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 42
... Creeks and beat back the British ; the grandsons died at the Alamo or charged to vic- tory at San Jacinto . They were doing their share of a work that began with the conquest of Britain , that entered on its second and wider period ...
... Creeks and beat back the British ; the grandsons died at the Alamo or charged to vic- tory at San Jacinto . They were doing their share of a work that began with the conquest of Britain , that entered on its second and wider period ...
Page 47
... Creek country with pack ponies , following the narrow trails of the Indian traders . With them were some English and Scotch , and the Americans themselves had little . sympathy with the colonies , feeling instead a cer- tain dread and ...
... Creek country with pack ponies , following the narrow trails of the Indian traders . With them were some English and Scotch , and the Americans themselves had little . sympathy with the colonies , feeling instead a cer- tain dread and ...
Page 68
... Creeks , and Seminoles . The latter were merely a southern offshoot of the Creeks or Muscogees . They were far more numerous than the northwestern Indians , were less nomadic , and in consequence had more definite possession of par ...
... Creeks , and Seminoles . The latter were merely a southern offshoot of the Creeks or Muscogees . They were far more numerous than the northwestern Indians , were less nomadic , and in consequence had more definite possession of par ...
Page 69
... Creeks and Seminoles . But where they agree in the total , they vary hopelessly in the details . By Barton's esti- mate , the Cherokees numbered but 7,500 , the Choctaws 30,000 ; by the Commissioner's census the Cherokees num- bered ...
... Creeks and Seminoles . But where they agree in the total , they vary hopelessly in the details . By Barton's esti- mate , the Cherokees numbered but 7,500 , the Choctaws 30,000 ; by the Commissioner's census the Cherokees num- bered ...
Page 71
... Creeks , and Cherokees , they more than held their own against them all ; besides having inflicted on the French two of the bloodiest defeats they ever suf- fered from Indians . Most of the remnants of the Natchez , the strange sun ...
... Creeks , and Cherokees , they more than held their own against them all ; besides having inflicted on the French two of the bloodiest defeats they ever suf- fered from Indians . Most of the remnants of the Natchez , the strange sun ...
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