 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1822 - 112 σελίδες
...neer, engaged in conveying troops in the military expedition at present on foot to the Upper Missouri. "The bow of the vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black and ccaly, rising out of the water from under the boat, his head as high a* the deck, darted forward, his... | |
 | Nebraska State Historical Society - 1922 - 440 σελίδες
...ely navigate the Missouri river." She had made 200 miles in eighty-four sailing hours. OTHEB ABBIVALS A dinner was given by citizens of Franklin at which...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From under the boat, at its... | |
 | Emerson W. Gould - 1889 - 792 σελίδες
...and the St. Louis, then at anchor before the town, she was saluted by these vessels. The bow of this vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black...from under the boat, his head as high as the deck, darting forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From... | |
 | Hiram Martin Chittenden - 1901 - 440 σελίδες
...a letter dated St. Louis June 19, 1819, ten days after its arrival at that city : " The bow of this vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From under the boat at its... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1904 - 332 σελίδες
...June 19, 1819, ten days after the arrival of the strange craft at that town, says : " The bow of this vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back."—Chittenden's History of... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1904 - 326 σελίδες
...1819, ten days after the arrival of the strange craft at that town, says : u The bow of this ressel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black and scaly,...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back." — Chittenden's History... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1905 - 338 σελίδες
...appeared in the St. Louis Enquirer, June 19, 1819, ten days after the expedition arrived at that place: "The bow of the vessel exhibits the form of a huge...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back From under the boat, at its... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1911 - 604 σελίδες
...reporter of the St. Louis Enquirer described the Western Engineer in this graphic manner: The bow of this vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From under the boat, at its... | |
 | Walter Williams - 1915 - 690 σελίδες
...Franklin and then proceeded up the river. "The bow of the vessel," says a writer in the Intelligencer, "exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black and scaly,...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From under the boat, at its... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1917 - 60 σελίδες
...St. Louis, the Enquirer said of this remarkable marine architecture: "The bow of the vessel exhibits a huge serpent, black and scaly, rising out of the...his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. From under the boat, at its... | |
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The bow of this vessel exhibits the form of a huge serpent, black and scaly, rising out of the water from under the boat, his head as high as the deck, darted forward, his mouth open, vomiting smoke, and apparently carrying the boat on his back. 
