 | Francis Parkman - Oregon National Historic Trail - 1885 - 406 pages
...the mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses, were looking at the boat ; and seated on a log close at hand were three men, with rifles lying...path from the Alleghanies to the western prairies. Ho was on his way to Oregon, probably a more congenial field to him than any that now remained on this... | |
 | M. Halley, Leonard Lemmon - Readers - 1903 - 232 pages
...these, crouching over a smoldering fire, was a group of Indians, belonging to a remote Mexican tribe. 68 three men, with rifles lying across their knees. The...the western prairies. He was on his way to Oregon, : . KANSAS CITY IN KKONTIBB DAYS probably a more congenial field to him than any that now remained... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1910 - 402 pages
...long hair and buckskin dresses, were looking at the boat ; and seated on a log close at hand were 15 three men, with rifles lying across their knees. The...opened a path from the Alleghanies to the western 20 prairies. He was on his way to Oregon, probably a more congenial field to him than any that now... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - United States - 1914 - 476 pages
...the mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses, were looking at the boat ; and seated on a log close at hand were three men with rifles lying across their knees. The foremost of these, a strong, tall figure with a clear, blue eye, and an open, intelligent face, might very well represent... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Frontier and pioneer life - 1918 - 428 pages
...mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses, 20 were looking at the boat; and, seated on a log close at hand, were three men with rifles lying...that race of restless and intrepid pioneers whose 25 axes and rifles have opened a path from the Alleghanies to the western prairies. He was on his way... | |
 | John Thomson Faris - Frontier and pioneer life - 1920 - 354 pages
...the mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses, were looking at the boat, and seated on a log close at hand were three men, with rifles lying...rifles have opened a path from the Alleghanies to the westem prairies. He was on his way to Oregon, probably a more congenial field to him than any that... | |
 | Axel Carl Bredahl - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 216 pages
...forty dark slavish-looking Spaniards, gazing stupidly out from beneath their broad hats." Nearby is "a tall, strong figure, with a clear blue eye and an open, intelligent face," who "might very well represent that race of restless and intrepid pioneers whose axes and rifles have... | |
 | Sue Thomas - History - 2013 - 161 pages
...the mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses were looking at the boat; and seated on a log close at hand were three men, with rifles lying...whose axes and rifles have opened a path from the Alleghenies to the western prairies. And what of the pioneer children? In Settlers' Children, Elizabeth... | |
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In the midst of these, crouching over a smoldering fire, was a group of Indians, belonging to a remote Mexican tribe. One or two French hunters from the mountains, with their long hair and buckskin dresses, were looking at the boat; and seated on a log... 