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 29
... rich in horses , bold in war , and the avowed enemies of all the other tribes , unless the Gros - Ventres be an exception . The whole eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains , north of the Platte river , may be regarded as their country ...
... rich in horses , bold in war , and the avowed enemies of all the other tribes , unless the Gros - Ventres be an exception . The whole eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains , north of the Platte river , may be regarded as their country ...
Page 65
... rich , and open . Above Clarke's Fork , it consists of high , waving 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 ...
... rich , and open . Above Clarke's Fork , it consists of high , waving 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 ...
Page 66
... rich loam , shaded by dense forests . From this first district to about the mouth of L'Eau qui Court ( Running Water river ) , it is one boundless expanse of roll- ing prairie , so largely intermixed with sand as to be almost unfit for ...
... rich loam , shaded by dense forests . From this first district to about the mouth of L'Eau qui Court ( Running Water river ) , it is one boundless expanse of roll- ing prairie , so largely intermixed with sand as to be almost unfit for ...
Page 69
... rich girdle of heights and mountains , the bases and dark sides of which are obscured in shrubs , and the summits tufted with noble forest trees . And here is to be the seat of a populous and powerful community in the far future ...
... rich girdle of heights and mountains , the bases and dark sides of which are obscured in shrubs , and the summits tufted with noble forest trees . And here is to be the seat of a populous and powerful community in the far future ...
Page 73
... rich , and admirably adapted for cultivation . On the northern side it has been less explored than on the southern . On the southern side , the regular road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole ...
... rich , and admirably adapted for cultivation . On the northern side it has been less explored than on the southern . On the southern side , the regular road from Fort Leaven- worth to Fort Kearney passes directly through it . The whole ...
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