The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestP. F. Collier, 1896 - 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 6
... Clark in Illi- nois , to purchase cabin - rights from him . This act gives an insight into at least some of the motives . that influenced the adventurers . Doubtless they were impelled largely by sheer restlessness and love of change ...
... Clark in Illi- nois , to purchase cabin - rights from him . This act gives an insight into at least some of the motives . that influenced the adventurers . Doubtless they were impelled largely by sheer restlessness and love of change ...
Page 7
... Clark and Boone to Shelby and Robertson was either himself one of the speculators or an agent for those who were . Many people did not understand the laws on the subject , or hoped to evade them ; and the hope was as strong very ...
... Clark and Boone to Shelby and Robertson was either himself one of the speculators or an agent for those who were . Many people did not understand the laws on the subject , or hoped to evade them ; and the hope was as strong very ...
Page 8
... Clark , because it was ru- mored that the latter had the disposal of Virginia " cabin - rights " ; under which each man could , for a small sum , purchase a thousand acres , on condition of building a cabin and raising a crop . However ...
... Clark , because it was ru- mored that the latter had the disposal of Virginia " cabin - rights " ; under which each man could , for a small sum , purchase a thousand acres , on condition of building a cabin and raising a crop . However ...
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... Clark had built at Iron Bank , on the Mississippi . But the most powerful motive for the attacks was doubt- less simply the desire for scalps and plunder . They gathered from different quarters to assail the col- onists , just as the ...
... Clark had built at Iron Bank , on the Mississippi . But the most powerful motive for the attacks was doubt- less simply the desire for scalps and plunder . They gathered from different quarters to assail the col- onists , just as the ...
Page 31
... Clark . He now announced that he would himself go to Kentucky and bring back the needed ammuni- tion ; and at once set forth on his journey , across the long stretches of snow - powdered barrens , and desolate , Indian - haunted ...
... Clark . He now announced that he would himself go to Kentucky and bring back the needed ammuni- tion ; and at once set forth on his journey , across the long stretches of snow - powdered barrens , and desolate , Indian - haunted ...
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