History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to His Son William Penn Miner ...J. Crissy, 1845 - 592 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα iv
... were upon the shelf , present- ing in their details slight attraction , as I had thought , and of little use , except for occasional reference : but the leisure now afforded led me to examine them with more care , and I iv INTRODUCTION .
... were upon the shelf , present- ing in their details slight attraction , as I had thought , and of little use , except for occasional reference : but the leisure now afforded led me to examine them with more care , and I iv INTRODUCTION .
Σελίδα vi
... present a perfect picture of life , manners and events , among a plain people , in a new and rude settle- ment , requires an easier style and freer scope of pencil , than might be deemed fitting to the grave Delineator of the fate of Na ...
... present a perfect picture of life , manners and events , among a plain people , in a new and rude settle- ment , requires an easier style and freer scope of pencil , than might be deemed fitting to the grave Delineator of the fate of Na ...
Σελίδα xii
... present resting place . Twenty miles below , where the Susquehanna takes leave of the plains , the mountains are ... presents to the eye a grey crescent , which , precisely at twelve , receives the direct rays of the sun , and hence is ...
... present resting place . Twenty miles below , where the Susquehanna takes leave of the plains , the mountains are ... presents to the eye a grey crescent , which , precisely at twelve , receives the direct rays of the sun , and hence is ...
Σελίδα 17
... present ; but so deeply interwoven is the early history of Wyoming with that of the Indians , a few pages in reference to those tribes which governed , or inhabited here , suffi- cient to fix attention without fatiguing it , may be ...
... present ; but so deeply interwoven is the early history of Wyoming with that of the Indians , a few pages in reference to those tribes which governed , or inhabited here , suffi- cient to fix attention without fatiguing it , may be ...
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... present as the Six Nations . " I am strongly of opinion that , at an early period , Wyoming was the head quarters of one or two of those nations , though not the scite of their great Council fire ; -that was at Onondago . They were then ...
... present as the Six Nations . " I am strongly of opinion that , at an early period , Wyoming was the head quarters of one or two of those nations , though not the scite of their great Council fire ; -that was at Onondago . They were then ...
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