The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1889 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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... River , the Autobiography of Robert McAfee , and a Brief Memorandum of the Civil and Natural History of Kentucky ; MS . autobiography of Rev. William Hickman , who visited Kentucky in 1776 , etc. I am also under great obligations to Col ...
... River , the Autobiography of Robert McAfee , and a Brief Memorandum of the Civil and Natural History of Kentucky ; MS . autobiography of Rev. William Hickman , who visited Kentucky in 1776 , etc. I am also under great obligations to Col ...
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... River and the Saskat- chewan a singular race of half - breeds , with a unique semi - civilization of their own . It was with these half - breeds , and not , as in the United States , with the Indians , that the settlers of northwestern ...
... River and the Saskat- chewan a singular race of half - breeds , with a unique semi - civilization of their own . It was with these half - breeds , and not , as in the United States , with the Indians , that the settlers of northwestern ...
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... river banks . Their black slaves worked for them ; they them- selves spent much of their time in fishing and fowl- ing . Their favorite arm was the light fowling - piece , for they were expert wing shots 5 ; unlike the American ...
... river banks . Their black slaves worked for them ; they them- selves spent much of their time in fishing and fowl- ing . Their favorite arm was the light fowling - piece , for they were expert wing shots 5 ; unlike the American ...
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... river to the Missouri , near the mouth of which there were several small villages , -St . Louis , Ste . Gene- viève , St. Charles.8 A strong Spanish garrison held New Orleans , where the creoles , discontented with their new masters ...
... river to the Missouri , near the mouth of which there were several small villages , -St . Louis , Ste . Gene- viève , St. Charles.8 A strong Spanish garrison held New Orleans , where the creoles , discontented with their new masters ...
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... rivers ran , their alluvial bottoms were densely covered with trees and underbrush , and were often overflowed in the spring freshets . Some- times the prairies were long , narrow strips of mead- ow land ; again they were so broad as to ...
... rivers ran , their alluvial bottoms were densely covered with trees and underbrush , and were often overflowed in the spring freshets . Some- times the prairies were long , narrow strips of mead- ow land ; again they were so broad as to ...
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