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 12
... frontier diplomacy , of the intrigues with the Spaniards , and even of the mode of life in the back- woods , and of the workings of the civil government . It may be mentioned that the various proper names are spelt in so many different ...
... frontier diplomacy , of the intrigues with the Spaniards , and even of the mode of life in the back- woods , and of the workings of the civil government . It may be mentioned that the various proper names are spelt in so many different ...
Page 13
... frontier life of the pres- ent feel a peculiar sympathy with the already long- vanished frontier life of the past . Sagamore Hill , May , 1889 THEODORE ROOSEVELT . THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH - SPEAKING PEOPLES CHAPTER I . Preface 13.
... frontier life of the pres- ent feel a peculiar sympathy with the already long- vanished frontier life of the past . Sagamore Hill , May , 1889 THEODORE ROOSEVELT . THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH - SPEAKING PEOPLES CHAPTER I . Preface 13.
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... frontier , there is always a certain amount of assimilation going on , much more than is commonly admitted1 ; and whenever a French or Spanish community has been absorbed by the energetic Americans , a certain amount of Indian blood has ...
... frontier , there is always a certain amount of assimilation going on , much more than is commonly admitted1 ; and whenever a French or Spanish community has been absorbed by the energetic Americans , a certain amount of Indian blood has ...
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... frontier farmers , by dint of grim tenacity overcame and displaced Indians , French , and Span- iards alike , exactly as , fourteen hundred years be- fore , Saxon and Angle had overcome and displaced the Cymric and Gaelic Celts . They ...
... frontier farmers , by dint of grim tenacity overcame and displaced Indians , French , and Span- iards alike , exactly as , fourteen hundred years be- fore , Saxon and Angle had overcome and displaced the Cymric and Gaelic Celts . They ...
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... frontier there are always plenty of solitary adventurers . Moreover , there were a number of negro slaves . Harmar's letter of Nov. 24 , 1787 , states the adult males of Kaskaskia and Cahokia at four hundred and forty , not counting ...
... frontier there are always plenty of solitary adventurers . Moreover , there were a number of negro slaves . Harmar's letter of Nov. 24 , 1787 , states the adult males of Kaskaskia and Cahokia at four hundred and forty , not counting ...
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