Border ReminiscencesHarper & Brothers, 1872 - 396 páginas |
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... road , and threw his person into an attitude which he probably considered the position of a soldier , but which was not at all consonant with my understand- ing of the teachings of Scott , Hardie , or any other tacticians of modern ...
... road , and threw his person into an attitude which he probably considered the position of a soldier , but which was not at all consonant with my understand- ing of the teachings of Scott , Hardie , or any other tacticians of modern ...
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... road , such as losing his cattle , breaking his wagon , and in various other ways , which would have disheartened most men ; but he was by no means discouraged , and pushed forward with unabated vigor until he lost all his animals ex ...
... road , such as losing his cattle , breaking his wagon , and in various other ways , which would have disheartened most men ; but he was by no means discouraged , and pushed forward with unabated vigor until he lost all his animals ex ...
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... road leading from Arkansas to Mis- souri , I became wearied and thirsty , and , riding up to the door of a wretched shanty ( the intervals be- tween the logs of which might well have entitled it to the appellation of " Oak Openings ...
... road leading from Arkansas to Mis- souri , I became wearied and thirsty , and , riding up to the door of a wretched shanty ( the intervals be- tween the logs of which might well have entitled it to the appellation of " Oak Openings ...
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... road , the first and only evidence or trace of civiliza- tion she had seen since leaving her home in Texas . Up to this joyful moment the indomitable inflex- ibility of purpose of our heroine had not faltered for an instant , neither ...
... road , the first and only evidence or trace of civiliza- tion she had seen since leaving her home in Texas . Up to this joyful moment the indomitable inflex- ibility of purpose of our heroine had not faltered for an instant , neither ...
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... road , about fifteen miles west of Big Turkey Creek , where she would find the most re- mote frontier house . Then , after thanking him for his kindness , she bade him adieu , and started away in a walk toward the settlements , while he ...
... road , about fifteen miles west of Big Turkey Creek , where she would find the most re- mote frontier house . Then , after thanking him for his kindness , she bade him adieu , and started away in a walk toward the settlements , while he ...
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