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 20
... showed little trace of Celtic or Romance influence . It would be hard to say whether Vercingetorix or Cæsar , Clovis or Syagrius , has the better right to stand as the prototype of a modern French general . There is no such doubt in the ...
... showed little trace of Celtic or Romance influence . It would be hard to say whether Vercingetorix or Cæsar , Clovis or Syagrius , has the better right to stand as the prototype of a modern French general . There is no such doubt in the ...
Page 37
... showed the same narrow jealousy of the communities beyond the Alleghanies that England felt for all America . Even if they were too broad- minded and far - seeing to feel thus , they yet were unable to fully appreciate the magnitude of ...
... showed the same narrow jealousy of the communities beyond the Alleghanies that England felt for all America . Even if they were too broad- minded and far - seeing to feel thus , they yet were unable to fully appreciate the magnitude of ...
Page 71
... . Adair's statement is probably the most trust- worthy . The first accurate census showed the Creeks to be more numerous . else joining in the plundering inroads made by the other Spread of English - Speaking Peoples 71.
... . Adair's statement is probably the most trust- worthy . The first accurate census showed the Creeks to be more numerous . else joining in the plundering inroads made by the other Spread of English - Speaking Peoples 71.
Page 103
... showed themselves superior , in the actual shock of battle , to any infantry of continental Europe ; if they ever met an over - match , it was when pitted against the Scotch highlanders . Yet both grenadier and highlander , the heroes ...
... showed themselves superior , in the actual shock of battle , to any infantry of continental Europe ; if they ever met an over - match , it was when pitted against the Scotch highlanders . Yet both grenadier and highlander , the heroes ...
Page 120
... showed such supine , selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citi- zens to be mercilessly harried ; none other betrayed such inability to master the hostile Indians , while , nevertheless , utterly failing to protect those who ...
... showed such supine , selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citi- zens to be mercilessly harried ; none other betrayed such inability to master the hostile Indians , while , nevertheless , utterly failing to protect those who ...
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5th Series Alleghanies American Archives attack backwoods backwoodsmen bands battle blood Boone Boone's Boonesborough border British buffalo cabin camp Campbell MSS Capt Cherokees Chickasaws chief Choctaws colonies command Cornstalk Creeks Cresap Cumberland Daniel Boone deeds Department MSS dians Dragging Canoe Dunmore dwelt English fight foes forest French frontier frontiersmen George Rogers Clark ground Haywood Henderson horses Huguenot hundred hunters hunting Indians Iroquois Isaac Shelby John Kanawha Kentucky killed land letter Lewis lived Logan Lord Dunmore's Lord Dunmore's war McAfee MSS miles mountains murder names nation neighbors North Carolina Northwestern Oconostota Ohio party peace Pennsylvania pioneers Pontiac's war race rifle River Robertson savages scalps settled settlements settlers Sevier Shawnees Shelby South speech Tennessee tion took tories towns traders treach treaty tribes troops tucky valley Virginia warriors Watauga West Western whites wild wilderness woods wounded wrong Wyandots young