The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCollier, 1889 |
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Page 46
... houses on the straggling , rudely farmed plantations that lay along the 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 ...
... houses on the straggling , rudely farmed plantations that lay along the 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 ...
Page 49
... houses , with 157 barns , and owned 1,494 horned cattle , 628 sheep , and 1,067 hogs . Acre is used as a measure of length ; their united farms had a frontage of 512 , and went back from 40 to 80 . Some of the people , it is specified ...
... houses , with 157 barns , and owned 1,494 horned cattle , 628 sheep , and 1,067 hogs . Acre is used as a measure of length ; their united farms had a frontage of 512 , and went back from 40 to 80 . Some of the people , it is specified ...
Page 63
... houses lay far apart , often a couple of hundred feet from one another . They were built of heavy hewn timbers ; those of the better sort were furnished with broad verandas , and contained large , low- ceilinged rooms , the high mantel ...
... houses lay far apart , often a couple of hundred feet from one another . They were built of heavy hewn timbers ; those of the better sort were furnished with broad verandas , and contained large , low- ceilinged rooms , the high mantel ...
Page 74
... houses were made of peeled logs , mortised into one another and plas- tered with clay ; while the roof was of ... house or rotunda , capable of containing the whole pop- ulation ; it was often thirty feet high , and some- times stood on ...
... houses were made of peeled logs , mortised into one another and plas- tered with clay ; while the roof was of ... house or rotunda , capable of containing the whole pop- ulation ; it was often thirty feet high , and some- times stood on ...
Page 79
... houses , with portholes cut in the walls . The communal houses were each divided into three rooms . The House of the Micos , or Chiefs and Headmen , was painted red and fronted the ris- ing sun ; it was highest in rank . The Houses of ...
... houses , with portholes cut in the walls . The communal houses were each divided into three rooms . The House of the Micos , or Chiefs and Headmen , was painted red and fronted the ris- ing sun ; it was highest in rank . The Houses of ...
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