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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... plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise from the ground , and towards the heavens , the domes of the earth - built huts which constitute this semi ...
... plain , covered with green turf , upon which , as far as the eye can possibly range , not a tree or bush is to be seen , rise from the ground , and towards the heavens , the domes of the earth - built huts which constitute this semi ...
Page 65
... plains , bordered by stony hills partly supplied with pine . There is less timber below , and still less near the Missouri . The valleys of the Yellowstone , and of its tributaries , will be the garden of northern Nebraska . They abound ...
... plains , bordered by stony hills partly supplied with pine . There is less timber below , and still less near the Missouri . The valleys of the Yellowstone , and of its tributaries , will be the garden of northern Nebraska . They abound ...
Page 68
... plains , the soil of which is quite fertile but rather dry . These plains are covered with a thick grassy sward , which sustains innumerable herds of bison , elk , and deer . " The fifth district is at the base of the Black Hills ...
... plains , the soil of which is quite fertile but rather dry . These plains are covered with a thick grassy sward , which sustains innumerable herds of bison , elk , and deer . " The fifth district is at the base of the Black Hills ...
Page 77
... plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort Kearney by the travelled route , and six hun- dred and thirty - nine miles from Fort Leavenworth ...
... plains that the buffalo are now first found by westward emigrants . Fort Laramie is three hundred and twenty - seven miles west of Fort Kearney by the travelled route , and six hun- dred and thirty - nine miles from Fort Leavenworth ...
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... plains below , sometimes broken by the spurs of the Rocky Mountains , and occasionally showing , by the infrequent water - courses , fresh and green meadows . The view which we have now taken of the great valleys of the Missouri ...
... plains below , sometimes broken by the spurs of the Rocky Mountains , and occasionally showing , by the infrequent water - courses , fresh and green meadows . The view which we have now taken of the great valleys of the Missouri ...
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