 67
... appearance of having been suddenly elevated above the sur- rounding surface by some specific cause . This marl and ... appearance of a sterile , broken , and unattractive congregation of incongruous elements . These delusive appearances ...
... appearance of having been suddenly elevated above the sur- rounding surface by some specific cause . This marl and ... appearance of a sterile , broken , and unattractive congregation of incongruous elements . These delusive appearances ...
Page 68
... appearances are produced by distance and the posi- tion of the sun . " The wrecks of the diluvian period of geology are ... appearance , from a distant view , to the stern and solitary castles with I SOIL , ETC. , OF NEBRASKA . 69 which ...
... appearances are produced by distance and the posi- tion of the sun . " The wrecks of the diluvian period of geology are ... appearance , from a distant view , to the stern and solitary castles with I SOIL , ETC. , OF NEBRASKA . 69 which ...
Page 78
... appearance of coal . South of Fort Laramie , a trail , crossing the head waters of the Platte and the various forks of the Kanzas , leads to the Pueblo , on the Arkansas , and to Bent's Fort . This trail opens to observation a country ...
... appearance of coal . South of Fort Laramie , a trail , crossing the head waters of the Platte and the various forks of the Kanzas , leads to the Pueblo , on the Arkansas , and to Bent's Fort . This trail opens to observation a country ...
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appointed Arkansas river beautiful Bent's Fort bill bluffs boundary Bridger's Pass buffalo Capt Congress cotton-wood court Creek crossed Dahcotah described district dollars east eastern Eli Thayer Emigrant Aid Company encamped fertile Fort Kearney Fort Laramie Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley Fremont further enacted governor grass groves hills House hundred and fifty hundred miles Indian tribes Iowa Kanzas and Nebraska Kanzas river Kearney land Laramie latitude Leavenworth legislative assembly limestone Mandans Mississippi Missouri Compromise Missouri river mouth Nebraska and Kanzas Nebraska river northern officers Osage Osage river Pacific Pawnees pines plains Platte prairie railroad region ridge road Rocky Mountains route sandy Santa Fé Senate settlement settlers Shawnees side slavery slaves soil souri southern stream summit territory of Kanzas territory of Nebraska thence thousand three hundred timber tion treaties tributaries United valley village vote western westward wood Wyandots