- Nov 07, 2020
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- Nov 07, 2020
A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
- Crossing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
- Fort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.
- Construction
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house.
- Clouds
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.
- England
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Riding in advance, we passed over one of these great plains; we looked back and saw the line of scattered horsemen stretching for a mile or more; and far in the rear against the horizon, the white wagons creeping slowly along.
- Fortified
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions.
- Farther
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.
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- Nov 07, 2020