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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Page 26
... killing or driving off the natives as the English did , the Spaniards simply sat down in the midst of a much more numerous aboriginal population . The process by which Central and South America be- came Spanish bore very close ...
... killing or driving off the natives as the English did , the Spaniards simply sat down in the midst of a much more numerous aboriginal population . The process by which Central and South America be- came Spanish bore very close ...
Page 76
... killed out , the elk and buffalo having been exterminated and even the deer much thinned , and in consequence the hunting parties were obliged to travel far into the uninhabited region to the north- ward in order to kill their winter ...
... killed out , the elk and buffalo having been exterminated and even the deer much thinned , and in consequence the hunting parties were obliged to travel far into the uninhabited region to the north- ward in order to kill their winter ...
Page 77
... killed off and the land exhausted by the crops.18 The soil then became covered by a growth of pines , and a so - called " old field " was formed . This method of cultivation was , after all , much like that of the Southern whites , and ...
... killed off and the land exhausted by the crops.18 The soil then became covered by a growth of pines , and a so - called " old field " was formed . This method of cultivation was , after all , much like that of the Southern whites , and ...
Page 99
... kill a bighorn on the mountains , and how long it will take him to learn to kill white - tail deer in a dense forest , by fair still - hunting , the game being equally plenty . I have known many novices learn to equal the best old ...
... kill a bighorn on the mountains , and how long it will take him to learn to kill white - tail deer in a dense forest , by fair still - hunting , the game being equally plenty . I have known many novices learn to equal the best old ...
Page 104
... kill one Indian for every hundred of their own men who fell . The provincials who were with the regulars were the only troops who caused any loss to the foe ; and this was true in but a less degree of Bouquet's fight at Bushy Run . Here ...
... kill one Indian for every hundred of their own men who fell . The provincials who were with the regulars were the only troops who caused any loss to the foe ; and this was true in but a less degree of Bouquet's fight at Bushy Run . Here ...
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